Link Collection

Military technologist (who pushed for UAVs when many officers weren't interested and pushed for blast-proof trucks to protect against roadside bombs years before the military added them) proposed a surprising and possibly realistically green solution to the oil spill! He suggests that we use one of the MOAB bombs at Eglin Air Force Base or one of the retired Daisy Cutter bombs, which apparently would *permanently* seal the leaking well. This would be a proven, safe, and *green* solution! He admits that BP wouldn't like this solution because they would not be able to reopen that particular well:
http://www.offiziere.ch/?p=3765

Millions of US aid to Iraq were spent on fake bomb detectors that are blamed for hundreds of deaths in Iraq. UK police raided 5 locations of 3 British companies that are suspected of exporting the fake bomb detectors that were banned earlier this year by the British government:
http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/uk-police-raid-companies-suspected-selling-fake-bomb-detectors-007252#stop

Both the Republican party and Democratic party are unhappy that Prop. 14 passed in California and will challenge it in court. Prop. 14 eliminates party-specific primaries, so the top 2 vote-recipients will face off in the general election. This could mean that some elections would be Democrat vs. Democrat or Republican vs. Republican, and other parties could be completely eliminated from the general election ballot!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/09/AR2010060905510.html?wpisrc=nl_politics

iPad security breach has exposed 114,000 user accounts (it count be even worse--maybe ALL iPad 3G owners in the US have been exposed) and AT&T has confirmed the breach. AT&T closed the security hole earlier this week, but nobody informed the victims that their security was compromised! Some of the people whose security was compromised come from DARPA and every branch of the military (including the commander of the largest B-1 bomber group), top executives at the NY Times, Dow Jones, Viacom, Time Warner, News Corp, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, AOL, Goldman sachs, JP Morgan, Citigroup, plus people in the Obama Administration, Senate, house, Department of Justice, NASA, Homeland Security, FAA, FCC, and the federal court system:
http://gawker.com/5559346/

The FBI has opened a probe into the iPad security breach:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65960S20100610

Apple appears to have banned iPhone, iTouch and iPad apps from using ad services from Google or Microsoft. The only mobile ad service allowed appears to be Apple's iAd service. So, if any developer wants to build an app that runs on multiple platforms including the iPhone, it will have to use an alternative service for the Apple platform or use iAd for all platforms:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/mobile-applications/apple-locking-google-out-iphone-ad-space-786

Motorola's co-CEO will end up in charge with their Mobile Devices (smartphones, etc.) and Home businesses and seems to be planning to move the HQ for his half of Motorola from Chicago to California or Texas. It is interesting to note that he still maintains a home in San Diego. He also says that even with the heavy competition from recently released competitors, the Droid phone is still selling out and they could sell more Droid phones if they didn't have component
shortages:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=386832

Google may be preparing a VoIP add-in to Gmail so that VoIP calls can be made from within Gmail!
http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=46392&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10

NTT Docomo has begn operation of its LTE network in Tokyo. The LTE client devices have a max speed up 100 Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink and are compatible with the 2G GSM protocol so they can be used in overseas markets. They are currently testing handover as the devices move between LTE and 3G W-CDMA service areas:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5ZZEK50UXTXTXQE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN?articleID=225600048

TeliaSonera (who launched commercial LTE service last December) says that LTE's lower latency was even more impressive to consumers than the 10x higher throughput. They say that customers like to lick on video and have it start right away with very little delay, with upstream video being a 4G killer app:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/teliasonera-reduced-latency-what-sells-lte/2010-06-09

LG will release *20* new Android smartphones before the end of this year! LG has previously said that they would strongly support Windows Mobile 7 and Android, but they now appear to be dumping Windows Mobile 7 for Android:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/lg-unleashing-20-android-phones-year-end/2010-06-10

Steve Jobs said that the iPhone 4 display was better than all competitor displays...Samsung said that the iPhone 4 display only has a 3-5% advantage in sharpness over the Samsung Galaxy S screen, but uses 30% more power. Samsung also said that its AMOLED screens offer better viewing angles and contrast and that structurally, the iPhone's IPS LCD technology cannot catch up with their display technology:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/samsung-iphone-4s-retina-display-is-nice-but-its-no-amoled/

Armed thieves in Indianapolis broke into a man's apartment and stole a man's flat-screen TV...and they forced him to help them move it down a flight of stairs!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/09/ap/strange/main6565259.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines

The 16-year-old California girl who is trying to sail solo around the world triggered a distress signal and her family has begun a search-and-rescue operation for her:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/10/missing.teen.sailor/index.html