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http://www.fsu.edu/news/2010/06/01/hurricane.season/
Proposed rules by the Obama administration would allow airline passengers to cancel reservations within 24 hours of making them without penalty and collect up to $1,300 in compensation for being bumped from an overbooked flight! Consumer advocates are happy of course...the airlines feel quite differently about the proposed rules. The rule they seem to object to most is the fine for stranding passengers on airport tarmacs more than 3 hours:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-airline-rules-20100603,0,737126,full.story
Concerns over floor mats in 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans can jam gas pedals and lead to sudden acceleration:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ford-pedal-20100602,0,7065265,full.story
Maytag, Amana, Jenn-Air, Admiral, Magic Chef, Performa, and Crosley diswashers with plastic tubs sold between 2/06 through 4/10 are being recalled. The 1.7 million dishwashers are being recalled due to a fire risk:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-maytag-dishwasher-recall-20100604,0,3883966.story
Project 25 started 21 years ago to develop standards that would let police, firefighters and other first responders to communicate...and there is STILL no standard to allow public safety networks to communicate:
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/06/01/public-safety-interoperability-052710.aspx
HP's CEO says that they didn't buy Palm to get into the smartphone business. He says they bought Palm for its WebOS software that can be added to HP devices:
http://www.precentral.net/hp-ceo-we-didnt-buy-pal-mto-be-smartphone-business
Skype will charge iPhone users for calls made over AT&T's network but will *not* charge Verizon's smartphone customers to make calls with Skype. Skype would not answer the question about whether or not AT&T is getting some of the money that they will be charging. It took a long time for Skype to get approved to run on iPhones...maybe Skype had to agree to this to get on the iPhone?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/06/skype-iphone-3g.html
Verizon says that they will not get the iPhone in the "immediate future". Verizon responds to iPhone questions by discussing its Android phone lineup:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-casts-doubt-iphone-immediate-future/2010-06-03
Sunrise Wireless has installed WiFi, WiMAX and wireless backhaul equipment to cover 62 square miles on the water to cover San Francisco Bay:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/060110-wi-fi-wimax-service-launched-in.html?hpg1=bn
32-year-old Florida man called 911 because his mother took his beer and he wanted her arrested. He said that he would keep calling 911 until they arrested his Mom. He was charged with making false 911 calls and put in jail:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/02/ap/strange/main6541628.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines