According to CNet:

“If you depend on the sounds of Internet radio to get you through your workday, don’t be surprised if your headphones pipe out little more than dead air next Tuesday. In protest of the elevated royalty fees Webcasters are poised to begin owing to the record industry next month, Internet radio operators are planning to stage a ‘day of silence.’”

Radio stations such as Live365 and AccuRadio were already agreed as soon as the idea was proposed, while recently major stations such as Yahoo, Rhapsody, MTV and 30+ other stations (and growing) have agreed to the idea that the increased royalty is simply nothing but a pure act of greed and are all very happy to participate in this day of silence.

What most of you aren’t thinking of is the business side of all this. One day off line for some of the bigger stations means thousands of dollars not gained by ads and other revenue streams. These internet radio companies are sacrificing a lot, but are also supporting a righteous cause and we here at ST are behind them 110%!

Eight days before the iPhone arrives, AT&T is planning for extra security and a flood of customers next Friday.

The company has hired 2,000 temporary workers to help keep things rolling on iPhone Day (previously known as June 29th) Sheesh, all this hub-ub about a phone? Admittedly, the iPhone does look promising as the all in one media phone, but people are making more of a big deal of this then they did for the PS3! Before you know it, iPhone Day will become a holiday that people will request work off to spend time with their families, in honor of apple products.

Read more about the iPhone here.

Not long ago satellite imagery was a safeguarded secret amongst the government and other higher officials. Soon after, it started becoming available to people who were willing to pay big bucks to have an image sent to them in the mail, which was mainly used for property retail. And now, it’s commercially available to anyone who can type “Google Earth.”

Problem is, online mapping software such as Google Earth allows an outer space view of the earth, and along with that, the ability to zoom in to street level.

“To talk about danger is, if I may, really is irrelevant because it’s there,” said Lt. Gen. David Deptula, deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. “No one’s going to undo commercial satellite imagery,” he told reporters in Washington.

When asked if any restrictions or blackouts on such software was to be implemented by the army, Deptula said there was no such plans or intentions, instead, “governments are trying to mitigate the effect through camouflage, concealment and deception.”

Hmmm, sounds interesting. I can’t wait to see a camo blanket as big as an air force base