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http://news.starbucks.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=271
Research says that most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday:
http://www.physorg.com/news173644547.html
Boeing released a video showing a laser in an aircraft zapping a vehicle on the ground:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/video-laser-gunship-blowtorches-truck/
Concern over cyber attacks has led to Homeland Security getting to hire 1,000 new cyber experts over the next 3 years:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMuzLQWwX6L6EyjO8X7b5qpVD0VQD9B2GS100
Raytheon found a way to use milimeter-wave radiation to pasteurize food that is both healthier and more energy efficient than current pasteurization techniques:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/single.php?id=8846
Researchers have found how bacteria can be used to fight mercury pollution:
http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2009/10/01/utk-ornl-researchers-mercury/
American companies operating in Mexico could become targets of Mexico's drug cartels--extortion, kidnapping and hijacking may occur as a type of retaliation for the US helping Mexico's war against drugs:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1260575.html
A book reveals that workers at an Arizona cryonics facility mutilated the frozen head of baseball legend Ted Williams, even using it for batting practice:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/10/02/2009-10-02_book_reveals_chilling_details_of_how_cryonic_lab_thumped_remains_of_baseball_imm.html
David Letterman revealed on his show last night that he was a target for extortion due to his past affairs:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091002/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_letterman_extortion
Chip developer predicts that the first "real" LTE handsets will first arrive on the market next year, but LTE handsets won't sell in the millions until 2012:
http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=182572&
Acer's first smartphones used Windows Mobile, but they have been shifting their focus to the Android platform:
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091002PD211.html
Executive order signed by Pres. Obama bans texting while driving by federal employees, with focus now turning to a law banning texting by bus drivers and truckers who cross state lines:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/technology/02distracted.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Blockbuster plans an aggressive expansion in the next year to try to counter the competition from redbox, Netflix, iTunes, etc.:
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091001-714416.html?mod=dist_smartbrief