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http://www.asd-network.com/press_detail_B.asp?ID=23120&NID=284998
Venezuela is forming close ties with Russia--Venezuela is buying $2.2 billion in weapons (in addition to the $4.4 billion they already spent) and looking to jointly develop oil fields and nuclear energy:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a9Q.xFWvaMps
Report concluded that China could be up to a $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable green technologies:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=055&ACCT=0000100&ISSUE=0909&RELTYPE=IN&PRODCODE=00000&PRODLETT=E&CommonCount=0
Engineering students turned a professor's 1972 MGB vintage convertible into an electric car:
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-11-2009/0005092470&EDATE=
Volkswagen claims that its L1 car is "the most fuel-efficient automobile in the world", getting 170 mpg, with a target availability date of 2013:
http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/14/frankfurt-2009-volkswagen-l1-concept-the-most-fuel-efficient/
One major problem for surveillance cameras is information overload--this new software can automatically integrate data from thousands of security cameras into a single sensor:
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news35581.html
Researchers combined expertise in space physics and crime research to create a device that could quickly detect counterfeit pharmaceuticals--the black market is estimated at $40 billion per year, so this is important!
http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/news/press-releases/2000-2009/2009/09/nparticle.2009-09-08.3191855983
Published reports state that Deutsche Telekom might buy Sprint in the next few weeks!
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-deutsche-telekom-considering-sprint-acquistion/2009-09-14?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
IEEE finally approved the 802.11n standard:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10351215-94.html?tag=mncol;title
The new iTouch has an 802.11n chip that it hasn't activated yet:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/171872/new_ipod_touch_hides_an_80211n_wifi_chip.html
Clearwire signed an international roaming agreement with WiMAX operators in Japan and Russia:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/clearwire-begins-global-roaming-collaboration-wimax-operators?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
LG is releasing its first Android phone later this year:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/lg-releasing-first-android-phone-q4/2009-09-14?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Man wanted for a homicide and burglaries in 3 states held newlyweds hostage in their Kansas home...until the couple gave him pillows and a blanket and he fell asleep. After he fell asleep, the newlyweds were able to escape and police arrested the man:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32813796/ns/us_news/
Man arrested for shoplifting demanded that the police allow him to drink the beer he shoplifted before taking him to jail:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/10/ap/strange/main5301451.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines