[Medianews] Iridium Satellite deal will boost Phoenix-area partners

September 24, 2009, 10:06am MST Iridium Satellite deal will boost Phoenix-area partners By Patrick O'Grady Phoenix Business Journal http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/09/21/daily57.html A decade after it sought bankruptcy protection, Iridium Satellite LLC is on the verge of b

[Medianews] Ammo rationing at Wal-Mart as panic buying sweeps US

Ammo rationing at Wal-Mart as panic buying sweeps US 'Used to be gold was precious. Now it's lead.' By Lewis Page TheRegister.co.uk 24th September 2009 15:42 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/ammo_hoarding_sweeps_us/ The USA is suffering the most severe ammunition famine in living m

[Medianews] Blind one-legged man wins arse-kicking contest

Blind one-legged man wins arse-kicking contest Rum-fuelled piratical rampage quelled by Taser By Lewis Page TheRegister.co.uk 25th September 2009 15:30 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/25/cops_taser_piratical_assailant/ A partially-sighted, one-legged man who had consumed a substantial

[Medianews] FCC Takes Sides in Net-Neutrality Debate

FCC Takes Sides in Net-Neutrality Debate By Rob Pegoraro Washington Post Sunday, September 27, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092501088_pf.html On Monday, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said the agency would write rules re

[Medianews] The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car

[We have talked about this before. Very quiet hybrids and electric cars are a particular problem for the visually impaired pedestrian.] The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car Automakers Propose Adding Some Artificial Vroom to Alert Pedestrians By Peter Whoriskey Washington Post Staff Writer Wed

[Medianews] Gizmo Report: Sweat Becomes Offenders' New Snitch

Sweat Becomes Offenders' New Snitch Alcohol-Sniffing Anklet Saves Money but Stirs Privacy Fears By Fredrick Kunkle and Derek Kravitz Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, September 25, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092405012_pf.html The government h

[Medianews] Intel Still Trying to Put Smarts Into the Boob Tube

September 24, 2009, 6:50 PM ET Intel Still Trying to Put Smarts Into the Boob Tube By Don Clark Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/09/24/intel-still-trying-to-put-smarts-into-the-boob-tube/?mod=rss_WSJBlog?mod= Silicon Valley has been talking for 15 years or so about marrying

[Medianews] Cablevision Seeks To Encrypt Broadcast Basic Channels

Cablevision Seeks To Encrypt Broadcast Basic Channels Files Petition With FCC Seeking Waiver to Ban on Encrypting Basic Tier By Todd Spangler Multichannel News 9/24/2009 6:07:38 PM EDT http://www.multichannel.com/article/355361-Cablevision_Seeks_To_Encrypt_Broadcast_Basic_Channels.php Cablevis

[Medianews] Sweat Becomes Offenders' New Snitch

Sweat Becomes Offenders' New Snitch Alcohol-Sniffing Anklet Saves Money but Stirs Privacy Fears By Fredrick Kunkle and Derek Kravitz Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, September 25, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092405012_pf.html The government h

[Medianews] Rhino Records lays off 30-40

WMG unit attempts to change with the times http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009163.html?categoryid=16&cs=1&nid= 2568 In the latest indication of the shrinking market for compact discs, Warner Music Group's catalog arm Rhino Records laid off between 30 and 40 staffers on Thursday. Job losses c

[Medianews] Craters Show 1970s Viking Lander Missed Martian Ice by Inches

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/martian-ice/ Wired Science News for Your Neurons Meteorites that crashed into the Martian surface last year exposed buried ice to the digital eyes of NASA spacecraft. Scientists have used those images to deduce that there is a lot more ice on Mars - and

[Medianews] Does Obama Want to Control the Internet?

http://bit.ly/MMuR9 It's no coincidence that the Internet, a sanctuary of governmental restraint, has spawned such unparalleled innovation. Will the Obama administration's plans for net neutrality bring it to a screeching halt? The federal government may gain broad new powers to regulate Internet

[Medianews] FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet

http://zikkir.com/it/13531 Posted by Nathan Solomon | 25 September 2009, 12:44 am FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's unsurprising affirmation of support for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of open, unfettered internet access. Too bad it means the days of all-you-can-e

[Medianews] India Hails Role Played by its Space Mission in Gathering Evidence of Water on Moon

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-25-voa15.cfm India is triumphant at the role played by its inaugural moon mission in helping gather evidence that there is water on the moon. Indian scientists hope the latest discovery will bring international recognition to its space program. The announ

[Medianews] Verizon Scraps Palm Pre Plans, Report Says

Verizon Scraps Palm Pre Plans, Report Says http://www.pcworld.com/article/172631/verizon_scraps_palm_pre_plans_repo rt_says.html Verizon has reportedly ditched plans to offer the Palm Pre early next year. Poor sales at Sprint -- the Pre's exclusive U.S. carrier -- as wellverizon palm pre as inter

[Medianews] Ice on Mars more extensive than thought

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-mars25-2009sep25,0,2827389.story An orbiter spots ice in five meteorite craters. The planet's underground ice sheet could be twice the size of Greenland's, scientists say. There is much more water on Mars than anyone had thought -- possibly t

[Medianews] Report: Twitter valued at $1 billion in new deal

Report: Twitter valued at $1 billion in new deal http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=F0A93DBF-1A64-6A71-CE4F34F30F65BE03 Twitter is nearing a deal for as much as US$100 million from a group of investors who say they believe the Internet short messaging giant is worth about $1 billion, The Wall Street

[Medianews] Russia Hopes U.S. to Extend Shuttle Operations

Reuters http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=8669917 MOSCOW Russia hopes the United States will extend the deadline to retire its space shuttles beyond 2011 and has heard unofficially it is possible, the head of Russia's space agency was quoted as saying on Friday. The U.S. space agency

[Medianews] Randy Quaid, Wife Arrested Over Hotel Bill

Randy Quaid, Wife Arrested Over Hotel Bill http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/randy-quaid-wife-arrested-hotel-bill /story?id=8665798 Actor Randy Quaid and his wife have been arrested in West Texas for allegedly skipping out on a $10,000 California hotel bill. Quaid and his wife, Evi, were taken

[Medianews] Man sues BofA for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars"

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58O3BK20090925 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America's customer service -- really, really unhappy. Chiscolm in August sued the largest U.S. bank and its board, demanding that "1,784 billion, trillion dollars" be de

[Medianews] Showbiz mogul Dick Clark under harsh spotlight in documentary

By Dean Goodman http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE58O0B420090925?p ageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=11604&sp=true LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As ailing showbiz mogul Dick Clark prepares to celebrate his 80th birthday in November, a new documentary threatens to tarnish his image by

[Medianews] How Could IPhone MMS Crash AT&T's Network?

How Could IPhone MMS Crash AT&T's Network? http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172624/how_could_iphone_mm s_crash_atandts_network.html All the hand wringing over the Friday launch of MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) on AT&T iPhones may be misplaced for a service that hasn't been a hug