b-side "Hello, you're watching Dish Network. Did you know you're a satellite pirate?" Mark Frauenfelder

pirates Clips from Dish Network's "Pirate TV" scold channel (circa 2008) David Pescovitz

tabloids Unstoppable plague, Doomsday is here, and Cruel Meghan, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law Crossbow killer exposed by car telematics Rob Beschizza

nostalgia America's most hated company ruins E.T. for Thanksgiving Rob Beschizza

eff A cycle of renewal, broken: How Big Tech and Big Media abuse copyright law to slay competition Cory Doctorow

Technology Mega Mobile Merger: $26 billion Sprint and T-Mobile deal to be approved by Justice Department on Friday Xeni Jardin

Space Rare image of US Air Force's secretive space plane in orbit David Pescovitz

facebook FCC grants Facebook-owned PointView Tech permit for experimental millimeter-wave CubeSat for satellite internet Xeni Jardin

tabloids Royal Scandals: Drugs, Divorce, and Free Booze for Life, in this week’s royally dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science WATCH: Two New Adam Savage #MythbustersJr episodes, 'Demolition Dominoes' and 'Gravity Defying Carl' Xeni Jardin

music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff

picks I've been using my $120 Amazon 10" Fire HD Tablet for 5 months and love it Jason Weisberger

Science Launching today: NASA's new satellite seeking "alien" Earths David Pescovitz

movies Animation of the earth from above, made from thousands of satellite images Rob Beschizza

roku Roku Express, now only $29 Jason Weisberger

music Spice World, postmodern masterpiecce Rob Beschizza

nostradamus A 1968 book predicts life in the year 2018 Clive Thompson

lifting bans Catch a movie in Saudi Arabia for the first time in 35 years Robert Spallone

DirecTV Surprise! DirecTV sends customer $184,000 bill Robert Spallone