10:36 AM
Article on how the rescue of the ship captain being held by Somali pirates gives Obama an early military victory, in contrast with the problems that Clinton had in Haiti and carter had in Iran:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/12/AR2009041203002.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
The threat from the Somali pirates has caused shipping insurance to go up significantly if shippers use that route, adding millions to the cost of shipping. Or, they can take the long route around Africa's southern tip, but that adds millions to the shipping cost:
http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=7769
Three US companies are being used for selling material to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government that were used in chemical weapon attacks against Iraqi Kurds. Remember, in the 80s during the Iran-Iraq war the US provided intelligence, weapons, and economic aid to Iraq:
http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=7766
Japanese company has started mass production of a cybernetic bodysuit that makes the wearer move easier and increases strength by up to 10x. They plan to sell 400 of these suits every year for $4200 each:
http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/robotics/i-am-ironman???
Scientists have demonstrated the ability to control the polarization of lasers:
Article link
Discovery of some massive galaxies that appear to have been formed relatively recently seems to go against current theory on how galaxies are formed:
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/10545.html
The drop in the economy has led to a LARGE drop in H-1B applications--the drop is even bigger than expected. Last April there were 163,000 applications for the 85,000 spots, but this year there were only 62,000 applications...so, instead of having to do a lottery, they have spot left over!
http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/h-1b-demand-follows-economy-down-210?source=NLC-DAILY
Someone used a hacksaw and some other tools to sever 8 fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley and knock out cell phone, landline and Internet service to tens of thousands of businesses and homes:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/36962.php
RIM is going to take advantage of the strong growth of BlackBerry sales by forcing suppliers to reduce prices. It makes sense for them to get better prices as they purchase in larger quantities, especially in this economic environment:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aIE3csA.zMkc&refer=news
Rumor is that the next BlackBerry Storm (coming out this Fall) will include WiFi! Smartphone users with WiFi-enabled phones report liking their phones twice as much as smartphone owners whose phones do not have WiFi:
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3814431
Barnes & Noble may be working with Sprint on an eBook device to compete with Amazon's Kindle:
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10483464/1/tech-rumor-of-the-day-barnes-noble.html?puc=_tscrss
One LOTD reader mentioned that he was thinking of getting the Palm Pre--it apparently will be released soon and some of the current testers of the Pre were photographed in the Bay Area with their Pre phones:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/04/13/palm-pre-gets-caught-taking-a-walk-in-the-park/
Tropos rolled out a series of 11n mesh routers:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/muni/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216403571
New Hampshire resident came home in time to see a burglar coming out of his home with jewelry boxes and electronic items. The burglar apologized and put the stolen items back!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30167051/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/12/AR2009041203002.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
The threat from the Somali pirates has caused shipping insurance to go up significantly if shippers use that route, adding millions to the cost of shipping. Or, they can take the long route around Africa's southern tip, but that adds millions to the shipping cost:
http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=7769
Three US companies are being used for selling material to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government that were used in chemical weapon attacks against Iraqi Kurds. Remember, in the 80s during the Iran-Iraq war the US provided intelligence, weapons, and economic aid to Iraq:
http://hsdailywire.com/single.php?id=7766
Japanese company has started mass production of a cybernetic bodysuit that makes the wearer move easier and increases strength by up to 10x. They plan to sell 400 of these suits every year for $4200 each:
http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/robotics/i-am-ironman???
Scientists have demonstrated the ability to control the polarization of lasers:
Article link
Discovery of some massive galaxies that appear to have been formed relatively recently seems to go against current theory on how galaxies are formed:
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/10545.html
The drop in the economy has led to a LARGE drop in H-1B applications--the drop is even bigger than expected. Last April there were 163,000 applications for the 85,000 spots, but this year there were only 62,000 applications...so, instead of having to do a lottery, they have spot left over!
http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/h-1b-demand-follows-economy-down-210?source=NLC-DAILY
Someone used a hacksaw and some other tools to sever 8 fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley and knock out cell phone, landline and Internet service to tens of thousands of businesses and homes:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/36962.php
RIM is going to take advantage of the strong growth of BlackBerry sales by forcing suppliers to reduce prices. It makes sense for them to get better prices as they purchase in larger quantities, especially in this economic environment:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aIE3csA.zMkc&refer=news
Rumor is that the next BlackBerry Storm (coming out this Fall) will include WiFi! Smartphone users with WiFi-enabled phones report liking their phones twice as much as smartphone owners whose phones do not have WiFi:
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3814431
Barnes & Noble may be working with Sprint on an eBook device to compete with Amazon's Kindle:
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10483464/1/tech-rumor-of-the-day-barnes-noble.html?puc=_tscrss
One LOTD reader mentioned that he was thinking of getting the Palm Pre--it apparently will be released soon and some of the current testers of the Pre were photographed in the Bay Area with their Pre phones:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/04/13/palm-pre-gets-caught-taking-a-walk-in-the-park/
Tropos rolled out a series of 11n mesh routers:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/muni/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216403571
New Hampshire resident came home in time to see a burglar coming out of his home with jewelry boxes and electronic items. The burglar apologized and put the stolen items back!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30167051/