8:01 PM
The Stuxnet virus was apparently just as effective at disrupting Iran's nuclear weapons program as a direct military strike, without having to cause any fatalities Iran's nuclear weapons program has been set back 2 years:
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=199475
Experts say that Iran's threat to kill US Generals is a serious and credible threat. It appears that Iran is *very* upset at the huge damage the Stuxnet malware caused their nuclear weapons program:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/experts-irans-threat-kill-us-generals-serious
The FBI and Connecticut police found IEDs and bomb-making material in a Connecticut home last night:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/fbi-connecticut-police-find-improvised-explosives-inside-new-haven-home
DoE report warns that the US is too dependent on China for rare Earth metals needed for clean technology and defense:
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/26142/?p1=Blogs
Saturn will have a Europe-sized cyclone for the next 5 years, the longest-lasting cyclone every seen on the great planets in our Solar System. The cyclone is 2,500 miles wide!
http://www.asdnews.com/news/32472/Europe-sized_cyclone_batters_Saturn_for_five_years.htm
Scientists have been able to grow hair follicles from stem cells for the first time and say that a cure for baldness could be available in 5 years:
http://news.bioscholar.com/2010/12/a-cure-for-baldness-could-be-available-in-5-years.html
SEGA has been installing video games in public men's bathrooms, where the user controls the game by peeing on sensors in a urinal...this is proposed as a way to keep men's bathrooms cleaner because men will aim better:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/sega-develops-urinal-based-video-game-keep-rest-rooms-floors-clean
The San Jose City Council voted to decline participation in the 700 MHz LTE public-safety network that Motorola plans to build in the Bay Area, leaving a big hole in the proposed interoperable broadband system. They like the idea of an interoperable LTE network for first responders, but refused to sign the letter of intent to participate in the project over the controversial way the contract was awarded:
http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/news/san-jose-against-lte-20101215/
Analysts say that Verizon's LTE service is working better than expected and should help Verizon gain market share next year. The report also says that Verizon could use its LTE network to target markets where the iPhone is dominant and steal away market share with its LTE phones. MetroPCS's aggressive LTE rollout is also expected to help boost its customer base:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/analysts-bullish-verizon-metropcs-lte-rollouts/2010-12-16
TeliaSonera has been operating LTE in 4 countries for a year now and says that LTE is significantly changing how its customers consume media services. 23% of its LTE customers watch more online TV, 28% listen to web radio and music services more and 46% surf the web more when away from home:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/lte-spurs-dramatic-changes-media-usage-habits-claims-teliasonera/2010-12-15#ixzz18L0tnMrs
T-Mobile is supporting a proposed standard to boost HSPA to peak data rates of 650 Mbps via a 40 MHz channel. The 40 MHz of spectrum doesn't need to be continuous, so spectrum from 700 MHz could be used with 1900 MHz spectrum and others:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/proposed-standard-aims-boost-hspa-650-mbps/2010-12-16
The LG Optimus 2X is the first commercially available dual-core smartphone--we should see a wave of dual-core smartphones next year:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/lg-releases-optimus-2x-first-dual-core-processor-smartphone/2010-12-16
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=199475
Experts say that Iran's threat to kill US Generals is a serious and credible threat. It appears that Iran is *very* upset at the huge damage the Stuxnet malware caused their nuclear weapons program:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/experts-irans-threat-kill-us-generals-serious
The FBI and Connecticut police found IEDs and bomb-making material in a Connecticut home last night:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/fbi-connecticut-police-find-improvised-explosives-inside-new-haven-home
DoE report warns that the US is too dependent on China for rare Earth metals needed for clean technology and defense:
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/26142/?p1=Blogs
Saturn will have a Europe-sized cyclone for the next 5 years, the longest-lasting cyclone every seen on the great planets in our Solar System. The cyclone is 2,500 miles wide!
http://www.asdnews.com/news/32472/Europe-sized_cyclone_batters_Saturn_for_five_years.htm
Scientists have been able to grow hair follicles from stem cells for the first time and say that a cure for baldness could be available in 5 years:
http://news.bioscholar.com/2010/12/a-cure-for-baldness-could-be-available-in-5-years.html
SEGA has been installing video games in public men's bathrooms, where the user controls the game by peeing on sensors in a urinal...this is proposed as a way to keep men's bathrooms cleaner because men will aim better:
http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/sega-develops-urinal-based-video-game-keep-rest-rooms-floors-clean
The San Jose City Council voted to decline participation in the 700 MHz LTE public-safety network that Motorola plans to build in the Bay Area, leaving a big hole in the proposed interoperable broadband system. They like the idea of an interoperable LTE network for first responders, but refused to sign the letter of intent to participate in the project over the controversial way the contract was awarded:
http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/news/san-jose-against-lte-20101215/
Analysts say that Verizon's LTE service is working better than expected and should help Verizon gain market share next year. The report also says that Verizon could use its LTE network to target markets where the iPhone is dominant and steal away market share with its LTE phones. MetroPCS's aggressive LTE rollout is also expected to help boost its customer base:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/analysts-bullish-verizon-metropcs-lte-rollouts/2010-12-16
TeliaSonera has been operating LTE in 4 countries for a year now and says that LTE is significantly changing how its customers consume media services. 23% of its LTE customers watch more online TV, 28% listen to web radio and music services more and 46% surf the web more when away from home:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/lte-spurs-dramatic-changes-media-usage-habits-claims-teliasonera/2010-12-15#ixzz18L0tnMrs
T-Mobile is supporting a proposed standard to boost HSPA to peak data rates of 650 Mbps via a 40 MHz channel. The 40 MHz of spectrum doesn't need to be continuous, so spectrum from 700 MHz could be used with 1900 MHz spectrum and others:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/proposed-standard-aims-boost-hspa-650-mbps/2010-12-16
The LG Optimus 2X is the first commercially available dual-core smartphone--we should see a wave of dual-core smartphones next year:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/lg-releases-optimus-2x-first-dual-core-processor-smartphone/2010-12-16