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http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1287
The first experimental evidence has been found about how zapping a Titan-like atmosphere could create hints of life. This finding indicates what organic molecules might be found on Titan, the moon of Saturn that scientists think is a model for the chemistry of pre-life Earth:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/06/Atmospheric-Sciences-Zapping-Titan-like-atmosphere-creates-hints-of-life/
Cornell researchers discovered how a simple process that uses molecules typically found in blue jeans and ink dyes can build cheaper, more efficient solar cells:
http://www.pressoffice.cornell.edu/releases/release.cfm?r=47879
Chinese companies "rent" white people to pretend that they are employees or business partners. This is related to the Chinese concept of "face", where having a few foreigners around means that a company has prestige, money, and connections to businesses overseas. A lot of actors take these jobs because the requirements are just to be white, not speak any Chinese, and pretend that you just got off of an airplane yesterday:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/06/29/china.rent.white.people/index.html?hpt=P1&fbid=uEYn_dOemCu
Finland is the first country in the world to mandate broadband access as a basic right. Every Finn must be provided with access to an Internet connection with a reasonably priced and high quality minimum downstream speed of at least 1 Mbps:
http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=46452&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10
Report that Verizon will have LTE available to 100 million subscribers starting on November 15! Verizon will then release a bunch of LTE devices on Black Friday (November 26):
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/06/29/verizon-to-launch-lte-network-on-november-15th-handsets-on-black-friday/
Apple's internal iPhone 4 antenna troubleshooting guidelines have been leaked--people calling about their reception problems should be hearing responses from this script:
http://gizmodo.com/5575779/
Apple is looking to hire 8 experienced antenna engineers...this is notable when considering their current antenna reception problems:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/30/apple-is-looking-for-eight-experienced-antenna-engineers/
Full-page ad in the New York Times for the Motorola Droid X took a shot at the iPhone...saying how users should be able to hold the phone anywhere they like:
http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-x-hold-it-any-way-you
Bloomberg says that Verizon will have the iPhone in January...but we've heard these predictions before. Barclays Capital states that Apple's suppliers have been ramping up production of components for a phone on Verizon's *CDMA* network (if Apple's suppliers are buying components for CDMA phones then the rumor might come true) and that releasing the iPhone for Verizon in the first quarter will help Apple's US sales grow from 11 million in 2010 to at least 15 million in 2011:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-29/verizon-wireless-said-to-start-offering-iphone-ending-at-t-s-exclusivity.html
Google is looking to push Android throughout Asia, especially lower-priced phones in China and India:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2010/tc20100629_585738.htm
Hawaii test results differed from the national trend, with Asian-American students scoring significantly lower scores on state tests than their white peers:
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20100630_Isles_Asian_students_lag_in_proficiency_national_study_finds.html