[Medianews] Google Launches Personal History Feature

Google Launches Personal History Feature - Apr 20, 2005 09:25 PM (AP Online) By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. is experimenting with a new feature that enables the users of its online search engine to see all of their past search requests and

[Medianews] DCRP Review: Nikon Coolpix 5900/7900

DCRP Review: Nikon Coolpix 5900/7900 by Jeff Keller, DCRP Founder/Editor Originally posted: April 12, 2005 Last Updated: April 12, 2005 The Coolpix 5900 and 7900 ($350 and $450 respectively) are the upper-end models in Nikon's point-and-shoot line of cameras. They're upgrades to

[Medianews] eBay First Quarter 2005 Financial Results

eBay Inc. Announces First Quarter 2005 Financial Results; Company Reports Record Q1 Net Revenues of $1.032 Billion; Achieves Q1 GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.19 and Pro Forma Diluted EPS of $0.20; Raises 2005 Net Revenues, Operating Margin and EPS Guidance - Apr 20, 2005 04:15 PM

[Medianews] VeriSign Reports First Quarter 2005 Results

VeriSign Reports First Quarter 2005 Results - Apr 20, 2005 04:10 PM (PR Newswire) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today

[Medianews] Cingular Wireless Posts Solid First-Quarter Results:

Cingular Wireless Posts Solid First-Quarter Results: - Apr 20, 2005 06:00 AM (PR Newswire) -- Net subscriber additions of more than 1.4 million -- 50.4 million subscribers at quarter's end -- Gross subscriber additions of 4.8 million -- Monthly subscriber churn of

[Medianews] QUALCOMM Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2005 Results

QUALCOMM Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2005 Results - Apr 20, 2005 04:00 PM (PR Newswire) Revenues $1.37 Billion, EPS $0.31 Pro Forma Revenues $1.37 Billion, EPS $0.29 SAN DIEGO, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and w

[Medianews] Motorola Announces Record First-Quarter Sales and Earnings

Motorola Announces Record First-Quarter Sales and Earnings - Apr 20, 2005 04:05 PM (PR Newswire) First-Quarter 2005 Financial Highlights - Sales up 10 percent: Sales of $8.16 billion, compared to first-quarter 2004 sales of $7.44 billion. - Earnings Per Share up 47 pe

[Medianews] MIT Prank Paper Accepted for Publication

MIT Prank Paper Accepted for Publication - Apr 20, 2005 03:56 PM (AP Online) By JUSTIN POPE AP Education Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Three MIT graduate students set out to show what kind of gobbledygook can pass muster at an academic conference these days, writing a computer program tha

[Medianews] America Online Launches Major Campaign against Phishing

America Online Launches Major Campaign against Phishing - Apr 20, 2005 08:00 AM (BusinessWire) DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2005--America Online Inc.: -- Round-the-Clock Blocking of Suspected Scam/Identity Theft Sites Supplements Other Anti-Phishing Tools, Ongo

[Medianews] New Homeowners Handcuffed to ISPs

New Homeowners Handcuffed to ISPs Cox, Qwest development moves under investigation http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/62721 We mentioned some time ago how both Cox and Qwest were striking "preferred provider" deals with development builders. This forces new home buyers to pay for service through

[Medianews] Best DRAM prices are still to come

Need DRAM? The best prices are still to come Prices for DRAM chips have fallen by more than 40 percent so far this year By Dan Nystedt IDG News Service April 20, 2005 http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/04/20/HNdramprices_1.html Prices for the most popular type of computer memory chips have fallen

[Medianews] House OKs Family Copyright Bill

House OKs Family Copyright Bill By Katie Dean Wired News Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,67269,00.html 02:10 PM Apr. 19, 2005 PT The House of Representatives passed copyright legislation on Tuesday that would dole out criminal penalties to those who make unauthorized reco

[Medianews] 60% Favor Broadcast Standards for Cable

MOST VIEWERS FAVOR TV DECENCY RULE ENFORCEMENT Support Expanded Government Pressure; 60% Favor Broadcast Standards for Cable April 19, 2005 QwikFIND ID: AAQ49R By Ira Teinowitz Ad Age Magazine http://adage.com/news.cms?newsId=44815 WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) -- U.S. consumers say they support expanded

[Medianews] NASA delays launch at least a week

NASA managers on Wednesday confirmed that the earliest scheduled launch date for the space shuttle Discovery has been moved back one week, to May 22. On Tuesday, NBC News quoted its sources as saying the postponement was expected. Shuttle program managers met this week to certify the new safety

[Medianews] BenedictXVI.com owner pledges no porn

Florida man registered several possible pope names Updated: 1:04 p.m. ET April 20, 2005 ROME - An American who registered the Internet name BenedictXVI.com before the new Pope was chosen said on Wednesday he had not worked out what to do with it but was pretty sure it would be a sin to sell it to

[Medianews] ChoicePoint Rapsheets Division Changes Tack

ChoicePoint Division Changes Tack By Kim Zetter Wired News Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67276,00.html 02:00 AM Apr. 20, 2005 PT A division of ChoicePoint that conducts background checks for employers and other organizations will begin notifying individuals when it provi

[Medianews] Schwarzenegger: U.S. Should 'Close Borders'

supporting his 2008/2012 presidential run. http://beta.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050420/ap_on_re_us/schwarzenegger_immigration&printer=1 Plus the article makes clear that Schwarzenegger's method of closing the borders is to support Bush's guest worker program, which is blanket a

[Medianews] Police Beat Woman Having Diabetic Reaction

Police Beat Woman Having Diabetic Reaction KSN News http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2005/200405policebeat.htm Comment: Go to this page and watch the video. This thug is clearly taking giant swings at her. These guys are real tough, beating up on a woman having a seizure (MY comment.. w

[Medianews] 20 Arrested in Crackdown on Internet Drugs

20 Arrested in Crackdown on Internet Drugs By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press Wednesday, April 20, 2005; 11:49 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A4559-2005Apr20?language=printer WASHINGTON - Twenty people in the United States and abroad were arrested on charges they ran Internet pharma

[Medianews] Congress OKs Bill to Strip DVD Movie Smut

Congress OKs Bill to Strip DVD Movie Smut By TED BRIDIS The Associated Press Tuesday, April 19, 2005; 7:42 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A2380-2005Apr19?language=printer WASHINGTON - Fledgling technology that helps parents prevent children from watching movie scenes depicting sex, vi

[Medianews] Government Critics Beware: FBI Focuses Terror Fight Inside US Borders

Government Critics Beware: FBI Focuses Terror Fight Inside US Borders http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/special_guard_units_prep_domestic_terrorism.htm http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=760829 Oregon Public Broadcasting Comment: Homeschoolers, gun owner

[Medianews] Ameritrade Loses 200,000 Client Files

Ameritrade Loses 200,000 Client Files By Emily Fredrix The Associated Press Tuesday, April 19, 2005; 10:01 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A2745-2005Apr19?language=printer OMAHA, Neb. -- Leading online discount broker Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Tuesday it has informed about 200,000

[Medianews] Prison terms on tap for 'prerelease' pirates

Prison terms on tap for 'prerelease' pirates By Declan McCullagh News.com http://news.com.com/Prison+terms+on+tap+for+prerelease+pirates/2100-1028_3-5677232.html Story last modified Tue Apr 19 16:33:00 PDT 2005 File-swappers who distribute a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet can

[Medianews] IBM Telematics to Catch Speeders

IBM Telematics to Catch Speeders Telematics Journal http://www.telematicsjournal.com/printtopstory.jsp?id=556 IBM’s new four-year deal, expected to be announced this week, will link tens of thousands of vehicles in a nationwide wireless network by the end of 2006—the largest application of telema

[Medianews] Skeletons on your hard drive

Skeletons on your hard drive By Matt Hines News.com http://news.com.com/Skeletons+on+your+hard+drive/2100-1029_3-5676995.html Story last modified Wed Apr 20 04:00:00 PDT 2005 Tax records, resumes, photo albums--the modern hard drive can keep increasingly larger volumes of information at the ready

[Medianews] AOL Launches Anti-Phishing Campaign

AOL Launches Anti-Phishing Campaign NewsFactor Jay Wrolstad, newsfactor.com http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&e=1&u=/nf/20050420/tc_nf/33192 America Online is adding new weapons to its arsenal for fighting Internet phishing attacks with the introduction of a 2

[Medianews] Verizon's salvo on cable TV

Verizon's salvo on cable TV By Jim Hu News.com http://news.com.com/Verizons+salvo+on+cable+TV/2100-1037_3-5677274.html Story last modified Wed Apr 20 04:00:00 PDT 2005 Verizon Communications is well on its way to challenging cable providers head-on in the paid TV market, as it rolls out an advanc

[Medianews] EBay Profit Rises, Shares Up Slightly

EBay Profit Rises, Shares Up Slightly Reuters Internet Report http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=582&e=2&u=/nm/20050420/wr_nm/tech_ebay_earns_dc SAN FRANCISCO - Web marketplace eBay Inc. posted on Wednesday a better-than-expected 28 percent increase in quarterly net pr

[Medianews] Google Rolls Out Test of Personalized Search Tool

Google Rolls Out Test of Personalized Search Tool Reuters Internet Report http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=582&e=1&u=/nm/20050420/wr_nm/tech_google_dc SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. on Wednesday debuted a test service called My Search History that analysts said is a mo

[Medianews] Colombia concerned about Venezuelan monopoly over CAN satellite

April 20, 2005 Colombia concerned about Venezuelan monopoly over CAN satellite By Patrick J. O'Donoghue VHeadline.com http://www.vheadline.com/printer_news.asp?id=31162 The Colombian government is said to be concerned about Venezuela's space program. Bogota's El Tiempo says Colombia is determined

[Medianews] Review: VoIP Offers Low-Cost Phone Service

Review: VoIP Offers Low-Cost Phone Service AP By MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=3&u=/ap/20050420/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_voip_services SALINAS, Calif. - When I signed up for Internet phone service from Vonage in 2003, t

[Medianews] Opera Software Upgrades Hacker Defenses

Opera Software Upgrades Hacker Defenses AP By DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=2&u=/ap/20050420/ap_on_hi_te/opera_web_browser OSLO, Norway - Better security and the automatic scaling of Web pages to fit screens of any width a

[Medianews] Report: Sony, Toshiba Discuss Single DVD Standard

Report: Sony, Toshiba Discuss Single DVD Standard Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=4&u=/nm/20050420/tc_nm/tech_sony_dvd_dc NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp.)are working on an agreement that could come as early as this month to jointly d

[Medianews] Energy Bill Won't Ease Fuel Prices Quickly-Bush

Energy Bill Won't Ease Fuel Prices Quickly-Bush Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=4&u=/nm/20050420/pl_nm/energy_bush_dc WASHINGTON - House Democrats on Wednesday criticized an $8 billion energy bill they said favored big oil companies and President

[Medianews] Accused 9/11 Conspirator to Plead Guilty Friday

Accused 9/11 Conspirator to Plead Guilty Friday Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20050420/ts_nm/security_moussaoui_dc WASHINGTON - Accused Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui will plead guilty on Friday to all charges against him and admit

[Medianews] Iraq Prime Minister Escapes Assassination Attempt

Iraq Prime Minister Escapes Assassination Attempt Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20050420/ts_nm/iraq_allawi_attack_dc BAGHDAD - Iraq's caretaker prime minister Iyad Allawi escaped an assassination attempt on Wednesday night when a suicid

[Medianews] Attack of the popular ‘B' horror films

[Look's like some choice viewing ahead. The drive-in will never die. Brew up some iced tea. Make some popcorn. Set phasers on stun.] 04/19/2005 - Updated 02:33 PM ET Page 3D The attack of the popular ‘B' horror films USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/lif

[Medianews] Time Warner, Comcast may face battle about Adelphia

04/19/2005 - Updated 11:48 PM ET Page 2B Time Warner, Comcast may face battle about Adelphia If joint bid wins, consumer groups, rivals ready to fight By David Lieberman USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20050420/2b_adelphia20.art.htm NEW YORK — The battle over Adelphia

[Medianews] Satellite TV to become SUV option

Satellite TV to become SUV option KVH to supply receivers for Cadillac Escalades The Associated Press Updated: 4:25 p.m. ET April 19, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7562468/ NEW YORK - KVH Industries Inc., a maker of satellite TV receivers for cars, boats and trucks, Tuesday said its system will

[Medianews] DirecTV Sues Customer Service Agents For Fraud

DirecTV Sues Former Customer Service Agents Reuters Tue Apr 19, 2005 02:52 PM ET http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=8229499 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc on Tuesday said it filed a lawsuit against 12 people, includi