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AMD releases new performance and energy focused Phenom processorsAMD just announced the newest additions to the Phenom chip lineup. The flagship here of AMD’s desktop processors is the quad-core Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition, which is selling for a cool $235 USD...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 4:18 pm Scientists say ailing penguins signal sea problemsThe dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say. Penguins may be the tuxedo-clad version of a canary in the coal mine, with...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:16 am Scientists say ailing penguin signal sea problemsThe dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say. Penguins may be the tuxedo-clad version of a canary in the coal mine, with...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:15 am Google Media Server: A Giant Toe in the Door? - TechNewsWorld
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:07 am Verizon's New DRM-Free Initiative Puts Apple On The Run - Mediapost.com
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:05 am Verizon Wireless To Host PDA and Smartphone Workshops at Union County Communications Store"20 Things Your PDA Can Do For You" Teaches Customers Productive New Wireless Applications; Workshops Offered on Route 22 in Union, July 10 & 24 UNION, N.J., July 1...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am ExamForce Earns Coveted CAQC Designation for CompTIA Network+, A+ and Security+LARGO, Fla., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ExamForce announced today that four self-study CBT's covering the CompTIA A+ Essentials, A+ Desktop Technician, Network+ and...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Verizon Wireless To Host PDA and Smartphone Workshop at Suffolk County Communications Stores"20 Things Your PDA Can Do For You" Teaches Customers Productive New Wireless Applications; Workshops Offered in Huntington July 10 and Smith Haven July 17 & 24 ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Eurotech Inc. Completes Successful Merger and Presents Executive TeamSenior Management Combines Talents for High Impact on Business Plan COLUMBIA, Md. and OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech Inc., a leading provider ofSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Survey Helps Consumers Find and Make Animal-Friendly Food ChoicesBOSTON, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To help consumers find and make more humane food choices at the supermarket, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am HITRUST Confirms Release Date for First-Ever Common Security Framework for Electronic Health InformationLeaders From Healthcare, Professional Services, Information Security and Liability Insurers Committed to Deliver a World-Class Framework DALLAS, July 1 /PRNewswire/ --...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Industry Leaders Join PMG's Service Catalog Client RosterATLANTA, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- PMG.net Inc., the technology leader for ITIL compliant service catalogs announced today that both AOL and California State AAA have joinedSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am ip.access Selects Tektronix for Femtocell TestingTektronix' G35 Protocol Analyzer to Simulate UMTS Core Network - Femtocell Connectivity RICHARDSON, Texas, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix Communications, a leading...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Gates On Windows: 'What A Mess' - InformationWeek
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 10:30 am Life is rightI see a tweet from No. 10 that leads me to this statement by PM Gordon Brown: … healthcare is not a privilege to be purchased but a moral right secured for all. A moral right for all. That is where...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 10:24 am Is an Xbox 360 price cut inbound? - ZDNet
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 10:21 am Cory Doctorow: Getting tough on copyright enforcersI think we should permanently cut off the internet access of any company that sends out three erroneous copyright notices. Three strikes and you're out, mate. Having been disconnected, your customers...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 10:16 am Alliance Formed To Promote Macs On Corporate Networks - InformationWeek
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 10:06 am Zigo Leader Carrier BicycleBy Andrew Liszewski I don’t own a car, but apparently those numbers posted at the gas station mean that refueling your vehicle has gotten rather expensive these days. So instead of heading out in...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 9:44 am Adobe Makes Flash Searchable - The Holy Grail of Website Usability?For years the big problem with Flash-based websites is that they could not be properly indexed by search engines. Flash websites have been favored by marketers and advertisers for a long time, because...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 9:36 am Second Life's Latest User Stats: Premium Accounts Falling, In-World Hours RisingUnless I missed it, the last time the Lindens announced Second Life's user metrics on their blog was last February. However, data up until May 2008 is actually now available on the main site's economy...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 9:30 am Canadians protest iPhone plans (Macworld.com)Macworld.com - One of my favorite things about the iPhone is the unlimited data plan I get from AT&T. Even with the mediocre EDGE speeds I get on the current iPhone, unlimited data means that I can read all the emails, view all the web pages, and play all the games I want on the cellular network. So, I was very disappointed to see that not all countries getting the iPhone on July 11 will have this option.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 1 Jul 2008 | 9:30 am Today’s The Day. Put That Phone Down While Driving In California ... - TechCrunch
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 8:59 am Provider of Free Public Domain Music Re-OpensChip Zoller writes "This community took note when the International Music Score Library Project shut down last October, and when Project Gutenberg stepped in to help three days later. I would like to alert you all that our site, IMSLP, has re-opened to the public for good after a 10-month hiatus. All the news updates in the interim can be found linked to the main page. We take great pride in re-opening as it demonstrates our willpower to make the masterpieces of history free to the world; and moreover to make manifest that we will not be bullied by publishers sporting outrageous claims of copyright in a country where they clearly are expired."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 1 Jul 2008 | 8:58 am Todays The Day. Put That Phone Down While Driving In California, Or Pay $20I hope you got it out of your system, people. Today’s the day that you can no longer use a handheld mobile device in California and Washington (the two states where I spend most of my time). So break...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 8:57 am Warner Music Group to offer music through Nokia phones (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 1 Jul 2008 | 8:42 am GTA and Wii Fit boost HMVHMV today reported a 25% surge in annual profits as it gained market share, helped by the popularity of new games like Grand Theft Auto IV and Wii Fit. Runaway demand for console games has helped the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 8:23 am iPhone will ship in green packagingApple's new iPhone 3G will be shipped on July 11 in a potato starch paper tray. Apple placed an order with Dutch company PaperFoam, which also makes packages for Motorola. The company confirmed this...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 8:13 am hey kids!Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 7:57 am Restaurant reservations on your cellphoneRestaurant reservation site OpenTable.com has just launched Table Mobile, allowing people to make reservations via their web-enabled cellphone. [via USA Today's Technology Live]Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 7:48 am Flash Search being Enabled by Google, Yahoo; Images/Video Still ... - Washington Post
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 7:46 am jerry[Cartoon inspired by Kara Swisher.]...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 7:37 am EBay ordered to pay $63 million to luxury-goods makerSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Plans vary on enforcement of California's hands-free cellphone law for driversSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Would Bill Gates be No. 2?Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Adobe to help reveal 'invisible' Flash Web content (CNET)CNET - Adobe Systems is helping Google and Yahoo to uncover Web content that was previously "invisible" to Web searches.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 1 Jul 2008 | 6:30 am Apple releases OS X Leopard 10.5.4 update - TG Daily
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 6:03 am Mozilla Pitches Firefox 3.1 Alpha For July ReleaseAn anonymous reader writes "Just a week after Mozilla shipped Firefox 3.0, the open-source developer has proposed ship dates for the next version that, if approved, would produce an alpha release next month and a final no later than early 2009. According to a draft schedule discussed at a recent meeting, Mozilla wants to have the first Firefox 3.1 developer preview ready by July, then move to a beta by August. The schedule slates final code delivery in the last quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2009. A month ago, when Mozilla first started discussing Firefox 3.1 internally, Mike Schroepfer, the company's vice president of engineering, said the upgrade's target ship date was the end of 2008. If Mozilla holds to that plan, Firefox 3.1 would be its first fast-track update. Firefox 3.0, for instance, launched approximately 20 months after its predecessor, Firefox 2.0."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 1 Jul 2008 | 6:01 am Tech Companies Form Patent Trust to Curb Suits - Washington Post
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 5:46 am Hollywood studio, Google forge new ground on Web (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 1 Jul 2008 | 5:33 am Put to the Test: Best Smartphone Platforms For Business (TechWeb)TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - A smartphone's OS drives its productivity-enhancing powers. Here's a guide to choosing among Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia S60, and Google Android.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 1 Jul 2008 | 4:34 am 150th Anniversary of Theory of Evolution1858: The Linnaean Society of London listens to the reading of a composite paper on how natural selection accounts for the evolution and variety of species. The authors are Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Modern biology is born. Scientists of the time knew that evolution occurred. The fossil record showed evidence of life forms that no longer existed. The question was, how did it occur? Darwin had been working on his theory since 1837, soon after his epic voyage on the HMS Beagle. The hypermethodical naturalist wanted not only to classify the prodigious variation he had observed, but also to explain how it came to be. He felt he would need to publish extensive documentation of natural selection to overcome popular resistance to so radical a notion. So he planned a comprehensive, multivolume work to convince scientists and the world. Darwin was still working on his magnum opus when in June 1858 he received a letter from an English naturalist working in Malaysia. Alfred Russel Wallace was young and brash. When he conceived of natural selection, he didn't plan a 10-volume lifework. He just dashed off a quick paper on the subject and mailed it to the author of The Voyage of the Beagle, asking him to refer it for publication if it seemed good enough. Darwin was crestfallen. Was he about to lose credit for two decades of work? Wallace had suggested that Darwin forward the paper to Scottish geologist Charles Lyell. Along with English botanist Joseph Hooker, Lyell was one of a small handful of people Darwin had shown early drafts of his own work on natural selection. Darwin wrote to Lyell and Hooker, and they arranged for a joint paper to be read at the forthcoming meeting of the Linnaean Society of London. (Founded in 1788 and named for Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish scientist who devised the binomial system of taxonomy, it is the world’s oldest active biological society.) Neither Darwin nor Wallace attended the meeting. Wallace was still in Malaysia. Darwin was at home with his wife mourning the death of their 19-month-old son just three days earlier. The secretary of the society read the 18-page paper, comprising four parts:
The paper and the meeting did not cause an immediate sensation. Other papers were read the same day. The society had routine business to transact. The meeting was long (.pdf). But the paper was accepted for publication in the society's Proceedings later that year. Was this a remarkable case of simultaneous discovery? Not quite. It was more like simultaneous announcement. What is remarkable is that both Darwin and Wallace credited their central insight to reading Thomas Malthus' essay, Population, first published in 1798. Darwin read Malthus in 1838 and immediately realized how it applied to his own work. Wallace had read it around 1846, but first saw its import for explaining evolution while he lay recovering from fever in Malaysia a dozen years later. Malthus observed that population was held in check because not every individual would survive to reproduce. As Wallace wrote, "It suddenly flashed upon me ... in every generation the inferior would inevitably be killed off and the superior would remain -- that is, the fittest would survive." But the same differences in temperament that had led to Darwin's delay and Wallace's rush to publication now worked to Darwin's advantage ... and ultimately greater fame. Wallace was already on to his next big thing: amassing huge collections of natural specimens in hopes of winning both fame and fortune. Darwin was on to his next big thing: At the urging of his friends, he published a magnificent one-volume summary of his work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, in 1859. That produced an intellectual and cultural splash, perhaps the largest of the 19th century. And it is the sesquicentennial of the book next year, along with the bicentennial of Darwin's birth, which will be more widely marked than the 1858 event. But our story does not end here ... quite. Both Darwin and Wallace acknowledged they did not know the precise mechanism by which the traits of the successful surviving organisms in one generation were passed on to their descendants in the next. Two years before the Darwin-Wallace paper, an obscure Austrian monk by the name of Gregor Mendel had started work on crossbreeding varieties of peas. He discovered the patterns and importance of recombinant recessive and dominant traits. Mendel read his paper, "Experiments on Plant Hybridization," in 1865, and published it the following year. But Mendel's work received little notice and was cited a mere three times over the next 35 years. Just as the significance of Malthus' observation had remained unnoticed until the time was ripe, so did Mendel's contribution. Only in 1900 -- in near-simultaneous publications by three different European botanists -- was Mendel's work rediscovered, with its apparent application as the mechanism that had eluded Darwin and Wallace. Sociologist Robert K. Merton postulated that "multiples" in science and invention are frequent, naming examples like the calculus, natural selection, the telegraph, the telephone and the automobile. He suggested that many more innovations and advances go unheralded because primacy of publication or patent deters many others from being submitted to the public. Instead, researchers will seek a new and often related line of advance. The saga of Darwin and Wallace, though, remains an extraordinary example:
Ideas and concepts, even paradigms, come to fruition because of their social and historical milieu, as Merton and others have so aptly shown. If an idea arrives on the scene too far in advance, if the seeds are sown too early -- as with Malthus and Mendel -- that field may lay fallow for decades. The world of scientists is a social one of human beings whose ideas, predilections, vision and insight -- as well as their blind spots and limitations -- are the product of their cultures. If it is true, in the words of Darwin contemporary Victor Hugo, that nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come, then perhaps it is also true that nothing is so powerless as an idea whose time has yet to come. Source: Multiple 
Source: Wired Top Stories | 1 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am 15th Anniversary: 5 Things Wired Pronounced Dead Prematurely
Source: Wired Top Stories | 1 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am How to See 93 Million Miles: Plan a Trip to a Total Solar EclipseA total solar eclipse will cut a swath of shadow through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China on August 1. And thousands of people will travel to remote locations just to stand in the dark for three minutes -- and maybe perceive the vast size of the solar system. Locations are rarely convenient, and planning a successful eclipse trip involves specialized maps, astronomical charts, statistical weather data, GPS and optical gear, backcountry camping equipment (perhaps), and a good working relationship with uncertainty. The reward, though, can be like a short trip into space. The corona itself is a big freakish thing: a feathery halo of streaming particles along magnetic field lines, which look not like nice summer rays but kill-you-dead radiation. It's also so big and far away as to bend one's sense of scale. At least three planets are usually visible, and this August there will be four: Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Mars. On my second eclipse the sight of the sun and grouping of planets overtook me: I knew I was looking at the Middle. The absence of the blinding photosphere provides depth perception, with the corona serving as a reference point relative to the planets in front of and beyond the sun. It allows you to see the big mechanical picture, like a life-sized version of the classroom model, minus a few parts. With some mental effort, it's possible to actually grasp a sense of the size of the solar system. It can crack your brain a bit. I've seen three solar eclipses, venturing to Eastern Europe, South America and Africa. The plan this time is to trek into the Gobi Desert from Mongolia, where transport options are restricted to Jeep and camel, to an area in the center of the shadow's path in China. That's the plan, at least. There are border and government permission issues to deal with, and plans may not survive first contact. There's the part about actually getting there. In my eclipse travels I've canoed down the Zambezi River under a cloud of migrating bees, helped push a jackknifed tractor trailer over a cliff to clear a mountain road, hitchhiked with a Catholic priest who offered to sell me diamonds, and found myself atop crests of dunes with nomadic, eclipse-chasing ravers with black circles and orange halos painted on their foreheads. Every trip is jammed with this stuff. Information The place to start is the NASA eclipse page, administered by the godfather of eclipse chasing, astronomer Fred Espenak, with help from Canadian meteorologist Jay Anderson. The repeating orbital geometries of the sun, Earth and moon, called the Saros cycles, result in total solar eclipses (when the moon completely blocks the sun) every year or two somewhere in the world. This site posts maps of the umbral paths as well as a trove of other resources, including photography guides. Shadow Time This year's eclipse traverses thousands of miles between Canada and China, so how do you pick a spot? Factor No. 1 is duration; You want as much time as possible. The point of greatest eclipse, where the shadow hits the surface of the Earth most head-on and lasts the longest, is near the Russian city of Nadym, with 2 minutes, 27 seconds, of totality beginning at 3:27:07 p.m. local time. An important note: A partial eclipse is not worth traveling to. Even 99 percent coverage results in 100 percent disappointment. Good Weather Factor No. 2, probability of clear skies, often trumps factor No. 1. Statistical weather data indicates an average August cloud amount of 60 percent in Nadym -- not a good bet. Weather prospects are terrible for most of the path except for one area showing under 30 percent, marked on a meteorological map by a tiny beige blob between the Chinese towns of Yiwu and Nom. It would be easiest to begin in China and travel to this area, but the rest of my trip is focused in Mongolia, which makes planning more difficult. In any case, this brings us to the fun part: local circumstances and conditions. Travel Maybe your spot's in a war zone, or an atoll in the Pacific, or some other back-of-beyond. Can you take a train? A bus? A donkey cart? Keep in mind that forests and buildings obscure sightlines, and nearby mountains usually create convective clouds in otherwise-clear areas. Also, a dramatic natural event loses a bit of charm when viewed from the shoulder of a busy highway, or overlooking a sewage-treatment plant. Research transport and site choice details by all available means (Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Google Earth, embassies, friends), scout your location as early as possible upon arrival, and be prepared to move. Gear As for gear, one essential item is eclipse-viewing shades. Aluminized Mylar or No. 14 welder's glass works well, and disposable cardboard glasses with protective filters can be ordered online. Even a bare cuticle of sunlight can fry your retinas when you stare at it, but the only way to experience totality is with your own eyes, and it's even better with magnification if you're willing to lug some gear. Astrophotographers come equipped with big lenses and solar filters designed (and required) especially for this purpose. A look through a properly equipped telescope will blow your mind with views of huge arcs of flame, called prominences, erupting off the sun's limb, as well as sunspots and close-ups of the corona, millions of kelvins hot. Shadow Protocol Timing here is critical, as the second-contact phenomena, when totality is beginning, are spectacular. Over a few short seconds the sun narrows to a sliver, and everything around you shimmers as though the air itself is polarized. Planets and a few bright stars appear. People begin to shout and applaud at the last hot gleam of the sun, set atop the crescent like an oozing orange-white gem -- the "diamond ring effect." This immediately breaks apart into a fiery arc of beads, known as "Bailey's beads," as the profile of the mountains on the moon obscures all but a few rays shining through the valleys. Then it's lights out, leaving only the glow of a pearlescent, feathery halo around a black, unnatural anti-sun. Unfamiliar constellations appear as your eyes adjust, and the corona begins to stretch outward. The temperature drops by almost 10 degrees, and depending on where you are, crickets may begin to chirp and mosquitoes bite, as confused animals begin their evening routines. Now's the time to get your imagination working -- and stop fooling with the photographic gear! The continuous blast of stuff from that thing 93 million miles away -- yes, you can see what 93 million miles away looks like -- is what warms your face, lights up the poles with washes of color, makes plants grow, triggers vitamin-D synthesis in our bodies and drives all of our weather. That thing all the way out there is responsible for … everything. Wow. Then after a period lasting anywhere from several seconds to a theoretical maximum of about 7½ minutes, a blast of light wipes the sky clean of space. The temperature rises, roosters crow, and the whole thing seems like it never happened. The World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Maps on the NASA page illustrates eclipse locations for the next 90 years. You could find yourself anywhere from a monastery in Bhutan to a farm in the Ozarks, with a view of a sky hardly anyone gets to see. Links:
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Source: Wired Top Stories | 1 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am Playlist: Spaced Out Architecture, Troll 2 Fest, Futurama DVD : Through hundreds of groovy photos, Alastair Gordon's book explores the tripped-out buildings of the age of Aquarius. This history of hippie homes chronicles the rise of architecture inspired, in some cases, by LSD: geodesic domes, DIY crash pads, and counterculture communes, among others. Spaced Out shows how ambitiously experimental, hallucinogenically colorful, and at times laughably impractical the designs were — from a waterbed prototype to a house that changed colors in response to human touch. Gordon, a New York Times contributor, highlights the technologies in use today that were pioneered during the era's kaleidoscopic revolution. Turn on, drop out, move in. : Eighteen years ago, a ragtag band of extremely untalented actors and filmmakers gathered in the town of Morgan, Utah, to make Troll 2, a horror movie that had no trolls in it. (The non-scary baddies in cheap plastic masks were called Nilbogs, "goblin" spelled backward.) The straight-to-video excrescence, which IMDB ranks among the 50 worst movies of all time, garnered a cult following on the Web. On June 27, the cast and crew return to Morgan, where fans will congregate for a three- day festival of crimes against cinema. Call it Ed Woodstock. : The funniest characters in the 31st century are back for another feature-length DVD adventure. In this installment, kleptobot Bender tears a hole in the fabric of spacetime. (Note to selves: Never taunt a parallel universe by inviting it to bite your shiny metal ass.) The rift allows a hideous tentacled alien — voiced by Arrested Development's David Cross — to seduce every creature in our galaxy simultaneously. : Wanna rock out to Twisted Sister on the plane, bus, or subway with your Nintendo DS? All you have to do is snap on the controller, which has four fret buttons, just like the original game's guitar, and strum using the included pick-shaped stylus. Yes, you'll look like a total dweeb, but the gameplay shreds. Jamming to "Jessie's Girl" or "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" is such a blast you won't notice that the flight attendant just went to get the air marshal.*
* Hey, Activision, while we're on the subject, here are three songs we, like, need for GH III: "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," Blur's "Song 2," and Smashing Pumpkins' "Geek USA."  : Stick one of these designer flash drives into your drab PC and let the cute times roll. Perky, quirky USB-ready figurines store up to 8 gigs and come loaded with don't-worry, be-happy desktop images and music. This summer, Hong Kong artist Bubi Au Yeung's super fluffy Treeson character gets her flashy close-up, followed by golden boy C-3P0. : Before there was Freaks and Geeks, there was Square Pegs. The 1982 sitcom may not have lasted long, but the angst-ridden misadventures of frizzy-haired, four-eyed freshman Patty (played by a pre-highlights & Blahniks Sarah Jessica Parker) and her brace-faced BFF Lauren (Amy Linker) later spawned The Breakfast Club, My So-Called Life, and F&G. With scripts by John Belushi-era SNL writers, cameos by Bill Murray and Devo, plus more spandex than American Apparel's latest collection, Pegs is a totally awesome '80s relic. : Just when we thought Method Man couldn't get any more badass than the drug dealer "Cheese" on The Wire, he has to go and defend the human race. In his graphic novel debut, Meth becomes a murdering priest descended from Cain (Abel's big brother). With help from artist Sanford Greene and writer David Atchison, the Wu-Tang Clan MC shows he still has many chambers of untapped talent. : Since it hit the UK this spring, this disco-tinged debut from Brooklyn DJ Andrew Butler and cohorts has burned up the blogosphere. But only file-sharing Yanks could score all 10 tracks. Mashing up '70s conga, string, and horn arrangements with ultramodern beats and synth, the ultimate party record has finally arrived stateside. : This is not your typical summer holiday. Authors Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger (a blogger for Wired .com) traveled the globe on a quest to unlock the mysteries of nuclear weaponry. The two-year odyssey took the husband and wife to Site R (Cheney's supposed "undisclosed location" on 9/11), Iran's top-secret Isfahan facility, and a nightmarish nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. : Tired of a house full of toys your kids no longer like? Rent, don't buy, new ones. For $37 a month, BabyPlays will send little Timmy four toys to keep as long as he wants. Every plaything is sanitized and lead-free. Hmmm ... free shipping, no late fees — they should do something like this with movies.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 1 Jul 2008 | 4:00 am Journal of Ride Theory omnibus free download
Dan Howland has made his amazing theme-park zine omnibus, The Journal of Ride Theory Omnibus, available as a free PDF download -- and he's thrown in his great book Dome and Domer: The Increasingly Stupid Story of the Millennium Dome along with it!
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Source: Boing Boing | 1 Jul 2008 | 3:57 am Teaser for Pirate's Dilemma TV showMatt Mason, author of The Pirate's Dilemma, sez, "Jesse Alexander (producer of Heroes and Lost) and I have been working on turning The Pirate's Dilemma into a TV show, we've just put a teaser up for what that show might look like here: Jesse read the book and saw the pirates I talked about from the worlds of youth culture as real life heroes - people with no special powers who managed to to turn society and old business models upside down with superhuman strength. We connected and started working on this idea, along with John Carluccio and Mark Kotlinski from CurrentTV. The trailer is an early sketch of where we are going with this. "Also I finally got my publishers to put the book out as a pay-what-you-want PDF!" Link to video, Link to downloadable PDF (Thanks, Matt!)
See also: Source: Boing Boing | 1 Jul 2008 | 3:52 am FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969xmedar writes "In his talks about the history of Apple, Woz has often recounted how the 1971 Esquire article 'Secrets of the Little Blue Box' set him on the road to phone phreaking. Now someone has obtained the FBI file of one of the phreaks, Joe Engressia (who later changed his name to Joybubbles), via Freedom of Information requests. The file reveals that Engressia was illegally wiretapped by the FBI and the phone company back in 1969. J. Edgar Hoover considered the blind college student a national security risk and wrote a memo about him to John Ehrlichman."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 1 Jul 2008 | 3:09 am Microtune to settle option backdating chargesCable chip company Microtune Inc. said Monday it has agreed to settle charges stemming from a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the company's stock granting practices.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Jul 2008 | 2:54 am Intel Bets on the Past - New York Times
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 1 Jul 2008 | 1:57 am Xandros Reportedly Buys Out Linspire2muchcoffeeman writes "Former Linspire president and CEO Kevin Carmony — whose relationship with his former employer has turned acrimonious, to say the least — reported on his blog that Xandros and Linspire signed an agreement in principle to buy Linspire June 19. Carmony includes a scan of the memo to Linspire shareholders announcing the deal, which requires the former Linspire company to change its name. According to the memo, the stockholders voted to change the company's name to Digital Cornerstone, Inc. Despite the wording of the Linspire memo to stockholders, this deal apparently came as a surprise to Carmony and other stockholders. Some here may remember that both Xandros and Linspire signed patent protection deals with Microsoft in 2007."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 1 Jul 2008 | 1:19 am First Look: Intrepid Ibex Alpha Points to Ubuntu's Mobile FutureThe newest alpha release of Ubuntu Linux -- codename Intrepid Ibex -- shows enhancements aimed at improving performance on low-power devices like mobiles and mini-notebooks. In Webmonkey.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 1 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am Game makers set September release for "Rock Band 2" (Reuters)Reuters - The makers of video game "Rock Band 2" said on Monday the sequel to last year's best-selling predecessor "Rock Band" will be released for the Xbox in September, months ahead of key rival "Guitar Hero."Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 1 Jul 2008 | 12:48 am Today is the 50th anniversary of NAACP v. Alabama, landmark freedom of association caseGuilherme sez, "June 30th is the 50th birthday of NAACP v. Alabama, a landmark case protecting the right of association. Alabama's efforts to expel the NAACP from its state included its demand of the NAACP's membership list. The Supreme Court struck down this demand, noting the importance of associational privacy for dissent: "Inviolability of privacy in group association may in many circumstances be indispensable to preservation of freedom of association, particularly where a group espouses dissident beliefs"" In commemoration of the birthday, the Electronic Privacy Information Center is hosting an essay written by Law Professor Anita Allen at the link: 'NAACP v. Alabama, Privacy and Data Protection.' Some excerpts:"In NAACP v. Alabama, the Court affirmed that the constitutional rights of speech and assembly include a right of private group association. The idea that Americans are free to join private groups was not new in 1958. However, the Court's decision to allow private groups to keep membership information confidential was an important constitutional milestone."Link (Thanks, Guilherme!) Source: Boing Boing | 1 Jul 2008 | 12:32 am Con-artist convinces town he's a super Fed who doesn't need search warrantsYoder sez, "Bill Jakob, a former trucking company owner with law enforcement experience, spent 'several months' pretending to be a federal agent in the town of Gerald, MO. Jakob apparently spent his time aggressively busting drug suspects, with the complicity of the local police department, claiming 'he did not need search warrants to enter their homes because he worked for the federal government.'"Gosh, I guess that spending seven years telling everyone that the War on Terror demands that we defer to authority and trust in secrecy means that we end up being credulous patsies for con-artists -- who could have foreseen it? The strange adventures of Sergeant Bill have led to the firing of three of the town’s five police officers, left the outcome of a string of drug arrests in doubt, prompted multimillion-dollar federal civil rights lawsuits by at least 17 plaintiffs and stirred up a political battle, including a petition seeking the impeachment of Mr. Schulte, over who is to blame for the mess.Link (Thanks, Yoder!) Source: Boing Boing | 1 Jul 2008 | 12:31 am Official anti-terrorism civilian snoop program to be expandedThe US's "Terrorism Liaison Officer" program is being expanded -- this is a program that trains utility workers and other government employees to snitch on people whom they deem "suspicious" and embroil them in a never-ending round of Orwellian surveillance and background checks.Because nothing helps us find the terrorist needles in the haystack like inviting every junior G-Man in the land to make the haystacks larger! In Colorado, TLOs report not only illegal but legal activity, such as bulk purchases along Colorado’s Front Range of up to 150 disposable cellphones. TLO supervisors said these bulk buys were suspicious because similar phones are used as remote detonators for bombs overseas and can be re-sold to fund terrorism.Link Source: Boing Boing | 1 Jul 2008 | 12:24 am Documentary about Creative Commons business modelsJohn sez, "Frances Pinter and David Percy have made a short documentary film about business models in the publishing world that use Creative Commons licenses. Frances has been heading a CC-based publishing project called the Publishing and Alternative Licensing Model of Africa (PALM Africa). It is based in Uganda, and South Africa." Link (Thanks, John!) Source: Boing Boing | 1 Jul 2008 | 12:23 am HOWTO make a Disney Jungle Cruise playhouse Eric sez, "Instructables user madhatter1138 meticulously interpreted the 'Jungle Cruise' ride at Disneyland into a backyard playhouse for his lucky daughters. He posted a slideshow of the construction and the finished product up on the site." Link (Thanks, Eric!) Source: Boing Boing | 1 Jul 2008 | 12:23 am Minnesota Pays Video Game Industry $65K In FeesI Said More Ham writes "Minnesota's attorney general will drop the state's efforts to fine underage buyers of violent videogames after a high court struck down a state law as unconstitutional. The Entertainment Software Association, one of the plaintiffs in the case, announced Monday that the state paid $65,000 in attorney's fees and expenses."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:27 pm Telecoms: Thus soars after C&W buys stakeCable & Wireless sweetened its offer for Thus yesterday and snapped up a 29.9% stake in the smaller telecoms firm to strengthen its hand. C&W failed to secure a full recommendation from the Thus...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:07 pm TeliaSonera: France Tlcom hangs up on Swedish operatorFrance Télécom yesterday abandoned its €27bn (£21bn) bid for Nordic rival TeliaSonera and, with it, the prospect of leading Europe's biggest telecoms group. The...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:07 pm eBay hit with 30m fine for sales of fake luxuriesThe world's biggest online auctioneer, eBay, was ordered by a French court yesterday to pay €38.6m euros in damages to the luxury goods group LVMH for negligence in allowing the sale of fake bags,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:07 pm Competition inquiry delays broadcasters' online serviceAmbitious plans for an online video on demand service offering more than 10,000 hours of classic TV shows from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 were hit yesterday by a decision to refer them to the Competition...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:06 pm Some Developers Leaving Google For Microsoftrecoiledsnake writes "We have heard about lots of talented developers jumping ship from Microsoft to Google, but is the trend beginning to turn? Dare Obasanjo (a Microsoft employee) writes about a few high-profile people picking Microsoft over Google — either making the jump directly, or choosing Microsoft after receiving offers at both. Sergey Solyanik is back to Microsoft and he primarily gripes about the culture and lack of career development at Google. He writes, 'Everything is pretty much run by [engineering] — PMs and testers are conspicuously absent from the process. Google as an organization is not geared — culturally — to delivering enterprise class reliability to its user applications.' Danny Thorpe, who was the key architect of Google Gears, is back at Microsoft for his second stint working on developer technologies related to Windows Live."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:45 pm Goodbye To Bill Gates And Windows XP (TechWeb)TechWeb - Microsoft marks the end of an era as Bill Gates and Windows XP -- two icons of the company at its zenith -- head for the sunset. Can Redmond survive this transitional moment, or will June 30 be the day Microsoft died?Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:16 pm Rating the Games-on-Demand ServicesXbox Live Arcade vs. WiiWare vs. PlayStation Store -- it's a three-way smackdown for best digital delivery system.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:06 pm Netflix Changes Its Mind, Will Keep Profiles FeaturexChange writes "I too was disappointed at Netflix's decision to remove the Profiles feature, and let them know via email and telephone. I was surprised to find the following email in my inbox today: 'You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and emails telling us how important Profiles are. We are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us we will delight, and not disappoint, you.' I thought that it sounded too good to be true, and went to their blog to confirm, finding this entry. Netflix decided to listen to its customers, and keep a feature that many of us find essential for our use of their service. I am surprised, and very pleased."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:01 pm Telecom Amnesty Foes Lobby Obama Using Obama TechLeft-leaning opponents of amnesty for telecoms sued for helping the government warrantlessly spy on Americans are turning to Senator Barack Obama's own Web 2.0 tools to lobby him to oppose a pending bill. They wonder if the new participatory politics he's relied on to secure the Democratic nomination can sway him back to his original opposition to the spying bill, or if old-style politics will rule the day.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 9:52 pm The Amazing Joy Buzzards volume 1: Here Come the SpidersScott says:
One of my favorite comics from the last year is The Amazing Joy Buzzards, an over-the-top title about the world's greatest rock 'n roll adventure band. With their trusty sidekick, the mythical Mexican wrestling genie, El Campeon, in tow, the Buzzards hop from one fast-paced adventure to the next, saving mankind from monsters, super-villains and evil beasties while living the rock 'n roll lifestyle to the fullest. Writer Mark Andrew Smith (Aqua Leung, Pop Gun) and and Artist Dan Hipp (GYAKUSHU!) have created a zany tour de force that will remind any reader that comics can still be fun without sacrificing story. Image Comics has just released a new "director's cut" super-deluxe trade paperback.Amazing Joy Buzzards Volume 1: Here Come The Spiders ($14.99 at Amazon) | ($15.99 at Heavy Ink) Source: Boing Boing | 30 Jun 2008 | 9:51 pm Today on Boing Boing Gadgets Today at Boing Boing Gadgets we spotted a weird Rubik cube, overclocked a Mac Pro that none of us actually own; and wondered how one fits a headphone amp in a CD-ROM drive.
What is it we do? We covet. John wants an MSI Wind running Leopard and a brilliant Invader Zim sculpture; Joel wants a vestal grenade watch and a kegerator-cum-boombox on his hitch; and Rob wants a Sound Chaser to pipe audio unicorn chasers into his ears after every bad phone is announced. There was a hippy control net; classic flip clocks; a frightening Gigermobile; a homemade autogiro from China; an unexpectedly-useful ladybug gadget; a GLaDOS GPS hack; and a disconcerting Elvis Terminator thing. Let there be music! If you don't like the AirPiano, try the Time Harp. The visual arts, however, are a different matter: destruction in the name of beauty and a video card with an identity crisis. Lastly, loose lips won't sink ships with the flying dildo drone. Source: Boing Boing | 30 Jun 2008 | 9:24 pm Gene Editing Could Make Anyone Immune to AIDSA new experimental technique strips a key gene out of T-cells in mice, blocking their ability to produce a protein that HIV uses to enter and take over the T-cells. The result: cells that are nearly impenetrable to the virus.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 9:16 pm Algorithm Names Powell 'Ideal' Vice President CandidateCWmike writes "Turns out the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. John McCain is the same person as the ideal vice presidential candidate for Sen. Barack Obama, according to a sophisticated online survey based on technology developed at MIT. Mr. Ideal? Colin Powell, a former U.S. Army general and former secretary of state. Affinnova's survey methods doesn't use the typical polling method of asking respondents to pick a name from a list. Instead, it gives respondents larger concepts, including photos, biographical information and possible first-term priorities. Affinnova calls this algorithm 'evolutionary optimization.' Steve Lamoureaux, the company's chief innovation officer, said of the VP finding: 'We never imagined that the same candidate would show up for both parties.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 30 Jun 2008 | 9:16 pm What's Inside a Camera? Saw It In Half and SeeEver wondered what's inside your camera? An exhibit at the German Technology Museum in Berlin shows a variety of cameras and lenses, all sliced neatly down the middle, so you can see their inner workings, in this photo gallery in Gadget Lab.Source: Wired: Gadgets | 30 Jun 2008 | 8:45 pm What's Inside a Camera? Saw It In Half and SeeEver wondered what's inside your camera? An exhibit at the German Technology Museum in Berlin shows a variety of cameras and lenses, all sliced neatly down the middle, so you can see their inner workings, in this photo gallery in Gadget Lab.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 8:45 pm VW Beetle conversion into giant snail
A few years ago, my friends Jon Sarriugarte and Kyrsten Mate converted a civil service vehicle into the SS Alphafox, a fire-spitting rover straight out of 1960s science fiction. Now, they're transforming an old VW Bug into a snail. From the project description: The snail will be roughly 12 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 8 feet high. The body and head will be built out of scrap galvanized metal cut into scales and the shell will be shaped from perforated steel. The structure of the shell and its growth rings will have Jon’s trademark rivet detail. The shell will offer a great opportunity for a beautiful patina job. The snail will be driven from a bench seat set back into the shell. To do this, we are extending the power and steering mechanisms up and back. This is all built on a Volkswagon Beetle frame that is completely stripped.Snail car (Form and Reform) Previously on BB: • Jon Sarriugarte's fire and metal art Source: Boing Boing | 30 Jun 2008 | 8:35 pm Yahoo takes its defense against Icahn to investors (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jun 2008 | 8:34 pm Microsoft Releases Pre-2007 Binary File Format SpecsAn anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has released the specifications for the binary file formats used by pre-2007 Microsoft Office applications. They're accurate this time! Honest! While the documents are enormous (Word alone requires 533 pages; Excel runs over 1000 plus another 850 pages for the Office 2007 binary format), they hopefully will be useful to developers trying to create or extract information from Microsoft Office files (which despite their flaws, have been the de facto standard in many fields for some time now)."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 30 Jun 2008 | 8:25 pm How to Get a Copy of Windows XP Even Though it's 'Dead'Monday, June 30 marks the final day you can buy a copy of Microsoft Windows XP from major retail outlets, resellers and manufacturers. But thanks to some loopholes in its retirement plan, you can still get your hands on a copy of XP and avoid upgrading to Vista a little longer. In Wired.com's How-To Wiki.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 8:10 pm eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jun 2008 | 8:06 pm What Do You Want On Future Browsers?Coach Wei writes "An industry wishlist for future browsers has been collected and developed by OpenAjax Alliance. Using wiki as an open collaboration tool, the feature list now lists 37 separate feature requests, covering a wide range of technology areas, such as security, Comet, multimedia, CSS, interactivity, and performance. The goal is to inform the browser vendors about what the Ajax developer community feels are most important for the next round of browsers (i.e., FF4, IE9, Safari4, and Opera10) and to provide supplemental details relative to the feature requests. Currently, the top three voted features are: 2D Drawing/Vector Graphics, The Two HTTP Connection Limit Issue, and HTML DOM Operation Performance In General . OpenAjax Alliance is calling for everyone to vote for his/her favorite features. The alliance also strongly encourages people to comment on the wiki pages for each of the existing features and to add any important new features that are not yet on the list."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 30 Jun 2008 | 7:33 pm Swedes protest sweeping e-mail eavesdropping law (AP)AP - A public outcry against Sweden's eavesdropping law reached new heights Monday with protesters sending more than 1 million e-mails to lawmakers, parliamentary officials said.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 30 Jun 2008 | 5:55 pm Washington State Says No Cellphones While DrivingWashington state became the most recent to enact a new law requiring drivers to stay off of their hand-held cell phones while driving.The law, which carries a potential $124 ticket, will begin enforcement on Tuesday.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:50 pm SE Asia Faces Obstacles In Obtaining Geothermal PowerImage Caption: Volcanic arcs and oceanic trenches partly encircling the Pacific Basin form the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The trenches are shown in blue-green. The volcanic island arcs, although not labelled, are parallel to, and always landward of, the trenches. For example, the island arc associated with the Aleutian Trench is represented by the long chain of volcanoes that make up the Aleutian Islands. (USGS)Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:45 pm Telcordia Opens Technology Research Center in PolandTelcordia Technologies, a global leader in the development of IP, wireline and mobile telecommunications software and services, today announced that it has opened a research center in Poznan, Poland.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm ESPRE Solutions and Telethra Partner for the Delivery of Next-Generation Live Media Over the InternetESPRE Solutions, Inc.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm Photron Turns to Xilinx Programmable Solutions for Latest High Speed CameraSAN JOSE, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx Inc., today announced that its programmable solutions, including software, high-performance silicon and IP, have enabled the latest high-speed camera from Photron, a leading provider of imaging technology with headquarters in Japan and North America.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm BAE Systems to Develop Nano-Sensor Technology in Agreement With Micromem Applied Sensor TechnologiesBAE Systems -- under an agreement with Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies Inc., -- will co-produce nano-sensor technology that will leverage both companies' expertise for use in military, commercial, and homeland security applications.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm Quaker Chemical Selected for the Russell 3000(R) IndexCONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quaker Chemical Corporation today announced that it has been selected for inclusion in the Russell 3000(R) Index with the reconstitution of Russell Investments' family of U.S. indexes on June 27, 2008.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm New Diet Helps Cows Clean Up Their ActBy Patricia Breakey, The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. Jun. 30--An increasing number of Delaware County farmers are using new feeding methods to cut down on the amount of polluting phosphorus entering the watershed.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm China's Xi Jinping Thanks Hong Kong, Macao Delegations for Quake ReliefText of report by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua report by unnamed staff reporter: "Xi Jinping Meets Sichuan Earthquake Inspection Groups From Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions"] Chengdu, 29 Jun (Xinhua) -Vice President Xi Jinping met with Sichuan Earthquake Inspection Groups of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in Dujiangyan, Sichuan on 28 June respectively led by HKSAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and MSAR Chief Executive Edmundo Ho Hao Wah.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm ICE to Train Officers in 2 CountiesBy Deborah Bulkeley Deseret News The incarceration arms of two Utah sheriff offices will soon play an active role in immigration enforcement.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Man Held Over Fake Tiger PhotosWorld News IN BRIEF *BEIJING A man has been arrested and 13 government officials sacked following the publication of fake photographs said to be of the highly endangered South China tiger.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Refreshing Ways to Drink More WaterWater is cooling, and not just if you submerge yourself in it. You need to drink it and, yep, eat it, too. "On average, about 80 percent of a person's total fluid intake should be made by drinking beverages, and another 20 percent provided by food," says Julie Bender.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Bottled Water Taps Fears, Some SayThe bottled water industry has convenience, fashion and fear in its side, industry observers and U.S. mayors have said. The U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution in Miami last week urging that bottled water be limited to emergency situations, The Washington Post reported.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Western Governors Weigh Balancing Energy, Wildlife ; Members of the Western Governors' Association Discussed a Regional Collaboration for the Protection of Natural Wildlife CorridorsBy Michelle Dynes By Michelle Dynes mdynes@wyomingnews.com JACKSON HOLE - Not every boundary is easy to identify.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Global 8 Environmental Technologies, Inc. Sells $9 Million License to Develop Environmental Technology Centers on Aboriginal Traditional LandsORANGEVILLE, Ontario, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global 8 Environmental Technologies, Inc.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm PC Tools Launch BETA Version of iAntiVirusLeading security software vendor, PC Tools, today announced the launch of iAntiVirus BETA Edition, a light weight anti-virus and anti-spyware tool, designed specifically for the Mac operating system.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Burgan Bank Utilizes HP Solution to Reduce Business Risks With Storage and Disaster Recovery SolutionsBurgan Bank utilizes HP solution to reduce business Risks with Storage and Disaster Recovery Solutions HP Middle East announced today that it has signed an agreement with Burgan Bank in Kuwait to provide the bank with the latest storage solutions that will further help reduce risks and improve business outcomes.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Gateway Helps Students Get Ready for School With New Notebook and Desktop PCsGateway is helping students and their families get ready for next school year with new models in its popular notebook and desktop PC lines that provide leading technology at exceptional prices.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Cisco Says Radical Shift in Education Systems Required to Sustain Global Competitiveness(NECC) -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is calling on U.S. business leaders, policy makers and education officials to take a more aggressive approach to transforming education.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm Lenovo Enters Global Consumer Desktop Market With ``IdeaCentre'' BrandLenovo has announced the launch of the IdeaCentre K210 desktop, marking the company's global entry into the consumer desktop market outside of China.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm
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