Peter Eastgate
FCC faces battle with GOP on Net neutrality proposal
A proposal to prohibit broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against Internet traffic flowing over their networks has an uncertain future with just lukewarm support from large phone and cable service providers and fierce opposition from Republicans. The fate of the “network neutrality” plan crafted by the chairman of the Federal...
Peter Eastgate
Mo. pastor charged with murder to be in court
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A 50-year-old Missouri man charged with killing a member of his church is scheduled to appear in Jackson County court. Court officials said David Love, former pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church in Independence, will be arraigned Thursday on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 42-yea...
Peter Eastgate
The fable about in-flight cell use
If you’ve noticed more people leaving their cell phones on during flights - and apparently not in the so-called airplane mode - so have I. While slightly disconcerting, it also might be fine. Several non-North American airlines allow in-flight cell phone use for voice calls, including Emirates and Malaysia airlines and, within the next year...
Peter Eastgate
Create your own Flip Video holiday greeting cards with new FlipShare version
Cisco's Flip Video line of camcorders have continued to evolve, with their latest iterations just released in September. On Thursday, the company announced still more improvements, this time to its software. The FlipShare software, pre-loaded on all Flip Video camcorders, is getting a holiday upgrade. The latest version of the software, which...
Peter Eastgate
Android Birds Seasons flies into Android Market, App Store
The holiday-themed edition of Angry Birds has arrived on Android. Included in the Android version is the 45-level Halloween version, which arrived earlier on iOS. The Angry Birds Seasons game is free on the Android Market, although Rovio said they are working on a payment system so Android users can opt out of ads. They also indicated they ar...
Peter Eastgate
Officlal Google Reader Android app released
There are plenty of Google Reader apps in the Android Market, but on Wednesday, Google released its official version. Google Reader is an Atom and RSS reader. It's free, you would expect from Google. Here's how the company describes the Google Reader app: The app supports all the basics you’d expect like unread counts, friends, sharing, li...
Peter Eastgate
America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Bullion Coins Release Details
The United States Mint today announced the release date for this year’s 5 ounce .999 fine America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins®. It also revealed that collector uncirculated versions would be available, and the mintage splits for each 2010 coin. The investment-grade bullion coins will be released on Monday, December 6, 2010. Each of the...
