[Medianews] Microsoft may unveil new search engine

Software maker testing version of service internally under name Kumo Reuters updated 10:26 a.m. ET, Wed., May 20, 2009 Microsoft is likely to show a new version of its Internet search engine publicly for the first time next week, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the

[Medianews] Democrats seek financial rescue of minority-owned broadcasters

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/democrats-seek-financial-rescue-of-mi nority-owned-broadcasters-2009-05-19.html By Silla Brush Posted: 05/19/09 06:13 PM [ET] High-ranking House Democrats are urging the Treasury Department to prop up minority-owned broadcasters suffering from a lack of capital

[Medianews] Google 'falling behind Twitter'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/19/google-twitter-partnershi p * Co-founder Larry Page says search engine has been losing out to micro-blogging site in battle to provide real-time information * Chief executive hints that Google could go into partnership with Twitter Google's

[Medianews] Are Baby Boomers killing Facebook and Twitter?

http://www.macworld.com/article/140699/2009/05/socialnetworking.html by Robert Strohmeyer, PC World This article is reprinted from PC World. The story is as old as the Web: A social network born among twentysomething college kids and young wired professionals sprouts up, apparently out of

[Medianews] Rapping drug dealer gets 20 years in prison

by Pete Shellem, Of The Patriot-News Wednesday May 20, 2009, 3:00 PM http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/05/rapping_drug_dealer_gets_20_ye.html A Harrisburg man that appeared in a YouTube video bragging about his drug exploits was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Wednesday.

[Medianews] Astronaut recalled Uncle Frank during Hubble fix

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_sc/us_shuttle_hubble By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer - 2 hrs 9 mins ago HOUSTON - Sometimes all the high-tech training is nothing compared to what Uncle Frank and a big screwdriver can teach an astronaut about

[Medianews] GPS System Could Begin To Fail Within a Year

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/165126/gps_system_ The Global Positioning System faces the possibility of failures and blackouts, a federal watchdog agency has warned the U.S. Congress. Mismanagement by and underinvestment by the U.S. Air Force places the GPS at risk of

[Medianews] Foreign Policy: Brave New World Of Slacktivism

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104302141sc=fbcc= fp NPR.org, May 19, 2009 * Last week, The Globe and Mail ran an article on the history of slacktivism (the GM piece seems to have grown out of an interview I did with CBC's Spark a few weeks ago on the same subject).

[Medianews] Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/17/oops-biden-reveals-location-s ecret-vp-bunker/?test=latestnews Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president.

[Medianews] Google challenged by new rival with all the answers - WolframAlpha

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technolo gy/article6307744.ece A revolutionary new search engine that computes answers rather than pointing to websites will be launched officially today amid heated talk that it could challenge the might of Google. WolframAlpha,

[Medianews] 'Angel' Farrah Fawcett crosses the final frontier of Reality TV

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05162009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/angel_fa rrah_fawcett_crosses_the_final_f_169596.htm With Friday night's airing of the two-hour documentary Farrah's Story, Farrah Fawcett became the first American celebrity to film herself dying. But amid this week's non-stop media

[Medianews] Hubble Telescope Repairs Bedeviled

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/15/hubble-gyroscopes.html May 17, 2009 -- Spacewalkers' specially designed tools couldn't dislodge a balky bolt interfering with repairs Sunday at the Hubble Space Telescope, so they took an approach more familiar to people puttering around down on Earth:

[Medianews] Dish Network 1Q profit rises 21 percent

Dish Network 1Q profit rises 21 percent http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090511/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_dish_network Dish Network Corp., the second-largest satellite TV provider in the U.S., surprised investors Monday by posting first-quarter results that were not as bad as feared. Earnings rose by

[Medianews] Astronauts Use Brute Force to Rip Handrail Off Hubble

By Tariq Malik Senior Editor posted: 17 May 2009 01:53 pm ET http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090517-sts125-hubble-spacewalk4-han drail.html This story was updated at 2:10 p.m. EDT. HOUSTON - Two spacewalking astronauts ripped a handrail out of the Hubble Space Telescope with their own brute

[Medianews] Scientists team up with B.C. firm to build biggest-ever optical telescope

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/07/tech-090407-thirty-metre-t elescope.html Scientists team up with B.C. firm to build biggest-ever optical telescope The design of a gargantuan telescope that will give astronomers their first glimpse into the farthest, faintest depths of the universe

[Medianews] GPS May Be Less Accurate in 2010

By Andi Wang, 9:40 PM on Thu May 14 2009 http://gizmodo.com/5255179/gps-may-be-less-accurate-in-2010 Due to maintenance issues of our current GPS satellites, geodesist Mike Craymer and his team at Natural Resources Canada have calculated that the accuracy of global positioning systems could start

[Medianews] Chinese Space Junk Buzzes Shuttle, Hubble Telescope

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090514/sc_space/chinesespacejunkbuzzessh uttlehubbletelescope Tariq Malik Senior Editor SPACE.com tariq Malik senior Editor space.com - Wed May 13, 8:53 pm ET This story was updated at 8:04 p.m. EDT HOUSTON - NASA on Wednesday tracked a piece of space junk

[Medianews] Why you'll never see 200Mbps from a 200Mbps 'Net connection

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/why-your-cable-internet- connection-gets-slow.ars The UK's luckiest Internet users live in Ashford, Kent. Virgin Media announced this week that it is trialing 200Mbps cable connections in Ashford, where 100 lead adopters will help Virgin test and

[Medianews] Hackers 'destroy' flight sim site

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8049780.stm By Daniel Emery Technology reporter, BBC News website Flight simulator site Avsim has been destroyed by malicious hackers. The site, which launched in 1996, covered all aspects of flight simulation, although its main focus was on Microsoft's

[Medianews] Microsoft Swings at Wii With Videocam

By NICK WINGFIELD http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124215416209111679.html Microsoft Corp. is developing a new videocamera for the Xbox 360 console that will allow players to control games with the movement of their bodies, people familiar with the matter said, an effort to attract the casual

[Medianews] New Jersey Man Admits Scientology Web Hack

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519939,00.html NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to conducting a cyberattack on Church of Scientology Web sites in January 2008. Prosecutors say 19-year-old Dmitriy Guzner of Verona entered his plea to computer-hacking charges on Monday in

[Medianews] Seagate To Cut 1,100 Jobs To Reduce Costs

http://www.cnbc.com/id/30720380 Seagate Technology said Wednesday it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs from its workforce in a move the computer storage maker expects will reduce costs by about $125 million a year. The job-cutting move, which affects about 2.5 percent of Seagate's [STX 7.09-0.25

[Medianews] Tweeting From Space - Awesome

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/13/tech/main5010908.shtml As Atlantis Closes In On Hubble Telescope, Crew Member Keeps Earth Informed On Twitter (CBS/AP) That's one small tweet for a man; one pretty cool leap for communications. Astronaut Mike Massimino used Twitter to send the first

[Medianews] Police evict squatters in shuttered Channel 13 studios on La Brea

7:12 AM | May 13, 2009 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/squatters-forced-from-old- kcop-studios.html Los Angeles police have discovered that the shuttered Channel 13 studios on La Brea Avenue in Hollywood has become a haven for homeless squatters. Officers found squalid conditions

[Medianews] Radio royalties bill wins committee approval

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=87565provider=rss Quantcast By BILL THEOBALD, Gannett Washington Bureau Radio stations would be required to pay performers when their songs are played under legislation approved Wednesday by the House Judiciary Committee. The contentious

[Medianews] Soft Ground Puts Spirit in Danger Despite Gain in Daily Energy

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status Report http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer-20090511.html PASADENA, Calif. -- The five wheels that still rotate on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit have been slipping severely in soft soil during recent attempts to drive, sinking the wheels

[Medianews] Astronauts inspect Atlantis while chasing Hubble

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hmAbhsBmFNtUiujxUzpEVl HxVADgD984OFO01 By MARCIA DUNN - 37 minutes ago CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Atlantis astronauts inspected their ship for any signs of launch damage Tuesday as they raced after the Hubble Space Telescope on an especially

[Medianews] Berlin Wall as a Piece of History: Too-Good Riddance?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/11/AR200905 1103472.html?hpid=artslotsub=AR By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, May 12, 2009 BERLIN -- Two decades after they triumphantly tore down the infamous wall that divided their city, Berliners are

[Medianews] 140 characters? 'Nuff said

http://www.mcall.com/business/local/all-texting0512,0,1858050.story By Mark Milian Tribune Newspapers May 12, 2009 To understand how the wizards of Twitter settled on 140 as the magic number of characters in a single tweet, you have to go back two decades to Bonn, Germany. One day in 1985,

[Medianews] Astronauts uncover long line of nicks on shuttle

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hmAbhsBmFNtUiujxUzpEVl HxVADgD984RVMO4 By MARCIA DUNN - 3 hours ago CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Atlantis astronauts have uncovered a long stretch of nicks on their space shuttle, the result of launch debris. They were inspecting their ship

[Medianews] Warning: Sunspot cycle beginning to rise

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHcf-Vw3Du0dhmLfOYGgWI adEzQQD98270OO1 By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) - When the sun sneezes it's Earth that gets sick. It's time for the sun to move into a busier period for sunspots, and while forecasters expect a

[Medianews] Another Lynyrd Skynyrd Tragedy

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b122649_another_lynyrd_skynyrd_tragedy.h tml Fate has struck another cruel blow to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ean Evans, who took over on bass in 2001 following the death of founding member Leon Wilkeson, has himself died following a short battle with cancer. After joining

[Medianews] Sirius XM Now Shrinking

http://www.businessinsider.com/sirius-xm-now-shrinking-2009-5 The recession is not helping Sirius XM (SIRI) radio as car purchases stall and competition increases. Blow-by-blow from today's earnings release: * The satellite radio monopolist said it lost 400,000 net subscribers during Q1,

[Medianews] Duke Nukem For-Never? 3D Realms Shutting Down

http://www.pcworld.com/article/164487/duke_nukem_fornever_3d_realms_shut ting_down.html/?876 Is Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms finally shuttering? Seems like it. Game On just received a somewhat cryptic form-email from development studios Deep Silver and Apogee Entertainment (a legal

[Medianews] Concerns Raised Over Makeup of 'Diversity Committee' at FCC

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/05/concerns-raised-makeup-divers ity-committee-fcc/ There is a growing voice of concern over the ideological makeup of a diversity committee at the Federal Communications Commission -- which critics charge is made up mostly of liberal activists. A

[Medianews] Hackers Threaten to Expose Va.'s Privates

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Hackers-Hijack-Personal-Informat ion.html $10M ransom payment, or hackers will post Virginians' private files The FBI is on the trail of hackers who claim to have accessed the personal information of millions of Virginians. They're holding the

[Medianews] Hubble Celebrates Its 19th Anniversary with a Fountain of Youth

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/18/ April 21, 2009: Over the past 19 years Hubble has taken dozens of exotic pictures of galaxies going bump in the night as they collide with each other and have a variety of close encounters of the galactic kind. Just when you thought these

[Medianews] Hundreds of new frog species found in Madagascar

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/06/eco.madagascar.frogs/index.html (CNN) -- Around 200 new species of frogs have been found in Madagascar, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. A study identified between 129 and 221 new species of frogs on the island. The Spanish Scientific

[Medianews] RIAA: we have no choice but to file more named lawsuits

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/riaa-we-have-no-choice-b ut-to-file-more-named-lawsuits.ars The RIAA said it would file no more new lawsuits against individual file-swappers, but it filed more such lawsuits in April. How to explain the apparent contradiction? By defining new in a

[Medianews] Dodge County Sheriff Sets up Volunteer Posse

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/44464082.html [What coupld *possibly* go wrong? - GW] JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) -- The Dodge County Sheriff's Department is turning to a volunteer posse to do speeding checks, conduct home surveillance and perform other non-enforcement jobs. Sheriff Todd Nehls says the

[Medianews] For political comedians, the joke's not on Obama

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/05/for-political-comedians- the-jokes-not-on-obama/ What's so unfunny? That's what some comics - citing the scarcity of satire directed at President Obama and his administration - want to know. Claiming that his peers are panicky about being called a

[Medianews] UFO? No, it's just the International Space Station

New reflective solar panels could give that appearance, though http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-ufomay05,0,39899 24.story John Keilman May 5, 2009 As a public service, Art Maurer would like you to know that the bright light you might see skimming across the early-morning

[Medianews] Spitzer about to exhaust its helium supply

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/05/05/Spitzer-about-to-exhaust-its- helium-supply/UPI-70111241535915/ WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Spitzer Space Telescope is about to use the last of the coolant that has chilled it for the past 5 1/2 years. The National

[Medianews] Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian and chef, dies

Dom DeLuise, actor, comedian and chef, dies http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_deluise LOS ANGELES - Dom DeLuise, the portly actor-comedian whose affable nature made him a popular character actor for decades with movie and TV audiences as well as directors and fellow actors, has died. He was 75.

[Medianews] Fired IT director admits $94k rampage on organ bank

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/01/fired_it_manager_rampage/ Revenge served coldly By Dan Goodin in San Francisco * Get more from this author Posted in Crime, 1st May 2009 21:32 GMT Free whitepaper - An improved architecture for high-efficiency, high-density data centers A former

[Medianews] Microsoft mum on Vista plans after Windows 7 launch

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/05/03/microsoft-mum-vista-plans-aft er-windows-7-launch How long does Microsoft plan to keep selling copies of its Windows Vista operating system after the upcoming launch of Windows 7? The company isn't saying. With previous versions of Windows, Microsoft

[Medianews] Facebook: Walking the Cyberbeat

http://www.newsweek.com/id/195621 To make Facebook advertiser-friendly, its 'porn cops' delete risqué content and enforce decorum. It's just before lunchtime in the sunny, high-tech headquarters of Facebook in Palo Alto, Calif., and Simon Axten is cuing up some porn. A photo of a young couple

[Medianews] An invention that could change the internet forever

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/an-inventi on-that-could-change-the-internet-for-ever-1678109.html Revolutionary new web software could put giants such as Google in the shade when it comes out later this month. Andrew Johnson reports Sunday, 3 May 2009 The biggest

[Medianews] Pentagon Using Social Networking Sites To Recruit

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/19340541/detail.html FORT MONROE, Virginia -- The Pentagon is looking to online social networks like Twitter and Facebook to seek recruits and spread the military's message. Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, who heads the Army command that oversees recruiting, says

[Medianews] Space Debris Risk Refined for Shuttle Mission to Hubble

By James Dean FLORIDA TODAY posted: 30 April 2009 01:34 pm ET http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-090430-sts125-space-debris.html Atlantis astronauts face an increased risk of a deadly strike from space debris during their upcoming mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. But NASA has

[Medianews] U.S. military's experimental tactical satellite to launch

BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: May 3, 2009 http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/tacsat3/preview.html A military satellite designed to demonstrate inexpensive user-friendly space technologies is being readied for launch from Virginia's Eastern Shore on Tuesday night. TacSat 3 is tucked

[Medianews] Rogue black holes may roam the Milky Way

HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS NEWS RELEASE Posted: May 3, 2009 http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0905/03blackhole/ It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie: rogue black holes roaming our galaxy, threatening to swallow anything that gets too close. In fact, new calculations by Ryan

[Medianews] 'Alien skull' spotted on Mars

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5255 394/Alien-skull-spotted-on-Mars.html UFO spotters are claiming they have spotted an alien skull on Mars after NASA beamed back satellite images from the planet. At first glance it looks like a rocky desert - but this image

[Medianews] Mobile toilet seat wins award for wacky warning

By Ben Leubsdorf, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2009/04/29/9294636-ap.html DETROIT - A toilet seat that can be attached to a trailer hitch has gained national recognition - for a warning label that says you'd better not use it while the vehicle is moving. Organizers

[Medianews] Wanderer's last trail found after 75 years

After Everett Ruess vanished in Utah's wilds in 1934, relatives tried to retrace his steps. But a few overheard words are what have now led to his bones. http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12268007 By Kevin Vaughan The Denver Post Posted: 05/01/2009 12:30:00 AM MDT Updated: 05/01/2009 08:46:05 AM MDT

[Medianews] NASA's New Spaceship to Carry Fewer Astronauts

http://www.space.com/news/090429-orion-crew-slashed.html By Tariq Malik Senior Editor posted: 29 April 2009 05:50 pm ET NASA has cut the crew size for its new Orion spacecraft down from six seats to four in order to keep the space shuttle replacement on track for a March 2015 debut. The space

[Medianews] Five 'world's largest' roadside attractions

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/04/30/five.worlds.largest.attrac tions/index.html?iref=t2test_travelthur [And here all this time I thought the biggest ball of twine was in Minnesota... - GW] (CNN) -- The fiberglass head weighed 600 pounds and resembled Clarabell the Clown from the 1950s

[Medianews] FCC calls WY radio station illegal, closes it

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/04/30/news/wyoming/45-pirat eradio.txt By JARED MILLER Casper Star-Tribune CHEYENNE - After blasting alternative tunes across downtown Cheyenne airwaves for six years, a tiny radio station went off the air with a whimper Tuesday, forced to stop

[Medianews] The FCC's Real F-Word: Freedom

http://reason.com/news/show/133187.html Why did the Supreme Court just uphold government censorship? Steve Chapman | April 30, 2009 Anyone who has ever dealt with attorneys has come to the realization that the law does not always make perfect sense. Even so, it comes as at least a mild surprise

[Medianews] Clear Channel cutting 590 radio jobs

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Clear-Channel-cutting-590-apf-15062591.htm l?.v=4 Clear Channel cutting 590 jobs in radio division in second mass layoff this year SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc., the largest owner of U.S. radio stations, said Tuesday it is cutting 590 jobs,

[Medianews] FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html Threatened Federal Sanctions Against NYPD, Secret Service, FBI Mayor's Office If Secret Ever Got Out Furious Obama Apologizes: It Will Never Happen Again A furious President Barack Obama ordered an internal review of Monday's low-flying

[Medianews] Novel effort in Minnesota seeks ISP gambling block

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Novel-effort-in-Minnesota-apf-15071832.htm l?.v=2 Minnesota asks ISPs to cut access to gambling sites, treading new legal ground Minnesota officials are trying a novel tactic to block online gambling sites -- using a federal law that enables restrictions on phone

[Medianews] Apple May Bring Non-iPhone to Verizon

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346071,00.asp 04.28.09 by Sascha Segan Apple and Verizon Wireless may have found a sneaky way to work together without violating Apple's exclusivity contract with ATT, which runs at least through 2010. As we reported in 2007, ATT's contract with Apple

[Medianews] U.S. top court upholds TV profanity crackdown

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN28311310200 90428?sp=true * US top court upholds crackdown on TV profanity * First broadcast indecency ruling in more than 30 years * F-word's power to insult and offend (Adds details, byline) By James Vicini WASHINGTON, April 28

[Medianews] Google marks Samuel Morse's birthday with code logo

Google is marking the birthday of Samuel Morse by translating its name into dots and dashes for the day. Visitors to the search engine's home page this morning were met with the code -. --- --- -. .-.. . instead of the usual Google logo. The witty doodle is intended to honour Samuel Finley

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[Medianews] Mars Rover Recovers from Amnesia

By SPACE.com staff http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090424-spirit-driving.html posted: 24 April 2009 01:35 pm ET NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is back on track. The robotic rover drove on Thursday for the first time since April 8 after its recent bout of amnesia. Spirit was acting on

[Medianews] Experts: Malicious program targets Macs

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/22/first.mac.botnet/index.html?imw=Y (CNN) -- Mac computers are known for their near-immunity to malicious computer programs that plague PCs. Some security experts say viruses are moving toward Mac as those computers become more popular. Some security experts

[Medianews] Hollywood group asks judge to seal courtroom in DVD-copying case

Hollywood group asks judge to seal courtroom in DVD-copying case http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10227195-38.html?part=rsssubj=newsta g=2547-1_3-0-5 SAN FRANCISCO--A Hollywood trade group asked a federal judge on Friday to kick the public out of a courtroom, saying confidential information

[Medianews] GM to pull the plug on Pontiac

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/24/autos/pontiac_obit/index.htm The brand credited with originating the muscle car will no longer be part of GM's future, according to a source. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors is preparing to announce that the Pontiac car brand, once marketed as GM's

[Medianews] The Pirate Bay lawyers claim judge biased and ask for retrial

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/apr/23/pirate-bay-piracy Swedish radio has revealed that The Pirate Bay judge has connections to copyright organisations as defence lawyers say they will call for a retrial. The lawyer for Pirate Bay spokesperson Peter Sunde says that he will be

[Medianews] Pirate Bay four jailed for breaking copyright in Swedish file-sharing trial

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/5170170/Pirate-Bay-four-jailed-for-breaking-copyright-in-Swedish-file-sharing-trial.html The founders of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay have been sentenced to a year in jail in Sweden for breaking copyright laws by

[Medianews] Thief to victim: 'You can have your car back'

http://www.wbbm780.com/Thief-to-victim---You-can-have-your-car-back-/422 1285 JOLIET, Ill. (STNG) -- After their 2000 Nissan Pathfinder was stolen Monday afternoon, a Joliet couple reportedly used their cell phone to get it back the next day. Lindsey Ryan said the theft occurred as her husband,

[Medianews] Hacking Their Way to a Job?

17-Year-Old Behind Recent Twitter Worm Offered Job After Claiming Responsibility By KI MAE HEUSSNER http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=7356353page=1 April 17, 2009- For the social networking darling Twitter, it was a headache and potential threat. But for the young man behind the computer

[Medianews] Record Store Day: Come celebrate 'cool stuff' culture

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-04-16-record-store-day_N.htm What started out as a promotional tool has turned into a party celebrating the culture of independently owned record stores. On Saturday, more than 1,000 stores and 600 artists will participate in Record Store Day

[Medianews] ISP sabotages file sharing law

http://www.thelocal.se/18882.html Published: 16 Apr 09 10:38 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/18882/20090416/ Broadband operator Bahnhof is continuing to destroy the IP address details of its customers in an open and fully legal bid to undermine Sweden's new anti-file sharing laws. Bahnhof

[Medianews] Homeland Security on guard for 'right-wing extremists'

Returning U.S. military veterans singled out as particular threats Posted: April 12, 2009 9:40 pm Eastern (c) 2009 WorldNetDaily http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.viewpageId=94803 WASHINGTON - A newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report warns against the possibility of

[Medianews] Federal agency warns of radicals on right

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/14/federal-agency-warns-of- radicals-on-right/print/ [Guess Rob's safe... :) GW] Audrey Hudson (Contact) and Eli Lake (Contact) The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials about a rise in rightwing extremist activity,

[Medianews] Netbooks and Linux: A Complicated Story

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090409/tc_pcworld/netbooksandlinuxa complicatedstory Over the past few days there's been a raft of stories about how the Linux netbook market share is not as healthy as it used to be. Up until now it's been believed that the emerging netbook market (arguably

[Medianews] Passenger lands plane in Fla. after pilot dies

The Associated Press http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/997468.html FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A passenger landed a twin-engine plane at Southwest Florida International Airport after the pilot died in flight, saving five people. Federal Aviation Administration officials say the pilot died

[Medianews] 'Dragonball' changes leave fans irate

Monday, April 13, 2009 2:56 AM By Michelle Castillo LOS ANGELES TIMES 20TH CENTURY FOX http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/04/13/2_D RAGONBALL_FANS.ART_ART_04-13-09_D3_QRDH68V.html?sid=101 Bulma (Emmy Rossum) and Goku (Justin Chatwin) HOLLYWOOD -- Hell hath no fury

[Medianews] Twitter Worm Attack Continues: Here's How to Keep Safe

http://www.pcworld.com/article/162992/twitter_worm_attack_continues_here s_how_to_keep_safe.html?que Daniel Ionescu, PC World Apr 13, 2009 8:16 am The malicious worm affecting Twitter over the weekend has now mutated and continues to invade the popular microblogging network. Although Twitter is

[Medianews] Why Is Gmail Still in Beta? It's been around for five years already!

By Juliet Lapidos Posted Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at 6:33 PM ET http://www.slate.com/id/2215622/ Gmail turned five on Wednesday, April 1. Launched in 2004 as an invitation-only e-mail service, the Google product now has more than 100 million users. Yet it's still in beta-a term of art

[Medianews] NASA astronaut to send Twitter updates

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/NASA_astronaut_to_send_Twitter_upda_0407200 9.html AFP Published: Tuesday April 7, 2009 NASA, which used Twitter to send updates about the Mars Phoenix Lander program, is turning to the micro-blogging service again. The US space agency announced on Monday that

[Medianews] Reznor urges musicians to ditch labels

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/reznor%20urges%20musicians% 20to%20ditch%20labels_1099985 Rocker TRENT REZNOR is urging all musicians to follow in his footsteps and ditch their record labels. Reznor's band Nine Inch Nails broke away from their deal with Universal in 2007, after a

[Medianews] Robot achieves scientific first

Robot achieves scientific first http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2b97d9a-1f96-11de-a7a5-00144feabdc0.html By Clive Cookson, Science Editor Published: April 2 2009 19:17 | Last updated: April 2 2009 19:17 A laboratory robot called Adam has been hailed as the first machine in history to have discovered

[Medianews] Japan aims for walking robot on the moon by 2020

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioijx5DLWQ4vTbjJmhNgHs NszNhwD97AVVSG0 By JAY ALABASTER - 2 hours ago TOKYO (AP) - Japan hopes to have a two-legged robot walk on the moon by around 2020, with a joint mission involving astronauts and robots to follow, according to a plan laid

[Medianews] ATT Changes TOS to Limit Mobile Video

http://newteevee.com/2009/04/02/att-changes-tos-to-limit-mobile-video/ Earlier this week ATT revised its wireless plans to limit data services. The move effectively declares that ATT doesn't have to transfer third-party video over its wireless network. This would negatively impact Sling mobile

[Medianews] Deep Solar Minimum

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/01apr_deepsolarminimum.htm?list2 7315 April 1, 2009: The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower. 2008 was a bear. There were no sunspots observed on 266 of the year's 366 days

[Medianews] Alpha Media Shutters Blender Magazine

http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=135539 Co-CEO to Leave, Magazine's Editor to Head Maxim by Nat Ives Published: March 26, 2009 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Alpha Media Group closed Blender magazine today, eliminating about 30 jobs and reducing its portfolio of titles to Maxim alone.

[Medianews] CANADA: Better deals on cellphone contracts coming in a year, report says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/24/seaboard-cellphone-contrac ts.html Canadian consumers should wait another year for new entrants to join Canada's wireless market before signing any new cellphone contracts, a telecommunications report said Tuesday. While many companies that won

[Medianews] Global recession stalls skyscraper construction

(This story is part of a Reuters series on infrastructure) http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1729195720090323?sp=true By Andrew Stern CHICAGO, March 23 (Reuters) - There is a gaping hole where one of the world's tallest buildings is supposed to go up. The planned 150-story Chicago

[Medianews] Facebook Haters Reach a Million Strong

http://gawker.com/5180888/facebook-haters-reach-a-million-strong More than a million Facebook users have voted against Facebook's latest redesign, which displays an unreadable spew of friends' status updates on the homepage. A flack says the company is listening carefully. Yeah, right! Facebook

[Medianews] Darth Vader actor David Prowse treated for prostate cancer

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/a rticle5925998.ece The actor who made Darth Vader one of the most recognised villains of all time has been treated for prostate cancer, it was revealed today. David Prowse, who found world-wide fame cloaked in a black cape

[Medianews] Tucson Citizen to close March 21 after 138 years

By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN Associated Press Writer The Associated Press updated 11:48 a.m. ET, Mon., March. 16, 2009 TUCSON, Ariz. - Marshall Wyatt Earp's fabled 1881 shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone was reported this way: A day when blood flowed as water, and human life was held as a

[Medianews] Sci Fi Channel Has a New Name: Now, It's Syfy

By STUART ELLIOTT http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/media/16adcol.html FOR years, television viewers, journalists who write about TV and services that compile listings have wondered how to refer to a certain cable network: Sci Fi Channel? Sci-Fi Channel? SciFi Channel? SCI FI Channel?

[Medianews] Touring Mars, old and new

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/13/1835281.aspx Google has upgraded its Red Planet browser to reveal fresh as well as long-faded views of Mars, marking the latest advance in a visualization revolution. Today's add-ons for Google Earth 5.0 include a Live From Mars layer that

[Medianews] Actor Ron Silver dies in NYC at age 62 of cancer

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_SILVER?SITE=TNKNNSECTION=HO METEMPLATE=DEFAULT Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11

[Medianews] Google Executive Takes Over AOL

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/12/AR200903 1203090.html?hpid=topnews AOL is getting new leadership again, just two years after the outgoing executives were chosen to turn around the struggling dial-up and content company. Google Senior Vice President Tim Armstrong

[Medianews] Sears Tower getting new name

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/03/sears-tower-being-renamed.htm l [Whatchu talking bout? - Greg] Big Will? The Sears Tower is being renamed after the international insurance broker that is becoming the newest tenant of the Western Hemisphere's tallest building. The new name: Willis

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