Month: August 2006

Major League Base­ball strikes out in a case that looked at whether inde­pen­dent fan­ta­sy sports sites could freely use sta­tis­tics and oth­er play­er data.
Fan­ta­sy sports are now a multi­bil­lion-dol­lar indus­try, thanks in no small part to the Internet.

Space­port Amer­i­ca is under con­struc­tion in some of the most des­o­late real estate in New Mex­i­co. But it may soon become the launch pad for com­mer­cial space travel.

Dozens of small icy objects have been detect­ed in the far reach­es of the solar sys­tem. Based on this sam­ple, the objects appear far more abun­dant than astronomers had thought.

Best-sell­ing author Kevin J. Ander­son told SCI FI Wire that he and Bri­an Her­bert based the sequel nov­els Hunters of Dune and the forth­com­ing Sand­worms of Dune on notes for Dune 7 writ­ten by Bri­an’s father, Dune cre­ator Frank Her­bert, pri­or to his 1986 death.

90MHz of spec­trum goes on the auc­tion block tomor­row as the FCC begins one of the largest spec­trum auc­tions in its his­to­ry. Up for grabs are licens­es to the 1710–1755MHz and 2110–2155MHz bands—prime real estate for com­pa­nies eager to jump into wire­less services.

Intend­ed as a tool to help fos­ter greater Euro­pean uni­ty, the new dot-eu domain pro­duces a bit­ter fight between trade­mark hold­ers and alleged cyber­squat­ters over cov­et­ed addresses.

Three and a half years after the orig­i­nal appli­ca­tion to make the morn­ing-after birth con­trol pill (Plan‑B) avail­able with­out a pre­scrip­tion, the FDA con­tin­ues to stall.

Three and a half years after the orig­i­nal appli­ca­tion to make the morn­ing-after birth con­trol pill (Plan‑B) avail­able with­out a pre­scrip­tion, the FDA con­tin­ues to stall.

The unex­pect­ed prime sus­pects for the cor­ro­sion that threat­ens to cut off 8% of US oil pro­duc­tion are bac­te­ria that colonise the sludge that col­lects in pipes.

The par­ent star of one of the most dis­tant plan­ets known has been iden­ti­fied using the Hub­ble Space Telescope.