Monday Tech News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on March 20, 2006 at 2:47:20 PM
Telcos discuss future of stuff. And screw customers in the end.
Category 5 cyclone hits AU.
Titan may harbor earth life.
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The phone companies have been forced into the TV market by the cable companies, which are now offering their own phone services to consumers. Time Warner Cable has already seen staggering uptake on its new phone service, which it bundles with its TV and high-speed broadband services. In 2005 alone, Time Warner added 880,000 new subscribers to its phone service for a total of 1.1 million voice subscribers. Others, such as Comcast and Cablevision, are also seeing strong growth in voice.
Category 5 cyclone hits AU.
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It is not yet clear how many people have been injured but no serious injuries have been reported. Along the coast, residents have described houses blown away and trees uprooted. About half the houses in Innisfail have been damaged, according to emergency services. Millions of dollars worth of sugar cane and banana crops have also been destroyed.
Titan may harbor earth life.
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The fact that meteorites from the Moon and Mars have landed on Earth confirms that impacts on solar system bodies can launch rocky debris to other planets. And previous studies have suggested that any life on the rocks could have survived the launch blast and the radiation and chill of the journey through space, assuming it lasted less than a few million years.