Wimems expects RM942m over 3 years from Shin Satellite deal (The Edge Daily)Wimems Corporation Bhd expects to generate a RM942.4 million revenue over three years from the production and sale of high-end satellite-based antennas in partnership with Thailand's Shin Satellite Public Co Ltd.Satellite deeds office opens in Fitchburg (Sentinel & Enterprise)FITCHBURG — Secretary of State […]

'Sons&Daughters'Thrives on Improv (AP)AP - Dee Wallace was puzzled when she heard that Fred Goss, creator and star of "Sons & Daughters," was interested in her playing the role of his mother.Prime-time Olympics coverage stumbles at Turin (Reuters)Reuters - Dogged by U.S. mishaps on the […]

Tony Soprano Ready for His Close-Up? (E! Online)E! Online - While David Chase, mastermind of The Sopranos, is reiterating that the upcoming extended sixth season will be the last the last we see of the mob family on HBO, he isn't saying fuhgeddaboudit to a […]

Tony Soprano Ready for His Close-Up? (E! Online)E! Online - While David Chase, mastermind of The Sopranos, is reiterating that the upcoming extended sixth season will be the last the last we see of the mob family on HBO, he isn't saying fuhgeddaboudit to a […]

Satellite Beach Soldier Will Get Purple Heart and Bronze Star (First Coast News)SATELLITE BEACH, FL (AP) — A Satellite Beach soldier whose right leg had to be amputated from injures suffered in Iraq will be awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star today.Briefs: Turkey to launch telecom satellite in 2008 (PhysOrg)Turkish satellite operator Turksat […]

Satellite Beach soldier will get Purple Heart, Bronze Star (WPMI 15)SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Satellite Beach soldier whose right leg had to be amputated from injures suffered in Iraq will be awarded a Purple Heart and a Bonze Star today.Supernova detected by PSU-run satellite (Centre Daily Times)A cosmic explosion, detected Feb. 18 by […]

Darren McGavin dies at 83 (Reuters)Reuters - Emmy-winning actor Darren McGavin, who played grouchy monster chaser Carl Kolchak in the 1970s television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," died on Saturday at a Los Angeles hospital, according to a statement on his Web site. He was 83.

SurvivorReality TV: Who wants to be a millionaire? Sixteen people who abandoned their jobs, families and remote controls to spend 39 days on a South China Sea island — that's who. CBS'much-hyped"Survivor"doesn't have a phone-a-friend option and $200 questions about cereal aren't applicable. Instead, this"Real World"-meets-"Lord of the Flies"gamer offers up snakes, rats, cash and […]

Ariane 5 Heavy Launch Of Spainish Military Satellite Delayed Again (SpaceDaily)by Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 26, 2006 Arianespace scrubbed Friday's scheduled launch of its Ariane-5 rocket because of an unspecified telemetry circuit problem. The rocket carries Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 7A telecom satellite and Spain's military SPAINSAT.Satellite homes in on Mars orbit for […]

Ariane 5 Heavy Launch Of Spainish Military Satellite Delayed Again (SpaceDaily)by Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 26, 2006 Arianespace scrubbed Friday's scheduled launch of its Ariane-5 rocket because of an unspecified telemetry circuit problem. The rocket carries Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 7A telecom satellite and Spain's military SPAINSAT.

Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then made-for-reality TV bands have their weapons drawn for the gussied-up video stars who fill what's left of musicvideo in music television. VH1 updates"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"for a trio of scruffy rock bands, adds an element of the entrepreneur […]

Big BrotherReality TV: Ten strangers, three months and one network that has taken the reality TV craze one step too far. CBS'much hyped Euro import"Big Brother"debuted Wednesday night with all of the style and drama of a Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol commercial.Temptation IslandReality TV: A knock-off of"Survivor,"Fox's"Temptation Island"is merely a lightweight libido experiment. The […]

NBC Olympic audience hits Thursday high (Reuters)Reuters - The amateur singers of "American Idol" stole ratings gold from NBC's Olympics coverage in their head-to-head matchup on Thursday, but the Winter Games in Italy finished the night overall at No. 1 with its biggest U.S. audience so […]

Supernova detected by PSU-run satellite (Centre Daily Times)A cosmic explosion, detected Feb. 18 by NASA's Swift satellite, has turned out to be the beginnings of a supernova — the death throes of a star more massive than the sun.

"Idol"wins Thursday against stiff competition (Reuters)Reuters - Even Fox's"American Idol"was bloodied a bit by the reality TV shootout on Thursday in the 8 p.m. hour.Ex-"SNL"Star Morgan Cops to DUI (E! Online)E! Online - Maybe it's time for Tracy Morgan to lay off the […]

The MoleReality TV: The race is on. Not the race to identify the fink in ABC's new reality series"The Mole,"but rather the network-wide scramble to create a new"Survivor"– that is, other than"Survivor 2."The Alphabet net thinks it has a winner with this action mystery series, mainly because"The Mole"is a big hit in Europe. But then […]

Griffiths, Flockhart in'Sisters'act (Reuters)Reuters - Golden Globe winners Rachel Griffiths and Calista Flockhart have been tapped to star in ABC's drama pilot "Brothers & Sisters."Four"Idol"Hopefuls Eliminated (E! Online)E! Online - Four American Idol hopefuls sang their final note on the talent […]

Battery Recall for Delphi MyFi, Pioneer AirWare and Tao XM2GO Satellite Radio Receivers (About.com)If you purchased a Delphi MyFi, Pioneer AirWare or Tao XM2GO satellite radio in the last year, there's a recall on your battery because it might overheat, melt, or burn you. The good news is they're being replaced. Read more….NASA's Venerable FUSE […]

Four"Idol"Hopefuls Eliminated (E! Online)E! Online - Four American Idol hopefuls sang their final note on the talent search Thursday, leaving 20 semifinalists still in the running."Housewives"Desperate for Latin Flavor (E! Online)E! Online - Buena Vista International Television Latin America announced plans […]

Temptation IslandReality TV: A knock-off of"Survivor,"Fox's"Temptation Island"is merely a lightweight libido experiment. The network behind"Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire"continues to churn out copies, and this one is nothing but a trip into the shallow thought processes of unstable dudes and dudettes.Heavy metal maniaReality TV: VH1 greenlights'SuperGroup'series — VH1 and J.D. Roth's 3 Ball Prods. […]