After whirling around the sun since its launch in 1990, Ulysses has accomplished its mission. It has provided earthlings data on interstellar dust particles and interstellar helium atoms in the solar system.

Former US Appellate Judge Richard Posner suggests on his blog that linking to copyrighted material should be outlawed. He says that is what is killing the profits of newspapers.

AT&T Inc. recently agreed to pay US$65 million to 330 Missouri municipalities, including about $17 million to 10 cities in the Kansas City area, to settle a 2004 class-action lawsuit about taxes on landlines.

Ulysses, joint-venture between European Space Agency and NASA will send its final communication on June 30, 2009. Its primary mission was to characterize the Sun and its influence on the space environment.

Sprint and Palm are serious about taking on AT&T and Apple. They are going on the offensive with their first direct attacks on the Apple iPhone and AT&T's network pricing.

MetroPCS, mobile wireless provider of unlimited, flat-rate, no signed contract is offering a $5 unlimited international calling add-on to their unlimited national calling plan of $40, $45 or $50 per month.

We listened to Intel and Nokia's announcement and could not stop wondering  - this was a verbatim copy from the Intel-TSMC announcement couple of months ago. Much talk, but low on substance.

On Thursday, the lead story at the Bozeman, Montana Daily Chronicle newspaper was "City requires Facebook passwords from job applicants".

That's right. "Moon" music. NASA's recent moon launch and its purpose, to find H2O, inspired the project's deputy director to write and record a beautiful, rockin' song, Water on the Moon.

Nokia Siemens Networks [NSN], the Finnish-German joint venture, said it will buy the CDMA and LTE assets of Canadian-based Nortel Networks in a $650 million deal to strengthen its position in North American markets.

Research@Intel Day is an annual event held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, displaying the best projects Intel has in store.

Believe it or not, but an Las Vegas-based newspaper is fighting a battle that could change the rights of all Internet posters. Federal Grand Jury subpoenad the paper and requests identity details of 175 posters on the site.

There are lots of behind the scene maneuvers by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) to maintain their top ranked status in the fab world. The threat of GlobalFoundries is above their heads...

Palm Pre continues to be the darling of the tech pubs for this week. Rumors and news abound. Rumors vacillate from the complete sale of all the Palm Pre units to saying another shipment is sitting on the docks.

Calling all Apple, Mac, iPod, and iPhone enthusiasts. A venue just for you has just been expanded and will be housed under one exhibit hall at the upcoming CES 2010.

This past weekend hackers posted a message on the Full Disclosure vulnerability message board and claimed they had stolen confidential documents, programs, and financial data from T-Mobile’s servers.

We are six months away from the next International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), but they just announced the topics for their 2010 extravaganza. CES plans to have more than 200 conferences between January 7-10, 2010.

Canada's small ISPs are up in arms about the Canada Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC ) giving Bell Canada the okay to selectively slow down internet speeds for some of their customers.

A week ago, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) quietly sold much of its stake in Canadian Bell (BCE Inc.) thus ending the tumultuous relationship between the institutional investor and Canada's largest telecom company.

BSN* was one of the few media invited to San Francisco for Intel's conference on their octa-core Nehalem-EX server. We bring you the low-down on the final nail in AMD's coffin - Intel's ace for the 4S and 8S high-end market.