[Medianews] Disney pulls ABC TV signal off New York cable

2010-03-07 Thread George Antunes
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-abc7-2010mar07,0,2623559.story Disney pulls TV signal off New York cable system Walt Disney Co. silences WABC-TV for many New York City-area viewers on the eve of the Oscars, part of an ongoing dispute with Cablevision Systems Corp. over carriage fees. By

[Medianews] Five supergraphic billboards removed from Hollywood Boulevard

2010-03-07 Thread George Antunes
[These signs are multistory sized plastic sheets that cover 4 or 5 floors of a structure and wrap around several sides. what is interesting about this is that they are being treated as criminal matters with serious bail requirements.]

[Medianews] MIT Unveils New Digital Sandbox

2010-03-07 Thread George Antunes
[An interesting development. The new campus research building will be an academic version of a NASCAR vehicle: covered with corporate branding logos. I wonder if the faculty have considered wearing jumpsuits festooned with decals for paying sponsors.] March 5, 2010, 6:18 PM ET MIT Unveils

[Medianews] Lake Michigan Carp Solution Could Provide Financial Benefits

2010-03-07 Thread George Antunes
[A bit science, a bit news of the weird.] March 5, 2010 Carp Solution Could Provide Financial Benefits By DAVID GREISING and DANIEL LIBIT NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/us/07cncimpact.html?ref=businesspagewanted=print Proposals to block Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes

[Medianews] China's Cyberposse

2010-03-07 Thread Monty Solomon
China's Cyberposse By TOM DOWNEY The New York Times March 7, 2010 The short video made its way around China's Web in early 2006, passed on through file sharing and recommended in chat rooms. It opens with a middle-aged Asian woman dressed in a leopard-print blouse, knee-length black skirt,

[Medianews] Popular Science Puts Entire Scanned Archive Online, Free

2010-03-07 Thread George Antunes
Popular Science Puts Entire Scanned Archive Online, Free By Charlie Sorrel Wired.com March 4, 2010 | 8:08 am http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/popular-science-puts-entire-scanned-archive-online-free/ Gadget nerds: Prepare to lose the rest of your day to awesomeness. PopSci, the web-wing

[Medianews] The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs

2010-03-07 Thread Monty Solomon
The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs in repertory with the last cargo cult Written and performed by Mike Daisey Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory Main Season | Thrust Stage Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2025 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704 January 14-February 27, 2011 The play The New York

[Medianews] Apple's iPad Tablet: Full Coverage

2010-03-07 Thread Monty Solomon
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/apple-tablet-full-coverage/ ___ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews

[Medianews] Apple: Most admired company

2010-03-07 Thread Monty Solomon
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2010/snapshots/670.html ___ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews