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http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/100615TroyLake.html
Study found that Pakistan's military intelligence agency directly funds and trains the Afghan Taliban and that the President of Pakistan met with Taliban leaders in prison in Pakistan and promised them early release from prison and future support!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7149515.ece
Automatic license-plate readers enable police to rapidly check for stolen cars or drivers with outstanding warrants. Motorola unveiled their solution that has 4 separate license-plate readers aimed at different directions outside of all police cars. The readers can read up to 5,000 plates during an 8-hour shift, much more than any human could do:
http://www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org/blogpost/20100604licenseplatereadersbecomingafixtureinlocalpolicearsenals
Analysis about whether or not 802.16m is doomed due to the momentum behind LTE. WiMAX supporters lobbied hard for the MWA auction in India because that was the only suitable spectrum for WiMAX in India and the big broadband demand would significantly drive WiMAX...but, the auction happened and the winners were LTE companies:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/wimax-doomed/2010-06-15
T-Mobile is giving free phones (ANY of their phones, including their expensive Android and Windows Mobile phones) to customers who sign up for group calling plans at its stores on Saturday, just days before AT&T starts selling the new iPhone. This is being called a big Father's Day promotion:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5heS5w4jwptNZtrRnY_Uf0itIrbsQD9GBFNJO1
RIM is reportedly working on a tablet device and new touchscreen smartphones:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-rim-working-tablet-new-touchscreen-phone/2010-06-15
62-foot-tall statue called "Touchdown Jesus" was struck by lightning last night and burned to the ground:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37703784/?Gt1=43001