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A drug derived from bacteria in the soil on Easter Island is the first drug shown to extend the life span of mammals. It already has FDA approval for use by humans, as it is used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients...the proven results of the drug first being taken late in life and extending life span by 13% for women and 9% for men could make this a very significant drug:
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/22974/
High-ranking SPAWAR official, his wife (also a SPAWAR official), his mistress, and 3 others have been indicted on bribery charges:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/08/spawar-official-accused-bribery-case/?military&zIndex=128437
North Korea is suspected as being responsible for a massive cyber attack campaign that has knocked out US government web sites (including the Treasury Department and the Secret Service) as well as attacked South Korean government web sites. The attacks began on July 4:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/08/us-us-cyber-attack-070809/?politics&zIndex=128555
Undercover investigators tried to sneak bombs and detonators past security guards and into federal buildings occupied by the Homeland Security, Justice and State departments...and succeeded all 10 times they tried, able to walk freely around several floors after the bombs were assembled!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-07-bombs_N.htm
The swine flu has been a problem at camps around the country. 52 camps around the country report swine flu outbreaks and the number is probably much higher than that. The Muscular Dystrophy Association has canceled all of their camps around the country because of this:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/08/swine-flu-detected-kids-camps/?metro&zIndex=128421
California teenager was diagnosed with swine flu, but the notable thing is that is the first person to be known to be infected by an already-circulating strain of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu. That means that the swine flu has already mutated to resist the primary medicine used against it:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjdCHrP82YTFser5vD6CzTK1az6wD999U3OG0
Study found that cell phone transmission data (specifically, the microwave connections used for backhaul) can be used to predict floods:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/08/mobile_flood_prediction/
The unemployment rate for US Electrical Engineers hit a new record in the second quarter, going from 4.1% in the first quarter to 8.6% in the second quarter (the previous record was 7% in the first quarter of 2003). Even though the unemployment rate more than doubled in the second quarter, 2.3% more Electrical Engineers were employed in the second quarter than in the first quarter...I'm guessing that is the case because many of the new EE grads would have hit the job market in the second quarter:
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Google is creating an operating system for netbooks based on their Chrome browser. If the Chrome OS performs as expected, Microsoft will need to worry about the OS market on the growing netbook sector:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Googles-new-operating-system-apf-3422727478.html?x=0&.v=20
Commentary on why Google's Chrome OS has no chance to succeed against Windows:
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Article about how even if the Chrome OS doesn't succeed it will benefit Google by forcing Microsoft to defend its existing business, which will make it harder for it to attack Google's search business:
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090708/bam-google-goes-right-for-microsofts-gut/
Federal judges consolidated 12 iPhone 3G lawsuits against Apple and AT&T, with a possible class-action lawsuit status to come if the momentum continues:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135260/Judges_consolidate_12_iPhone_3G_cases_against_Apple_AT_T?taxonomyId=1
Badger in Germany got so drunk on over-ripe cherries that it laid down in the middle of a road and refused to budge:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31800290/ns/world_news-weird_news/
Police arrested a North Dakota woman who was breastfeeding while drunk (is that a BUI?). She pled guilty to child neglect and faces up to 5 years in prison:
http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/saywhat/story/Drunken-Breast-Feeding-Arrest-Touches-Off-Debate/PQzy7OZ5hk2FsiNfWwEgxQ.cspx
New Jersey man died after falling into a vat of chocolate:
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090708/US.Chocolate.Death/
Bad news for Lori--Fox pushed back the Dollhouse premiere by a week, replacing it with a repeat of the Glee premiere:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/08/fox-moves-dollhouse-premiere-back-to-sept-25/22490
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/22974/
High-ranking SPAWAR official, his wife (also a SPAWAR official), his mistress, and 3 others have been indicted on bribery charges:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/08/spawar-official-accused-bribery-case/?military&zIndex=128437
North Korea is suspected as being responsible for a massive cyber attack campaign that has knocked out US government web sites (including the Treasury Department and the Secret Service) as well as attacked South Korean government web sites. The attacks began on July 4:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/08/us-us-cyber-attack-070809/?politics&zIndex=128555
Undercover investigators tried to sneak bombs and detonators past security guards and into federal buildings occupied by the Homeland Security, Justice and State departments...and succeeded all 10 times they tried, able to walk freely around several floors after the bombs were assembled!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-07-bombs_N.htm
The swine flu has been a problem at camps around the country. 52 camps around the country report swine flu outbreaks and the number is probably much higher than that. The Muscular Dystrophy Association has canceled all of their camps around the country because of this:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/08/swine-flu-detected-kids-camps/?metro&zIndex=128421
California teenager was diagnosed with swine flu, but the notable thing is that is the first person to be known to be infected by an already-circulating strain of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu. That means that the swine flu has already mutated to resist the primary medicine used against it:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjdCHrP82YTFser5vD6CzTK1az6wD999U3OG0
Study found that cell phone transmission data (specifically, the microwave connections used for backhaul) can be used to predict floods:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/08/mobile_flood_prediction/
The unemployment rate for US Electrical Engineers hit a new record in the second quarter, going from 4.1% in the first quarter to 8.6% in the second quarter (the previous record was 7% in the first quarter of 2003). Even though the unemployment rate more than doubled in the second quarter, 2.3% more Electrical Engineers were employed in the second quarter than in the first quarter...I'm guessing that is the case because many of the new EE grads would have hit the job market in the second quarter:
Article link
Google is creating an operating system for netbooks based on their Chrome browser. If the Chrome OS performs as expected, Microsoft will need to worry about the OS market on the growing netbook sector:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Googles-new-operating-system-apf-3422727478.html?x=0&.v=20
Commentary on why Google's Chrome OS has no chance to succeed against Windows:
Article link
Article about how even if the Chrome OS doesn't succeed it will benefit Google by forcing Microsoft to defend its existing business, which will make it harder for it to attack Google's search business:
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090708/bam-google-goes-right-for-microsofts-gut/
Federal judges consolidated 12 iPhone 3G lawsuits against Apple and AT&T, with a possible class-action lawsuit status to come if the momentum continues:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135260/Judges_consolidate_12_iPhone_3G_cases_against_Apple_AT_T?taxonomyId=1
Badger in Germany got so drunk on over-ripe cherries that it laid down in the middle of a road and refused to budge:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31800290/ns/world_news-weird_news/
Police arrested a North Dakota woman who was breastfeeding while drunk (is that a BUI?). She pled guilty to child neglect and faces up to 5 years in prison:
http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/saywhat/story/Drunken-Breast-Feeding-Arrest-Touches-Off-Debate/PQzy7OZ5hk2FsiNfWwEgxQ.cspx
New Jersey man died after falling into a vat of chocolate:
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090708/US.Chocolate.Death/
Bad news for Lori--Fox pushed back the Dollhouse premiere by a week, replacing it with a repeat of the Glee premiere:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/08/fox-moves-dollhouse-premiere-back-to-sept-25/22490
''We're announcing a new project,'' said the Mountain View, California-based company, revealing the system would be based on Google's Chrome browser and would be an open source operating system initially targeted at netbooks.
The move is ''our attempt to rethink what operating systems should be,'' Google said.
The search engine giant said it will open source the code for ''Chrome OS'' for user input and that netbooks running the system will be available by the middle of next year.
''Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds,'' the company said.
Google noted that in deciding to embark on the new track, they took heed of its user messages, namely that ''computers need to get better.''
People ''want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them,'' and they want to access the internet instantly, Google said, adding that ``we're definitely going to need a lot of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision.''
The Chrome browser was originally launched in September but has failed to enjoy the spectacular success of Google's search engine.
The company floated its first US television advertisements in recent months for Chrome, as the browser has only captured a tiny share of a market dominated by Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Microsoft's freshly launched search engine Bing, meanwhile, aimed to hit back at Google's gains in the search market, although it still lags behind its rival.
Web analytics firm StatCounter said last week that Bing had carved out an 8.23 percent share of the US search market last month, up from 7.21 percent in April and 7.81 percent in May.
By contrast, however, Google continued to dominate the search market with a huge 78.48 percent share last month.
Google already has an operating system, Android, but the company said in its announcement that while there was some overlap, they were separate entities.
Android is only used for mobile phones at the moment, but the software has showcased Google's keen interest in expanding beyond its search engine base.
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