MySpace draws subpoena
A federal grand jury issued subpoenas to MySpace and others last week in connection with the suicide of a 13-year-old Missouri girl, after she received cruel messages from people posing as a teenage boy on the site, reports New York Times.
Thomas Mrozak, a spokesman for the US attorney, yesterday declined to confirm the office had issued subpoenas.
The Los Angeles Times, citing unnamed sources, reported the investigation would determine if the creation of a fake identity to harass the 13-year-old, Megan Meier, could be considered Internet fraud under federal statutes.
FAA, Boeing study airplane safety
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and airplane manufacturers are studying onboard systems planned for the next generation of jetliners to make certain in-flight Internet access would not have any unintentional or unwanted impact on a plane's vital systems, says CNN.
In a little publicised Federal Register notice, published in April and updated this month, the FAA imposed "special conditions" on Boeing, manufacturer of the 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which will be the first plane to offer Internet hook-ups.
The notice states the 787 allows "new kinds of passenger connectivity to previously-isolated data networks" on the plane. It requires Boeing to demonstrate the safety and security of its systems.
Customers drool over Dell
Dell's Alienware Curve monitor is definitely a sight to behold. Crowds at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas lined up to see Crysis being played on the three-foot-wide curved screens, reports TG Daily.
The Curve can display 2 880 by 900 pixels and has a .02 millisecond response time.
The concept behind the monitor is simple: there is a DLP rear projection unit and the picture is streamed to the curved screen, which spans the user's frontal and peripheral vision space.
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