[Medianews] Blockbuster Brings Back Late Fees

Blockbuster Brings Back Late Fees By : Erik Gruenwedel Home Media Magazine Posted: 01 Mar 2010 http://www.homemediamagazine.com/blockbuster/blockbuster-brings-back-late-fees-18590 Fiscally challenged Blockbuster has quietly re-instituted late fees on store-based movie rentals — with a capped

[Medianews] China to Launch Space Station Module

China to Launch Space Station Module By MARK McDONALD NY Times Published: March 3, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/world/asia/04space.html?hp HONG KONG — The Heavenly Palace, the first module in China’s permanent space station, will be launched next year, a senior aerospace official

[Medianews] Striving to Map the Shape-Shifting Net

March 2, 2010 Striving to Map the Shape-Shifting Net By JOHN MARKOFF NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/science/02topo.html?ref=technologypagewanted=print SAN FRANCISCO — In a dimly lit chamber festooned with wires and hidden in one of California’s largest data centers, Tim Pozar is

[Medianews] Roger Ebert gets 'voice' grandkids can recognize

Roger Ebert gets 'voice' grandkids can recognize Associated Press Feb 28, 3:53 PM (ET) http://apnews.myway.com//article/20100228/D9E5DFNO1.html CHICAGO (AP) - Film critic Roger Ebert says computer programmers have captured his voice from movie commentary tracks so he can type what he wants

[Medianews] Dish Network 4Q profit falls, gains subscribers

Dish Network 4Q profit falls, gains subscribers Mar 1, 2010 12:06 PM (ET) By DEBORAH YAO Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20100301/D9E5V8181.html Dish Network Corp., the low-cost leader in a subscription-TV industry where growth comes from taking customers away from

[Medianews] Artists: Label your songs, or you won't get paid

February 26, 2010 1:29 PM PST Artists: Label your songs, or you won't get paid by Matt Rosoff News.com http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10460612-27.html?tag=newsFeaturedBlogArea.0 Getting paid for digital downloads from iTunes, Amazon, or other stores is pretty straightforward. The artist

[Medianews] Three Spaniards arrested in alleged global hacking scheme

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/03/spain.computer.virus.arrest/index.htm l?hpt=Sbin Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested three Spaniards suspected of infecting 13 million computers with a program that allowed them to steal personal and financial data worldwide, Spain's Civil Guard

[Medianews] Study: Google-China attack driven by amateurs

http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/03/03/china.google.study/index.html?hpt =Sbin Hong Kong, China (CNN) -- The computer attack which led Google to threaten leaving China and created a firestorm between Washington and Beijing appears to have been deployed by amateurs, according to an analysis by a

[Medianews] Unintended Consequences: Twelve Years under the DMCA

Unintended Consequences: Twelve Years under the DMCA Fred Von Lohmann Electronic Frontier Foundation February 2010 This document collects reported cases where the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA have been invoked not against pirates, but against consumers, scientists, and legitimate

[Medianews] Delta4 / GOES-P Upcoming Launch Coverage Thursday (03-04) @4pm ET. NASA DVB

Thursday evening (3-4) a Delta IV rocket with the GOES-P satellite for NOAA and NASA, is set for launch from SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Launch window opens at 6:17 p.m. EST extending to 7:17 p.m. EST. Spacecraft Separation happens at 4 hours and 21 minutes after

[Medianews] Hulu Drops 'Colbert,' 'Daily Show'

Viacom will remove The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report and other Comedy Central programs from the online Hulu next week. The decision highlights the large gulf between the expectations of consumers wanting free and easily accessible content on the Internet and the media