[Medianews] Stalkers Exploit Cellphone GPS [long]

AUGUST 3, 2010 Stalkers Exploit Cellphone GPS By JUSTIN SCHECK Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383522318244234.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_MIDDLETopNews Cellphones of domestic-abuse victims staying at A Safe Place in New Hampshire are taken apart to disable

[Medianews] Dish Network Brings TV to Your IPad

August 5, 2010, 2:53 PM ET Dish Network Is About to Bring TV to Your IPad By Ian Sherr Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/08/05/dish-network-is-about-to-bring-tv-to-your-ipad/?mod=rss_WSJBlog&mod= For those who look at an iPhone or iPad and yearn to watch TV, Dish Network ha

[Medianews] Clearwire to Test Rival 4G Network

AUGUST 4, 2010, 7:18 P.M. ET Clearwire to Test Rival 4G Network By ROGER CHENG Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409860401340320.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews Clearwire Corp. said it would begin testing a rival technology for its broadband wireless

[Medianews] Stalkers Exploit Cellphone GPS

What They Know Stalkers Exploit Cellphone GPS By JUSTIN SCHECK August 3, 2010 Phone companies know where their customers' cellphones are, often within a radius of less than 100 feet. That tracking technology has rescued lost drivers, helped authorities find kidnap victims and let parents kee

[Medianews] Bill to Mandate Captions for Web TV

Bill to Mandate Captions for Web TV By Janko Roettgers NewTeeVee.com Aug. 4, 2010, 2:00pm http://newteevee.com/2010/08/04/new-bill-to-mandate-captions-for-web-tv/ Broadcasters could be forced to offer closed captions for any TV show they’re streaming online, if U.S. lawmakers have their way.

[Medianews] Minnesota schools: chasm between haves & have-nots over broadband access

Minnesota schools are facing a chasm between the haves and have-nots over equal broadband access By Sharon Schmickle MinnPost.com Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2010/08/03/20191/minnesota_schools_are_facing_a_chasm_between_the_haves_and_have-nots_over_equal_broadband_acce

[Medianews] Senate approves bill adding extra space shuttle flight

BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: August 6, 2010 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1008/06senate/ The U.S. Senate passed a compromise NASA bill Thursday night that would order the agency to fly an extra space shuttle mission next June and immediately start work on a new heavy-lift rocke

[Medianews] The Wall Street Journal Asks: What Do Online Advertisers Know About You?

The Wall Street Journal Asks: What Do Online Advertisers Know About You? News Roundup by Tim Jones August 4, 2010 In a groundbreaking new series titled "What They Know," the Wall Street Journal is taking a close look at the information that online advertisers collect about you as you browse the

[Medianews] WSJ: What Do Online Advertisers Know About You?

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[Medianews] KIAH-TV's plan to air anchorless news has NYC anchors wondering where bond with viewers has gone

KIAH-TV's plan to air anchorless news has NYC anchors wondering where bond with viewers has gone Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/08/06/2010-08-06_plan_t o_drop_anchor_jolts_news_biz.html#ixzz0vpqXfDal Word that a Houston station is considering anchorless news has folks

[Medianews] Moon's shell may be wet, but inside is bone dry

Moon's shell may be wet, but inside is bone dry http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38579955/ns/technology_and_science-space/ Recent studies have found vast amounts of water ice at or near the lunar surface. But the inside of the moon is bone dry, a new study finds. A recent study of lunar rock samples f

[Medianews] NASA delays spacewalks to fix ISS cooling pump

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hLsm98iRJRFfKHKPsJNL1 48--Rtg (AFP) - 20 hours ago WASHINGTON - NASA on Thursday pushed back by one day the first of two spacewalks to fix a pump module on the International Space Station's (ISS) cooling system that dramatically failed last week.

[Medianews] Beatles, iTunes deal still at impasse

Beatles, iTunes deal still at impasse http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/personal-tech/beatles-itu nes-deal-still-at-impasse/article1664171/ Don't hold your breath waiting for Beatles songs to go on sale at iTunes or other online retailers, Yoko Ono said on Thursday. The Fab Four have

[Medianews] Google Wave Slayed by Facebook and Twitter

http://www.pcworld.com/article/202722/google_wave_slayed_by_facebook_and_twitter.html?tk=hp_new Was it a social network or a collaboration tool on steroids? Nobody could quite agree, and it's one reason for the demise of Google Wave. The company is disappointed with the user adoption and has ann

[Medianews] Is Twitter a national mood ring?

Is Twitter a national mood ring? http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/03/mislove.twitter.research/index.htm l?hpt=T2 (CNN) -- How are fads started and spread? Do certain influential people play a key role, or is it truly random? How does a trend go from new and exciting to old and passe so quickly?