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[Medianews] US Grid Interconnect Would Link Wind, Solar Power to Distant Users

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[Medianews] T-Mobile's $100 Apology Angers Sidekick Victims

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[Medianews] Close-up look at 'Hubble's Amazing Rescue

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[Medianews] House Communications Subcommittee Plans Video Competition Hearing

House Communications Subcommittee Plans Video Competition Hearing: Sources Representatives From Cable, Programmer, Public-Interest Group Likely To Speak John Eggerton Multichannel News 10/13/2009 1:40:00 PM

[Medianews] Miami firm says it will lay first US-Cuba fiber

Miami firm says it will lay first US-Cuba fiber Associated Press Oct 13, 2009 2:41 PM (ET) http://apnews.myway.com//article/20091013/D9BACJIG1.html NEW YORK (AP) - A small Miami-based company says the U.S. government has given it permission to lay the first optical communications fiber

[Medianews] FBI scans DMV photos in search for fugitives

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[Medianews] Tablet, schmablet: Who needs one?

Tablet, schmablet: Who needs one? Lots of tablet talk going on, but what would it offer that we need? By Suzanne Choney MSNBC.COM updated 7:53 a.m. CT, Tues., Oct . 13, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33247293/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/ Everyone seems tablet crazy, or at

[Medianews] Twitter users thwart attempt to gag U.K. media

Twitter users thwart attempt to gag U.K. media Paper barred from Parliament debate; info posted on microblogging site The Associated Press updated 12:53 p.m. CT, Tues., Oct . 13, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33295322/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/ LONDON - Bloggers and

[Medianews] Big-Box Breach: Wal-Mart’s Hacker Attack [ long]

Big-Box Breach: The Inside Story of Wal-Mart’s Hacker Attack By Kim Zetter Wired,cim October 13, 2009 | 7:00 am http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/walmart-hack/ Wal-Mart was the victim of a serious security breach in 2005 and 2006 in which hackers targeted the development team in

[Medianews] Nuclear Plants Cautiously Phase Out Dial-Up Modems

[This is disturbing!] Nuclear Plants Cautiously Phase Out Dial-Up Modems By Kevin Poulsen wired.com October 12, 2009 | 7:59 pm http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/nuke_modems/ The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking the operators of America’s 66 nuclear power plants to

[Medianews] Just 30 firms dominate the Internet

Just 30 firms dominate the Internet Content rules now By Phil Muncaster TheInquirer.net [UK] Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 14:32 http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1558384/just-firms-dominate-internet THE INTERNET has undergone radical infrastructural and economic changes in the past two

[Medianews] 'Southland' might have new home at TNT

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[Medianews] 'CSI' to Air Crossover Trilogy Stunt

'CSI' to Air Its First Crossover Trilogy By Allison J. Waldman TVWeek.com http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2009/10/csi-to-air-its-first-crossover.php For the first time in the history of CBS's CSI, one actor will appear across all three shows in a crossover trilogy story, according to

[Medianews] Security Updates Available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Security bulletin Security Updates Available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat Release date: October 13, 2009 Platform: All SUMMARY Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.1.3 and Acrobat 9.1.3, Adobe Reader 8.1.6 and Acrobat 8.1.6 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, and

[Medianews] Alert TA09-286B -- Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-286B Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities Original release date: Last revised: -- Source: US-CERT Systems Affected * Adobe