Link Collection

Safety concerns with the first UAV flight over the Texas-Mexico border resulted in a temporary suspension of all UAV flights on the border. The UAV's first flight was from Arizona to El Paso and had a communications failure that resulted in "pilot deviation":
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/drone-113388-unmanned-aircraft.html

Scientists are getting ready to use an undersea robot to get 3-D images of oil plumes from the BP spill:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65F66F20100616

Under a long day of tough questioning, BP's chief refused to accept or assign blame for the well blowout:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-hayward-20100618,0,757762,full.story

Minnesota researchers have cleared a major hurdle to build solar cells with potential efficiencies up to twice as high as current levesls:
http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2010/UR_CONTENT_211711.html

The Supreme Court ruled that supervisors may read through an employee's communications if they suspect rules are being violated:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-worker-texting-20100618,0,7772406.story

AT&T is getting the Samsung Captivate--their version of the Samsung Galaxy (Samsung's top-of-the-line Android smartphone):
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/samsung-captivate-is-atandts-version-of-the-galaxy-s-launching/

Verizon may follow AT&T's tiered pricing model--their smartphone users average between 600 MB and 800 MB of data per month, similar to what iPhone customers consume. Verizon says that smartphone users will eventually make up 70% to 80% of their customers (right now they are at 17%):
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aHjTjufhvpgY

Beer pong is now a competitive sport with a $25k prize:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37748865/ns/local_news-anchorage_ak/