[Medianews] Woman Sues Facebook After Being Banned From Site

2010-09-01 Thread Rob Lichorwic
Woman Sues Facebook After Being Banned From Site http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-lawsuit-banne-2010-09?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+allfacebook+%28Facebook+Blog%29 Would you drive all the way from Maryland to California to try to get your Facebook account

Re: [Medianews] (no subject)

2010-06-10 Thread Rob Lichorwic
Time to start implanting some security measures on here. I hope no one clicked on this. -Rob On 6/10/2010 12:30 PM, Roger Helm wrote: http://petersondo ___ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo

[Medianews] Para Help Fund - Please help!

2009-11-08 Thread Rob
Please help donate to this fund, they are trying to help families and charities in need. details are on the site Rob http://www.hauntedsouthparanormalresearch.com/Parahelpfund.html *** * POST TO MEDIANEWS@ETSKYWARN.NET

[Medianews] Per-Byte Broadband Billing Is Neither Necessary Nor Inevitable

2009-10-09 Thread Rob
Per-Byte Broadband Billing Is Neither Necessary Nor Inevitable Many in industry think flat-rate pricing is going nowhere http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/PerByte-Broadband-Billing-Is-Neither-Necessary-Nor-Inevitable-104914 While ISPs (and the investors who love them) would like the public to

[Medianews] Sunflower Broadband Offers 50 Mbps For $70

2009-10-09 Thread Rob
Sunflower Broadband Offers 50 Mbps For $70 Albeit with 120 GB cap and 1 Mbps upstream (from the i'm greedy and do not want to care about lack of competition department) http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sunflower-Broadband-Offers-50-Mbps-For-70-104919 Lawrence, Kansas based Sunflower

[Medianews] Charter Cures Cable Theft -- By Not Offering Cable To Anyone

2009-10-09 Thread Rob
Charter Cures Cable Theft -- By Not Offering Cable To Anyone Michigan apartment buildings informed they're not worth the trouble... http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Charter-Cures-Cable-Theft-By-Not-Offering-Cable-To-Anyone-104921 Charter's been having a problem with people stealing cable at

[Medianews] Comcast Employs New Botnet Alert System

2009-10-08 Thread Rob
Comcast Employs New Botnet Alert System Will alert customers via proxy system that they need a cleaning... http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Employs-New-Botnet-Alert-System-104891 Comcast reached out to us today to note that they're employing a new strategy to help deal with customers

[Medianews] Earthlink Tries, Fails To Make Dial-Up Interesting

2009-10-08 Thread Rob
(reader's note @ 21.95 a month.. that's beyond stupid when you can get it for $4.00 a month or less..and were in a depression, who can afford it!) Earthlink Tries, Fails To Make Dial-Up Interesting New 'faster site finder' seems a little sad...

[Medianews] ACA Requests Parity Between DBS And Cable

2009-10-08 Thread Rob
ACA Requests Parity Between DBS And Cable http://cable360.net/technology/news/ACA-Requests-Parity-Between-DBS-And-Cable_37936.html In a letter to leaders of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew Polka has urged lawmakers to maintain regulatory

Re: [Medianews] Time Warner Cable Leapfrogs DVR With Anytime Viewing

2009-10-01 Thread Rob
the worst recession since the 1930s, BTW, were in a DEPRESSION, not recession and made in china items is a big player in why we have hardly any good paying jobs. thanks, george, good article. Rob http://www.skyscanner.me *** * POST TO MEDIANEWS@ETSKYWARN.NET

[Medianews] Cabbie's tweet reunites lost BlackBerry with owner

2009-09-02 Thread Rob
Cabbie's tweet reunites lost BlackBerry with owner http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10323261-16.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1_3-0-20 Some believe that Twitter has the power to change big events like Iranian elections. I think that its strength may be in much smaller, but still significant,

[Medianews] Texting PSA - Share This Please!

2009-09-01 Thread Rob
Here's something I think everyone should see, spread this around if you have teenagers driving,or you know someone who texts while drive, tweet it etc.. The YouTube video is age restricted but I saved you all the trouble. http://rob.luniac.com/video/ (requires VLC player) -Rob

[Medianews] Twitter’s newest celebrity: some old dude

2009-08-26 Thread Rob
Twitter’s newest celebrity: some old dude (warning, read this first if your going to read on air..) http://www.inquisitr.com/34532/twitters-newest-celebrity-some-old-dude/ Twitter’s newest celebrity is old, cantankerous, and probably has no idea he’s even tweeting. Justin, a 28-year-old dude

[Medianews] Twitter in Higher Education: More than 30 Percent of Faculty Say They Tweet

2009-08-26 Thread Rob
Twitter in Higher Education: More than 30 Percent of Faculty Say They Tweet http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104STORY=/www/story/08-25-2009/0005082691EDATE= Survey on Twitter usage among college faculty reveals how some faculty are using Twitter, and why others feel it

[Medianews] Twitter Wants To Track Your Clicks

2009-08-26 Thread Rob
Twitter Wants To Track Your Clicks note: the author of this hasn't discovered spell checking as you will find out.. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/25/twitter-wants-to-track-your-clicks/ Just before Twitter went down today (yup, it was down again), I noticed something strange. Whenever I

[Medianews] Twitter Not the Enemy

2009-08-25 Thread Rob
Twitter Not the Enemy http://views.washingtonpost.com/theleague/panelists/2009/08/goodell-aiello-nfl-twitter-thorman.html Despite its simplicity, Twitter intimidates people. It intimidates companies and other organizations who have great fear of social media's potential to do them harm. And

[Medianews] Twitter haters see no point in tweeting

2009-08-25 Thread Rob
Twitter haters see no point in tweeting http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-08-24-online-tweet-twitter_N.htm?csp=34 SAN FRANCISCO — Dave Magnusen has never used Twitter, yet it bugs him. It's a form of communication, but it's not very social, says Magnusen, 55, a database administrator in

[Medianews] Did Michael Beasley Twitter His Way into Rehab?

2009-08-25 Thread Rob
Did Michael Beasley Twitter His Way into Rehab? http://mashable.com/2009/08/24/michael-beasley-twitter/ Did Twitter just play a major role in the mental breakdown of a superstar athlete? Michael Beasley, star forward for the Miami Heat NBA team, checked into a Houston rehabilitation hospital

[Medianews] Paid version of Twitter on the way

2009-08-24 Thread Rob
Paid version of Twitter on the way http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/paid-version-of-twitter-on-the-way/ It’s something a lot of people were wondering. How will Twitter monetize itself? Wonder no more. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced Thursday that the popular micro-blogging service

[Medianews] Obama's White House passes 1M followers on Twitter

2009-08-24 Thread Rob
Obama's White House passes 1M followers on Twitter http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/23/obamas-white-house-passes-1m-followers-on-twitter/ WASHINGTON (CNN)– President Barack Obama’s wired White House is now in the seven figures category on Twitter. “A million followers – nice,” the

[Medianews] Nampa Woman To Sue Twitter

2009-08-24 Thread Rob
Nampa Woman To Sue Twitter http://www.fox12idaho.com/global/story.asp?s=10975630 Nampa, Idaho -- A trans-gender candidate for Nampa mayor is suing Twitter after someone created a fake account under her name and posted lewd comments. While social media like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter have

[Medianews] THIS PHONE GUY'S WORSE THAN 'THE CABLE GUY'

2009-08-22 Thread Rob
THIS PHONE GUY'S WORSE THAN 'THE CABLE GUY' http://www.nypost.com/seven/08172009/news/regionalnews/this_phone_guys_worse_than_the_cable_guy_184928.htm A Queens man needed a doctor after a house call from a surly Verizon repairman who pummeled him -- and never fixed the problem, according to a

[Medianews] Twitter all set to roll out premium accounts

2009-08-21 Thread Rob
Twitter all set to roll out premium accounts So companies can ask 'How am I doing?' http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/twitter-all-set-to-roll-out-premium-accounts-627960 Twitter will roll out commercial accounts this year in an attempt to make money out of the phenomenally popular

[Medianews] Woman fired via Facebook after rant

2009-08-11 Thread Rob
Woman fired via Facebook after rant http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1070187/Woman-fired-via-Facebook-after-rant A British woman is regretting adding her boss on Facebook, after she was publicly fired on the social networking site for defaming her employer The woman, whose identity was

[Medianews] Feds to give cops Internet-snooping powers

2009-06-18 Thread Rob
scheduled a news conference for Thursday with Justice Minister Rob Nicholson. Earlier this year, Van Loan publicly stated his intentions to pursue legislation, which had been promised for years but relegated to a back burner by his predecessor, Stockwell Day. When he was public safety minister, Day

[Medianews] Texas Customer Goes to War With Time Warner Cable ATT Over Internet Overcharging After Getting Huge Bill

2009-06-16 Thread Rob
Texas Customer Goes to War With Time Warner Cable ATT Over Internet Overcharging After Getting Huge Bill (excerpt) http://stopthecap.com/2009/06/16/texas-customer-goes-to-war-with-time-warner-cable-att-over-internet-overcharging-after-getting-huge-bill/ For awhile there, it seemed like nobody

[Medianews] Gunman `cleaned his family out' in rampage

2009-03-11 Thread Rob
Gunman `cleaned his family out' in rampage http://www.wtvynews4.com/home/headlines/41093572.html SAMSON, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Alabama say a gunman who killed ten people across two rural counties started with his mother, setting her on fire at her home. In addition to McLendon's mother,

[Medianews] Government Considering Buying Up Bad Alt-A Mortgages

2009-02-13 Thread Rob
Government Considering Buying Up Bad Alt-A Mortgages George Washington’s Blog http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2009/02/government-considering-buying-up-bad.html The government is considering buying up millions of the mortgages itself, and then allowing the homeowners to refinance on

[Medianews] New radio pay to play bills pit RIAA against broadcasters

2009-02-05 Thread Rob
New radio pay to play bills pit RIAA against broadcasters http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/new-radio-pay-to-play-bills-pit-riaa-against-broadcasters.ars Both houses of Congress are (again) considering a Performance Rights Act that would force radio stations to pay recording artists

Re: [Medianews] Cox to test new way to handle Internet congestion

2009-01-28 Thread Rob
saw this on DSLREPORTS, I think I'm calling embarq (blah blah blah) for DSL service. there HORRIBLE! /me moves to Verizon FIOS area Was going to post to the other lists. Thanks, George. -Rob http://www.cband.info Tune into SkyScanner and RFD your choice for entertainment and news via

[Medianews] Time To Tell The Truth About Israel …Without Fear Of The Mind Police

2009-01-08 Thread Rob
Time To Tell The Truth About Israel …Without Fear Of The Mind Police David Icke Wednesday, January 7, 2009 http://www.prisonplanet.com/time-to-tell-the-truth-about-israel-without-fear-of-the-mind-police.html So, yet again, the people of the virtual-concentration camp, known officially as

[Medianews] Video: Calif. cop shoots apparently helpless man in the back

2009-01-07 Thread Rob
Video: Calif. cop shoots apparently helpless man in the back David Edwards and Muriel Kane Raw Story Tuesday, Jan 6, 2008 http://www.prisonplanet.com/video-calif-cop-shoots-apparently-helpless-man-in-the-back.html Two videos showing a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer fatally shooting an

[Medianews] Obama on his silence over Gaza viole nce: ‘one president at a time’

2009-01-07 Thread Rob
Obama on his silence over Gaza violence: ‘one president at a time’ AFP Tuesday, Jan 6, 2008 http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-on-his-silence-over-gaza-violence-one-president-at-a-time.html President-elect Barack Obama Monday expressed concern about the Gaza crisis but stressed he would not

[Medianews] 2009 predictions (my own)

2009-01-03 Thread Rob
http://www.cband.info/top-10/top-10-predictions.txt any dings or bonks? we will find out! -Rob *** * POST TO MEDIANEWS@ETSKYWARN.NET * *** Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo

[Medianews] World's Oldest Polar Bear Dies at Canadian Zoo

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
World's Oldest Polar Bear Dies at Canadian Zoo World's Oldest Polar Bear, Born in 1966, Dies at Canadian Zoo http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=6281995 The world's oldest polar bear has died at a Canadian zoo. Zoo co-ordinator Gordon Glover at Winnipeg, Manitoba's Assiniboine Park

[Medianews] Spacewalker loses tools in orbit

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
Spacewalker loses tools in orbit Grease gun erupts, causing equipment bag to drift off into space By Marcia Dunn updated 10:23 p.m. CT, Tues., Nov. 18, 2008 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27784400/ CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a

[Medianews] RIAA win: Tennessee to police campus networks (CNET)

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
RIAA win: Tennessee to police campus networks (CNET) http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/20081119/tc_cnet/8301102331010184093 Tennessee has agreed to filter computer networks for unauthorized music downloads at the state's colleges and universities . Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed into law a

[Medianews] Tech on Deck

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
Tech on Deck Large Flat Panel Televisions Are Out; GPS Devices and Other Small Items Are In By ROSS RUBIN Nov. 18, 2008 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/TechOnDeck/story?id=6274302page=1 According to NPD's recent Consumer Technology Holiday Spotlight Report, the economic malaise is going to

[Medianews] Microsoft to Offer Free Anti-malware Software with Windows

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
Microsoft to Offer Free Anti-malware Software with Windows http://lifehacker.com/5092585/microsoft-to-offer-free-anti+malware-software-with-windows In an effort to improve user experience and secure more machines from becoming zombies on botnets, Microsoft's anti-malware project codenamed

[Medianews] Dear Recording Industry: Stop Whining, Start Making Money

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
Dear Recording Industry: Stop Whining, Start Making Money from the thanks,-the-rest-of-us dept http://techdirt.com/articles/20081118/1711512873.shtml In the past we've linked to some of Ian Rogers great presentations at music industry conferences, and now he's done it again. At a recent music

[Medianews] Bright House Pushes Roadrunner Video Store

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
Bright House Pushes Roadrunner Video Store $17.99 for new releases http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bright-House-Pushes-Roadrunner-Video-Store-99150 (and, if they start charging per byte.. what good will this do.. and that's expensive for charging for a flick probably all DRM'ed) Shortly

[Medianews] Harvard Law Professor Sues RIAA

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
Harvard Law Professor Sues RIAA RIAA power 'disconcerting' says legal expert... http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/99175 Harvard Law Professor Charles R. Nesson, the founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, is suing the RIAA for their scorched earth legal tactics against

[Medianews] 'Bionic' Pair Seeks Webcams for Eyes

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
prototype by Christmas. Like Tanya Vlach, the 'bionic woman' to my 'bionic man,' I lost an eye and want to replace it with a wireless webcam eye. I chatted with her and I think we are going to work together, Rob Spence wrote on his blog. As far as I'm concerned everyone who has a fake eye should

[Medianews] Too much Rod Benson: 5-year-old's crazy handles

2008-11-19 Thread Rob
Too much Rod Benson: 5-year-old's crazy handles By Rod Benson http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Too-much-Rod-Benson-5-year-old-s-crazy-handles?urn=nba,122939 Today, I have to admit that I am ashamed of myself. I actually think that most of my peers should also feel ashamed

[Medianews] Insight Tests 100Mbps

2008-11-13 Thread Rob
Insight Tests 100Mbps Also adds new HD channels http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Insight-Tests-100Mbps-99001 According to the Lexington Herald Reader, Insight Communications is testing a 100Mbps cable broadband service, but is not specifying when they might bring the technology to a broader

[Medianews] Comcast Tops In VoIP Audio Quality

2008-11-13 Thread Rob
Comcast Tops In VoIP Audio Quality Though something called a landline still tops for reliability.. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Tops-In-VoIP-Audio-Quality-99029 Comcast has been signing up a ridiculous number of VoIP customers each quarter (half a million in Q3), and has very

[Medianews] SIRIUS XM Radio Announces Extraordinary New Channel Lineups

2008-11-13 Thread Rob
SIRIUS XM Radio Announces Extraordinary New Channel Lineups http://xmradio.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releasesitem=1669 The Best Audio Experience Now Available For Subscribers at No Extra Cost and No New Hardware it's official... one company. Exclusive Channels and Shows From Bob Dylan,

[Medianews] Fairpoint Ready For January Verizon Switch Over

2008-11-13 Thread Rob
Fairpoint Ready For January Verizon Switch Over As company rebrands FiOS and plans CEO exit http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Fairpoint-Ready-For-January-Verizon-Switch-Over-99043 After delaying their takeover of Verizon's DSL and landline networks in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine several

[Medianews] ISPs Fear Monster 40Gbps DDoS Attacks

2008-11-13 Thread Rob
ISPs Fear Monster 40Gbps DDoS Attacks Attacks getting more sophisticated, while resources getting strained... http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ISPs-Fear-Monster-40Gbps-DDoS-Attacks-99017 Several readers write in to note that Arbor Networks has released their 2008 Worldwide Infrastructure

[Medianews] Hawaii Switching to Digital TV Early to Avoid Conflict With Endangered Bird's Nesting Season

2008-11-11 Thread Rob
Hawaii Switching to Digital TV Early to Avoid Conflict With Endangered Bird's Nesting Season http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=6225540 Hawaii will switch to digital TV faster than the rest of the country to make way for an endangered, volcano-dwelling bird. Most of the state will

[Medianews] A computer 55,000 times faster than your PC

2008-11-11 Thread Rob
A computer 55,000 times faster than your PC ‘Jaguar’ will be used to research global climate change, space matter http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27661196/ KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - How fast is the new supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory? If everyone in the world performed one mathematical

[Medianews] AVG update cripples some Windows XP systems (CNET)

2008-11-11 Thread Rob
AVG update cripples some Windows XP systems (CNET) http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/2008/tc_cnet/8301100931009387583 On Tuesday an update for AVG 8 suggested that a Windows system file is a Trojan horse, and users who delete the file form the system could leave their Windows XP systems

[Medianews] Microsoft strikes Web search deal with Sun

2008-11-10 Thread Rob
Microsoft strikes Web search deal with Sun http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-11-10-microsoft-sun_N.htm?csp=34 SEATTLE (Reuters) (Reuters) — Microsoft Corp said Monday that it reached a Web search deal with Sun Microsystems Inc, the latest partnership struck by Microsoft aimed at chipping

[Medianews] Circuit City files for Chapter 11 protection, will stay open

2008-11-10 Thread Rob
Circuit City files for Chapter 11 protection, will stay open http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2008-11-10-circuit-city-bankruptcy_N.htm?csp=34 By Vinnee Tong And Michael Felberbaum, AP Business Writers NEW YORK — Circuit City Stores (CC), the nation's second-biggest electronics

[Medianews] 2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem

2008-11-10 Thread Rob
2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem Discovery dates back to the time of Christ, during the Roman period (gate report for you ringo) By Shawna Ohm updated 9:04 a.m. CT, Mon., Nov. 10, 2008 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27643317/ JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists have discovered a

[Medianews] Students Dropping Out Of School To Pay RIAA Settlement Fees?

2008-11-10 Thread Rob
Students Dropping Out Of School To Pay RIAA Settlement Fees? from the educational-campaign,-huh? dept http://techdirt.com/articles/20081110/0017452784.shtml You may recall a couple years ago that an RIAA representative suggested that an MIT student should drop out of school and get a job in

[Medianews] Black Friday sales arrive early this year

2008-11-10 Thread Rob
Black Friday sales arrive early this year http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/35180 These are tough economic times, so retailers are launching their Black Friday specials weeks early to motivate budget-conscious buyers. You can normally find the latest Black Friday ads on sites like

[Medianews] Agenda disappears from Obama Web site

2008-11-10 Thread Rob
Agenda disappears from Obama Web site Stephen Dinan Washington Times Monday, Nov 10, 2008 (why am i not surprised..) http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/11/exclusive-obama-deletes-agenda-from-transition-web/ Over the weekend President-elect Barack Obama scrubbed Change.gov, his

[Medianews] Astronauts head for extreme home makeover in space

2008-11-10 Thread Rob
Astronauts head for extreme home makeover in space http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-11-10-space-shuttle_N.htm?csp=34 CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — The International Space Station is about to get all the comforts of a modern, high-end, green home: a fancy recycling water filter, a new

[Medianews] Location, location, location — and broadband

2008-11-05 Thread Rob
Location, location, location — and broadband http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_hi_te/business_of_life Adam and Anita Paulk had a nice home outside Temple, Texas , with a big yard and a 10-minute commute to his job. But in Internet terms, the house was on Slow Lane. There was no

[Medianews] Cox Gets Voice In IP Communications Forum

2008-11-05 Thread Rob
Cox Gets Voice In IP Communications Forum SIP Forum Promotes Signaling Protocol For Advanced IP-Based Communications By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 6/17/2008 3:49:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6570993.html?industryid=47198 Cox Business announced Tuesday that it is the first

[Medianews] Scripps Homes In On Ad Revenue Growth

2008-11-05 Thread Rob
Scripps Homes In On Ad Revenue Growth 'Lifestyle' Networks Holding Their Own Despite Economic Downturn -- Multichannel News, 11/1/2008 8:24:00 AM Scripps Networks Interactive is still bucking downward trends in advertising, reporting strong growth in domestic ad sales despite the dismal

[Medianews] ISP Threatens To Terminate Users With Open Hotspots

2008-11-04 Thread Rob
ISP Threatens To Terminate Users With Open Hotspots Flashing back to the early, highly draconian days of Wi-Fi... http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/98860 Some of you may not recall the earlier days of broadband, when Wi-Fi was just becoming popular. Many ISPs treated people who left their

[Medianews] Verizon Yahoo! Members Get More Ads, Fewer Features

2008-11-04 Thread Rob
Verizon Yahoo! Members Get More Ads, Fewer Features As part of delivering 'the best possible online experience...' http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Yahoo-Members-Get-More-Ads-Fewer-Features-98869 Verizon/Yahoo! webmail and portal users write in to note they're receiving e-mails saying

[Medianews] Comcast 'P4P' Tests Boost P2P By 80%

2008-11-04 Thread Rob
Comcast 'P4P' Tests Boost P2P By 80% Though there's still more questions than answers about Pando's 'new P2P' http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-P4P-Tests-Boost-P2P-By-80-98859 The P4P Research Group (pdf), a coalition of most major ISPs, researchers and Pando networks, is working on a

[Medianews] FCC approves 'white space' for broadband

2008-11-04 Thread Rob
FCC approves 'white space' for broadband By Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY The Federal Communications Commission, as expected, approved a measure that would make white space spectrum available for wireless broadband. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-11-04-white-space_N.htm?csp=34 White space

[Medianews] Nielsen: DTV Unready Households Decline

2008-11-04 Thread Rob
Nielsen: DTV Unready Households Decline As the switch from analog to digital draws closer, more households become prepared. By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting Cable, 11/4/2008 10:51:00 AM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6611186.html?industryid=48696 Nielsen said Tuesday that the

[Medianews] NASA sends 'please wake up' call to Phoenix lander

2008-11-03 Thread Rob
NASA sends 'please wake up' call to Phoenix lander http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-11-03-phoenix-mars_N.htm?csp=34 By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY NASA engineers still hope to rouse a slumbering Phoenix lander and wring the last science out of the mission to Mars' North Pole. The

[Medianews] Google's growth makes privacy advocates wary (AP)

2008-11-03 Thread Rob
Google's growth makes privacy advocates wary (AP) * Posted on Mon Nov 3, 2008 10:59AM EST http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081103/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_privacy NEW YORK - Perhaps the biggest threat to Google Inc. 's increasing dominance of Internet search and advertising is the rising fear,

[Medianews] Violent video games linked to child aggression

2008-11-03 Thread Rob
Violent video games linked to child aggression http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/11/03/healthmag.violent.video.kids/index.html?eref=rss_tech Kids in both the U.S. and Japan who reported playing lots of violent video games had more aggressive behavior months later than their peers who did

[Medianews] The Web Thrived In Spite Of The DMCA, Not Because Of It

2008-10-28 Thread Rob
The Web Thrived In Spite Of The DMCA, Not Because Of It from the too-much-credit dept http://techdirt.com/articles/20081028/0303462665.shtml While I was pointing out all of the reasons why the DMCA needs to be re-examined from scratch, Wired has put up an article detailing the one single

[Medianews] Microsoft To Offer 'Cloud Computing'

2008-10-28 Thread Rob
the resources to run data centers, its expertise wasn't packaged in a form where it could help you, Ozzie told developers. They have to do this, said Rob Helm, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, a Kirkland, Wash.-based research firm. Amazon and -- to a lesser degree, Salesforce.com -- have

[Medianews] Microsoft: Next Windows won't be as annoying

2008-10-28 Thread Rob
Microsoft: Next Windows won't be as annoying Fewer alerts and warnings expected as part of operating system http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27420733/ LOS ANGELES - The next version of Microsoft Windows, the software that defines the computing experience for most people, will nag users much less

[Medianews] Microsoft says next Office suite will go on the Web

2008-10-28 Thread Rob
Microsoft says next Office suite will go on the Web http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/software/2008-10-28-microsoft-office_N.htm?csp=34 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) (Reuters) — The next upgrade of Office business software from Microsoft Corp will include a version that edits word processing

[Medianews] Cable TV provider plans its own wireless network

2008-10-27 Thread Rob
Cable TV provider plans its own wireless network http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/10/27/cox.wireless.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech NEW YORK (AP) -- Cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. was set to announce Monday that it plans to have its own cellular network up and running next year, a

[Medianews] Review: Google's HTC Dream phone -- That's it?

2008-10-27 Thread Rob
Review: Google's HTC Dream phone -- That's it? http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/10/27/cnet.tmobile.g1/index.html?eref=rss_tech (CNET) -- It's been a little more than a year since Google Android was announced and rumors of a little device called the HTC Dream started to leak onto the Web.

[Medianews] Missing Teen Leads To Misplaced Video Game Bashing

2008-10-27 Thread Rob
Missing Teen Leads To Misplaced Video Game Bashing from the it's-not-the-video-game's-fault dept http://techdirt.com/articles/20081027/0238262647.shtml Teenagers have a long history of running away after getting into arguments with their family, but throw in the fact that the argument was over

[Medianews] Woman Sues MySpace For Taking Down Her Page

2008-10-27 Thread Rob
Woman Sues MySpace For Taking Down Her Page from the mental-anguish dept (myspace is evil.evil evil..facebook good..and yet, people use myspace for advertizing their (pay) products) http://techdirt.com/articles/20081027/0300142648.shtml It's no surprise that some people get attached to their

[Medianews] Depressed astronauts to find high-tech comfort

2008-10-24 Thread Rob
Depressed astronauts to find high-tech comfort http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/24/depressed.in.space.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Your work is dangerous and your co-workers rely on you to stay alive. But you can never get far from those colleagues. You can't

[Medianews] AOL Sued For Putting Ads In Email

2008-10-24 Thread Rob
AOL Sued For Putting Ads In Email from the you've-got-lawsuits! dept http://techdirt.com/articles/20081023/1321592629.shtml We Americans sure do love filing lawsuits for just about any reason. The latest is a guy who has sued AOL for putting text ads in his email messages, claiming that

[Medianews] North Korea clamps down on mobile phones to stop news of food crisis

2008-10-24 Thread Rob
North Korea clamps down on mobile phones to stop news of food crisis Richard Lloyd Parry London Times Friday, Oct 24, 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5005161.ece North Korea is clamping down on mobile phones and long distance telephone calls to prevent the spread

[Medianews] White House expects sharp jobless rise

2008-10-24 Thread Rob
White House expects sharp jobless rise AFP Friday, Oct 24, 2008 http://rawstory.com/news/afp/White_House_expects_sharp_jobless_r_10232008.html The White House braced the US public on Thursday for a sharp rise in layoffs and unemployment stemming from the global economic crisis, amid fresh

[Medianews] Bloodhound rocket car sniffs out 1, 000-mph land speed record

2008-10-23 Thread Rob
Bloodhound rocket car sniffs out 1,000-mph land speed record http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/23/bloodhound.world.speed.record/index.html?eref=rss_tech LONDON, England (CNN) -- Speed enthusiasts hope to build a rocket car that can go faster than a bullet from a handgun -- and break the

[Medianews] Woman arrested for killing virtual reality husband

2008-10-23 Thread Rob
Woman arrested for killing virtual reality husband http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/10/23/avatar.murder.japan.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's

[Medianews] MSNBC Sees High-Def Debut Next Spring

2008-10-23 Thread Rob
MSNBC Sees High-Def Debut Next Spring News Network to Follow CNN, Fox News In Launching HD By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 10/23/2008 2:52:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6608205.html?desc=topstory MSNBC, having missed the window to launch in HD for this year’s election

[Medianews] As Profit Dives, Yahoo Plans To Cut Jobs; Apple Posts Gain

2008-10-22 Thread Rob
As Profit Dives, Yahoo Plans To Cut Jobs; Apple Posts Gain By Cecilia Kang and Mike Musgrove Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, October 22, 2008; Page D02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102101788.html?nav=rss_technology Technology giants Yahoo and

[Medianews] Comcast Goes Wide With Wideband

2008-10-22 Thread Rob
Comcast Goes Wide With Wideband Cable giant to deploy DOSCIS 3.0 technology in ten markets http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6607683.html By Glen Dickson -- Broadcasting Cable, 10/22/2008 2:00:00 PM Comcast says it will begin a broad deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 high-speed data

[Medianews] Cox Raising TV, VoIP, Broadband Prices

2008-10-22 Thread Rob
Cox Raising TV, VoIP, Broadband Prices It's cable rate hike season for Hampton Roads, Virginia customers http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cox-Raising-TV-VoIP-Broadband-Prices-98584 We're entering the heart of cable rate hike season. With Comcast already announcing their hikes, Cox appears

[Medianews] India moon mission ready for launch

2008-10-21 Thread Rob
India moon mission ready for launch http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/21/india.space.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- India was set to launch its first lunar mission Wednesday, putting the country in an elite group of nations with the scientific know-how to reach the

[Medianews] Microsoft Celebrating Antipiracy Day

2008-10-21 Thread Rob
Microsoft Celebrating Antipiracy Day from the not-as-much-fun dept http://techdirt.com/articles/20081021/0141162603.shtml It's been just over a month since the International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and yet, that's all I can think about when I hear Microsoft announce that today it's celebrating

[Medianews] FCC Reviewing B'Casters Request For Public Comment

2008-10-21 Thread Rob
FCC Reviewing B'Casters Request For Public Comment NAB and others requested FCC put out white spaces report for public comment before acting on it November 4. By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting Cable, 10/20/2008 10:59:00 AM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6606747.html?industryid=48696

[Medianews] Comcast To Cut 300 Jobs

2008-10-21 Thread Rob
Comcast To Cut 300 Jobs Mostly divisional and regional management in Eastern U.S. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-To-Cut-300-Jobs-98574 As part of a cost-cutting effort that's been ongoing since July, Comcast says they're going to trim about 300 positions in the eastern portion of

[Medianews] Consumer Advocates Fight Alltel Verizon Merger

2008-10-21 Thread Rob
Consumer Advocates Fight Alltel Verizon Merger 'Christmas in October for the wireless phone companies...' http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Consumer-Advocates-Fight-Alltel-Verizon-Merger-98563 According to the Washington Post, a coalition of public interest groups is complaining to the FCC

[Medianews] Check out your future check-in

2008-10-20 Thread Rob
Check out your future check-in LONDON, England (CNN) -- Space travel, security threats and increasing passenger numbers are forcing major changes in the way airports are designed. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/20/future.airports/index.html?eref=rss_tech In fact, when discussing the

[Medianews] Experts reveal e-mail nightmares, safety tips

2008-10-20 Thread Rob
Experts reveal e-mail nightmares, safety tips http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/10/20/lw.recovering.email.mistakes/index.html?eref=rss_tech LifeWire) -- Nancy Dunetz, who teaches English as a second language in New York City, sat down in the school staff room to check her e-mail. One of

[Medianews] Internet, Cellphones May Strengthen Family Unit, Study Finds

2008-10-20 Thread Rob
Internet, Cellphones May Strengthen Family Unit, Study Finds By Donna St. George Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, October 20, 2008; Page A07 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101901346.html?nav=rss_technology Parents and children might rush through their

[Medianews] Why ISPs Shouldn't Be Copyright Cops

2008-10-20 Thread Rob
Why ISPs Shouldn't Be Copyright Cops from the taking-down-content-that-creators-want-online dept http://techdirt.com/articles/20081020/0106342579.shtml It's no secret that the RIAA is pushing quite hard to make ISPs responsible for policing the various content that traverses their networks or

[Medianews] Counting Clicks: Now A Mainstay

2008-10-20 Thread Rob
Counting Clicks: Now A Mainstay Visitor Data May Be Key To Surviving Downturn By Kim Hart Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, October 20, 2008; Page D01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101901390.html?nav=rss_technology In 1999, eyeballs were all the rage.

[Medianews] Mafiaa demands could cost colleges $500,000 a year

2008-10-20 Thread Rob
Mafiaa demands could cost colleges $500,000 a year P2P policing policies could leave some peniless http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/20/mafiaa-demands-cost-colleges By Stewart Meagher: Monday, 20 October 2008, 4:02 PM NEW MANDATES recently added to the US Higher Education Act

[Medianews] Calls For New Global Financial Order Increase

2008-10-16 Thread Rob
Calls For New Global Financial Order Increase EU and US to hold summit on “Bretton Woods II” as Morgan’s Mack calls for new global body Steve Watson Infowars.net Thursday, Oct 16, 2008 http://www.prisonplanet.com/calls-for-new-global-financial-order-increase.html Calls for a new financial

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