Google confirms plan for wireless bid - Wireless- msnbc.com

updated 11:57 a.m. ET, Fri., Nov. 30, 2007

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google will apply to bid for wireless spectrum in an upcoming government auction, the company acknowledged Friday.

The Federal Communications Commission is auctioning the 700-megahertz spectrum to increase bandwidth for mobile phone and Internet services.

Google covets the "C Block" of the spectrum — which carries a reserve price of $4.6 billion — because regulators stipulated that whoever operates it must allow their users to download any software application they want to a mobile device.

"Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world," Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive officer, said in a statement.

Mobile phone companies now force subscribers to use proprietary software to operate handsets on their network, but Google has indicated it plans to challenge that business model. The company announced several weeks ago that it will develop software for mobile devices.

Anticipating Google's move, Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday that it would open its network to devices other than the ones it currently supports.

Google plans to file its application to bid on Monday, which is the FCC deadline. The auction begins Jan. 24.

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Now THIS is what i,m talking about!

Where did all the Zunes go?

Microsoft launches 80-gigabyte media player, but it's sold out online.

While Web retailers have 4 GB and 8 GB versions of the second-generation Zunes in stock, the 80 GB music player is not available on Amazon, Best Buy or Circuit City’s Web sites.

By Jessica Mintz

updated 7:44 p.m. ET, Fri., Nov. 16, 2007

SEATTLE - The 80-gigabyte Zune media player Microsoft Corp. launched Tuesday has sold out across the Web, to the dismay of online shoppers and delight of the world’s largest software maker.

“Anyone know where I can get a Cabbage Patch Doll ... er ... I mean Zune?” asks an Amazon.com Inc. customer listed as Paul Taylor on the Web retailer’s message board for the product.

Amazon told Taylor and others that their preordered devices for Nov. 13 shipping would not be sent for 10 more days, according to the message board.

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While Web retailers have 4 GB and 8 GB versions of the second-generation Zunes in stock, the 80 GB music player is not available on Amazon, Best Buy or Circuit City’s Web sites.

Microsoft said it prioritized the manufacture of the smaller Zune 4 and Zune 8 devices, and that more of the 80 GB version should be on shelves, physical and virtual, in the next 10 to 14 days.

Rumors of a manufacturing delay spread across consumer electronics blogs this week.

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Over 1,000 Dogs Seized From Va. Puppy Mill

ThePiedmontChannel.com

12:05 p.m. EST November 7, 2007

HILLSVILLE, Va. - Nearly 1,000 dogs were seized by animal control officers in Hillsville, Va., after they raided an alleged puppy mill last week. Officers said they raided the puppy mill, which is thought to be the largest of several, after conducting a five-month-long investigation.

?We counted 1,080 dogs on Nov. 2,? said Garry Larrow, Carrol County administrator.

Larrow said the mill was part of a substantial Virginia puppy mill industry.

The mill?s owner, Lanzie Horton, said he doesn?t think it?s fair.

?I feel like this is my business, I ought to be left to run it,? Horton said.

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Cake - Guitar Man

Man I love this band. They ROCK!

CAKE - War Pigs

Cake- Never There

I love this band and I mean as in listened to them just about every day for years. What's wrong with me?

Don’t get taken by this adorable scam! - Netiquette - MSNBC.com

Don’t get taken by this adorable scam! - Netiquette - MSNBC.com: "Don’t get taken by this adorable scam!"

The unstoppable e-mail grift now plays on our insatiable puppy love

Koichi Kamoshida / Getty Images file

By Helen A.S. Popkin

MSNBC

updated 6:35 p.m. ET, Wed., Nov. 7, 2007

Helen A.S. Popkin

The real genius of the ever evolving 419 scam is its ability to change with the times. Like Madonna or antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus, the money-advancing grift continuously reinvents itself to better infiltrate society’s weaknesses.

Coming soon to an Inbox near you; arguably the most insidious 419 scam yet. Unlike older cons promising money, love or your life, this new variant doesn’t exploit greed, lust or fear – but another human languor equally as vulnerable — puppies!

Send money now, pleads the unsolicited mail, and you’ll receive these purebred bulldog pups pictured here. Else wise they’ll die horribly. Brilliant, really. As recent events show, nothing makes Americans go nuts like the publicized perils of poor, defenseless, forever innocent puppies.

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GAO: Thousands mistakenly allowed into U.S.

WASHINGTON - Some 21,000 people who should not have been allowed to enter the U.S. came through official border crossing points between Oct. 1, 2005, and Sept. 30, 2006, according to a government report released Monday.......

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Jackiesaw

Oh Man, this is too much. Happy Halloween!