7:20 PM
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A recent terrorism plot shows how terrorists are trying to export the use of IEDs from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq to the US. The Department of Homeland Security is working with state and local partners to combat the IED threat:
http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/napolitano-outlines-homeland-security-measures-combat-ieds-006520
Healthcare R&D is now up to $27 billion per year and technology is playing a growing role in changing the way the healthcare industry prevent, diagnose and treat patients. This article focuses on the roadmap for sensors and wearable devices and how they will impact the future of healthcare:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2009/12/Life-Science-Telemedicine-e-records-and-wearable-sensors-Medical-techs-growth-spurt/
Honeybee researchers have discovered the first example of a pheromone that shortens the life of family members--bees can release a deadly odor, where just one sniff will significantly shorten the lifespan of their older sisters!
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/bees-release-deadly-odor-that-shortens-sibling-lifespans/#more-15010
AT&T would never do this--UK mobile operator 3 is going to let its broadband customers cancel their contracts or receive a discount if their local 3G services are too poor to support web browsing and email:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39913352,00.htm
The FCC is now seeking public comment on how TV broadcasters use their current spectrum holding, to determine if they should give up some spectrum for wireless broadband use. As you might imagine, TV broadcasters are on one side of the debate and wireless carriers are on the other side:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/fcc-should-broadcasters-give-spectrum-wireless/2009-12-03?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Commentary on how the battle over that TV spectrum will be heated. I didn't realize that the CTIA is trying to get *800 MHz* of new bandwidth to meet the demand for wireless broadband services! Even if they got rid of *all* TV signals, they still would be less than halfway to that goal:
http://urgentcomm.com/policy_and_law/commentary/tv-spectrum-battle-20091203/
Partnership between 3 companies will adapt the Android operating system on smartphones using VoIP over mobile WiMAX and other IP-based communications capabilities:
http://www.telecoms.com/16749/android-comes-to-wimax
Commentary on how the Black Screen of Death problem illustrates the poor customer service in the PC industry:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/tech-support/tech-industrys-utter-contempt-its-customers-753?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2009-12-03
Antique jug was donated to an Ohio charity...but the person who gave it to Goodwill apparently didn't realize that there was $1,500 of pot inside the water jug!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/02/ap/strange/main5868289.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary
Couple are going to star in 7 porn movies to raise the money they need for their wedding (they already have 4 kids together):
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2754092/A-couple-plan-to-pay-for-their-wedding-using-money-made-from-starring-in-porn-films.html
For Lori--CBS released "Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman", which takes dialogue from Barney's character on How I Met Your Mother:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/12/how-i-met-your-mother-gets-dirty-with-frosty-the-snowman.html