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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/senate-panel-zaps-pentagon-mad-science-agency/
Good news on the oil spill front--BP says that it captured 11,100 barrels of oil on Sunday and plans to increase that to 20,000 barrels per day:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0719567020100607
Cable modems could soon adopt a usage-based pricing model like AT&T Wireless has announced. Part of their worry is that smartphone owners on capped plans could move their usage to cable broadband networks:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/ts-data-plan-shift-could-boost-cable/2010-06-07
The WiMAX Forum has closed one office and lost up to 100 members recently, but it says that WiMAX still has a place in the market even though most of the wireless operators are betting on LTE:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177719/WiMax_Forum_upbeat_despite_100_defections_office_closing
India's 2nd largest wireless carrier (Reliance) is planning to sell up to a 26% equity stake and the rumor is that AT&T is involved in talks to purchase part or all of that stake:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/rumor-mill-t-angling-stake-indias-reliance/2010-06-07
In order to be able to get tethering (without jailbreaking their phones), AT&T will force iPhone users to give up their unlimited data plans. The tethered data counts towards the 2 GB data limit for the iPhone data plan:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177692/AT_T_forces_iPhone_owners_to_choose_unlimited_data_or_tethering
Nice summary article that includes links to a number of articles abuot the iPhone 4 that was unveiled today:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/06/steve-jobs-officially-revealed-iphone-4.html
The shot that Steve Jobs took about Android multitasking and battery life was almost, but not quite true:
http://www.androidcentral.com/steve-jobs-shot-androids-multitasking-and-battery-almost-true-not-quite
Sprint broke its one-day sales record with the launch of the HTC Evo, selling on Friday 3x the number of Instinct and Pre units sold over their first 3 days on the market combined:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-htc-evo-launch-breaks-sales-record/2010-06-07
Rhode Island man broke into a home and fell asleep on a hallway floor. He was found sleeping in the basement and was arrested:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/05/ap/strange/main6551289.shtml
Pretty sad to see a kid chugging a beer at a baseball game in Philadelphia:
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2010/06/07/the-kid-drinking-a-beer-at-a-baseball-game-happened-in-philadelphia-obviously/