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FCC, Wireless Providers at Odds Over Plan for Unused Airwaves

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Kim Hart

A report released yesterday by the Federal Communications Commission concluded that using empty airwaves to provide free wireless Internet would not cause major interference with other services, paving the way for FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin's proposal to sell the airwaves at a federal auction.
Consignment Sales Rise as Economy Falls

Posted: October 11th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Jura Koncius

Patricia Ohlemiller packed up her Edmund Scientific Astroscan telescope last week and headed to the Gaithersburg iSold It eBay drop-off center. She hoped to recoup $150, minus commission, of its original $350 value.
Security Fix Live

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 11:00am EDT by Brian Krebs

Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs answers your questions about the latest computer security threats and offers ways to protect your personal information.
U.S. Allegedly Listened In on Calls of Americans Abroad

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Joby Warrick

The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee is looking into allegations that a U.S. spy agency improperly eavesdropped on the phone calls of hundreds of Americans overseas, including aid workers and U.S. military personnel talking to their spouses at home.
Craft Flies 16 Miles From Moon Of Saturn

Posted: October 10th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Marc Kaufman

The international Cassini space probe flew within 16 miles of the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus yesterday -- a breathtakingly close flyby designed to gather dust and water particles that will help scientists better understand the recently discovered geysers that spew constantly from the moon's...
IBM sells $3.9 billion in corporate bonds

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 7:13pm EDT by MADLEN READ

NEW YORK -- IBM Corp. sold $3.9 billion in bonds on Thursday, a sign that the stalwarts of the corporate world are still finding lenders.
District, Verizon Reach Deal on FiOS Service

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 8:14am EDT by AP

D.C.'s Office of Cable Television and Verizon have reached an agreement on a 15-year franchise pact to bring FiOS television, high-speed Internet and telephone service to the city.
The $700 Billion Man With an Engineer's Mind

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Michael S. Rosenwald

Many of the complicated securities at the center of the subprime mortgage crisis were designed by mathematicians and physicists, and now the U.S. government has tapped an aerospace engineer who used to design NASA satellites to start unraveling them.
Cameras Get Cheaper, but at a Price

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Rob Pegoraro

Something wonderful has happened to digital cameras in the past few years. They've become enough of a commodity for manufacturers to start acting a little silly in their quest to find some new feature to set their hardware apart from everybody else's.
MoveOn Grows Up

Posted: October 9th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Jose Antonio Vargas

NEW YORK Five days after Sen. John McCain named Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, Quinn Latimer and co-worker Lyra Kilston sent an e-mail to 40 female friends and invited them to outline the reasons they were upset with his choice. It elicited such a huge response -- from friends of...