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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/acs-psm102809.php
Counterfeit chips may hobble our military's advanced weapons systems:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/single.php?id=9037
Report warns that all the people working from home in the event of a swine flu epidemic would overwhelm the internet:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=could-too-many-home-workers-during-2009-10-27
Nanoparticle-based coating has been developed that can be easily applied and prevents icy roads:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091029134344.htm
Once it was announced that Android 2.0 would provide free turn-by-turn navigation, shares of GPS Navigation companies Garmin and Tom Tom plummeted:
http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-Droid-Early-Sale-Best-Buy-Mobile-103009.aspx
PhoneSnoop is a remote spying tool for BlackBerry phones that is free and thankfully not very stealthy:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/10/dhs_warns_of_blackberry_snoopi.html
Verizon customers will be able to get an application for their cell phones that will significantly improve their experience at Disneyland and Disneyworld. The wait time for all rides will be shown, FASTPASS return times, and you can see your location (via GPS) in the park and exactly where the Disney character or restaurant you are looking for is:
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2009/10/mobile-magic-first-disney-parks-mobile-app-details-screen-shots-unveiled/
112-year-old Somali man married a 17-year-old girl! He already has 13 children by 5 wives and hopes to have a child with his new bride:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/29/somalia-man-112-marriage
Four teenagers in Utah were arrested because they rapped their order at McDonald's:
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-teens-cited-for-rapping-order-at-mcd,0,332651.story