4:22 PM
Interesting rumblings about how Boeing could be buying Northrop:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-northrop-20100911,0,5594554.story
Boeing is cutting down its military-aircraft business and cutting workers, starting with cutting 10% of the group's executives while consolidating 6 divisions into 4:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012834159_boeing08.html?goback=.gde_71147_member_29336918
Iraq is planning to buy up to $13 billion in US-made military systems and weapons. The UPI writer made a *slight* typo and wrote $113 billion instead of $13 billion:
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2010/09/10/Iraq-seeks-US-arms-worth-113-billion/UPI-70611284146102/
Apple is going to stop giving away cases for the iPhone 4 at the end of this month, saying that the antenna problem isn't as bad as believed:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-20100911,0,5413962.story
Study found that the way kids visualize numbers reflects their understanding of what the numbers mean. Kids who visualize numbers as an evenly spaced line are better at remembering the numbers than kids who scrunch up the numbers in their heads.
http://www.livescience.com/culture/-kids-numbers-memory-100910.html
Australian scientists have succeeded in making a Star Trek-like tractor beam-like system. This version is limited in range and object size, but it is a breakthrough in capability:
http://www.physorg.com/news203157529.html
Japan launched a satellite today to give them better GPS coverage:
http://www.physorg.com/news203407670.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-northrop-20100911,0,5594554.story
Boeing is cutting down its military-aircraft business and cutting workers, starting with cutting 10% of the group's executives while consolidating 6 divisions into 4:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012834159_boeing08.html?goback=.gde_71147_member_29336918
Iraq is planning to buy up to $13 billion in US-made military systems and weapons. The UPI writer made a *slight* typo and wrote $113 billion instead of $13 billion:
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2010/09/10/Iraq-seeks-US-arms-worth-113-billion/UPI-70611284146102/
Apple is going to stop giving away cases for the iPhone 4 at the end of this month, saying that the antenna problem isn't as bad as believed:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-20100911,0,5413962.story
Study found that the way kids visualize numbers reflects their understanding of what the numbers mean. Kids who visualize numbers as an evenly spaced line are better at remembering the numbers than kids who scrunch up the numbers in their heads.
http://www.livescience.com/culture/-kids-numbers-memory-100910.html
Australian scientists have succeeded in making a Star Trek-like tractor beam-like system. This version is limited in range and object size, but it is a breakthrough in capability:
http://www.physorg.com/news203157529.html
Japan launched a satellite today to give them better GPS coverage:
http://www.physorg.com/news203407670.html