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Economist.com
* Taking prisoners
* Waiting for Microsoft to turn green
* Scenes from la frontera
* Gloom Britannia
* Upheaval in Mongolia
* Red turns grey and gloomy
* KAL's cartoon
* Fuelling inflation
* Avoiding blackouts
* The unnoticed emergency
* Record business
* Cuba's slowing economy
* Driving in the slow lane
* Planet organic
* New Zealand's economy
* Slippery when wet
* Still falling
* Splendour in the grass

July 04, 2008, 07:31 EST

New Scientist Online
* Cleaner fish calms predators with caresses
* Body-sensing shirt could sharpen up your tennis swing
* Solar sail gets another chance for launch
* Do we have the technology to build a bionic human?
* 3D modelling gets the measure of stone axes
* Mercury: The incredible shrinking planet
* Pulsar's wobble provides new Einstein test
* Brain chemical may have role in cot death
* Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on
* Wine chemical improves health but not longevity
* Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise
* Lack of cracks may explain Peru meteorite mystery
* Interview: It's a dog's life... again
* Why satnavs are a detective's best friend
* Global treaty promises hard times for file sharers
* Tiny scanner may monitor astronauts' mental health
* Diet-sized snack packs turn off willpower
* Did newborn Earth harbour life?
* Why continents split up and get back together
* No place to hide for herpes virus
* Which countries would you pick for your climate team?
* Steam car to go for land speed record
* Air travel in the tropics is worse for climate
* Decline in bee diversity could sting crop producers
* Hubble snaps ghostly ribbon of light
* Will huge health plan make guinea pigs of UK citizens?
* Can the US get Beyond Einstein?
* Springy sediments may amplify tsunamis

July 04, 2008, 11:53 EST

World Nuclear News
* Defuelling complete at Obninsk
* European support rises
* Busy week for sporting Russian workers
* Australian report on addressing climate change
* European utilities building up uranium inventories
* Second new reactor for France
* Davis-Besse and Cooper uprates approved
* Kazakh uranium plans develop with acid plant
* Swedish regulators merge
* Six-party meeting on North Korea proposed
* Jordan links up with AECL
* European materials test reactor progresses
* Forty years of the NPT
* GAO: Not all US reactors meet fire regulations
* US power company buys up uranium trader
* Yongbyon cooling tower demolished
* Pumping next week at Cigar Lake
* Comanche Peak to increase output
* US nuclear to grow, but not fast enough
* UK to cooperate with Jordan on desalination

July 04, 2008, 11:53 EST

Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community
* Data Manipulation with Sprog
* Time to school the FCC on what "free" really means
* An Open Video to HP
* Linux Product Insider: IronKey Secure Flash Drives
* Audio/Visual Synthesis For Linux: The New Art, Part 1
* The Dawn of a Post-Gates, Post-Microsoft World
* Greg Kroah Hartman on the Linux Kernel [Video]
* Call For Articles - HPC (High Performance Computing)
* Sherman Crank Up The WayBack Machine
* An Introduction to Gnome-Inform7 - part 2

July 04, 2008, 11:34 EST

Nobel Intent
* SIDS-like symptoms in mice with serotonin signaling defects
* Could diamonds reveal evidence for life... four billion years ago?
* The laboratory at the end of the solar system
* Computational work optimizes drug design for HIV
* Happy evolution! The theory's 150th anniversary
* Chameleon species spends most of its life as an egg
* Evidence suggests that the god of war's planet got slammed
* Reaching for individualized medicine
* Biased viruses make for good vaccines
* Wet chemistry on the Martian surface
* Anatomy of an impact crater
* Bright flashes, heaps of ashes, and coherent electrons
* Evolutionary change in the era of the fishapods
* Caution: Diamonds are slippery when wet
* We're not moving, but you are
* Genetic screen on a chip speeds worm genetics
* Iron isotopes in lava lakes
* “It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it!”
* Building bigger vertebrates with faster developmental clocks
* Research fraud maybe more widespread than thought

July 04, 2008, 05:02 EST

Apple Hot News
* A tip sheet for switchers from Walt Mossberg
* Fastest way to master Aperture 2
* MacBook Air takes laurels in three-way usability competition
* Pro Tip of the Week: Become a Spaces Cadet
* iTunes U now home to K-12 educational curricula
* Now Playing on iTunes U: THE WAR
* “All I can say is ‘wow.’”
* Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control now on iTunes
* Quick Tip of the Week: Drag-and-drop PDF merging
* Science Productivity Lab opens on apple.com
* Did you Get Smart last weekend?
* 6.9 million searches for iPhone in April
* Yankee Group says 8 in 10 businesses now using Macs
* Now playing on iTunes U: 92Y - George Carlin
* Take a free online business seminar
* MacBook Pro earns “Best in Class” from Maximum PC
* Snow leopards, Steve Winter, and Aperture at 12,000 feet
* Now playing on iTunes U: Money 101: Buzzwords
* Quick Tip of the Week: Securely deleting your data
* Aperture on assignment at the Kona Skatepark

July 03, 2008, 13:52 EST

FOXNews.com Live Bookmark
* Former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms Dies at 86
* Wildfires Chase Fourth of July Tourists From Big Sur
* Flat-Screen TV Gas 'a Climate Time Bomb'
* New Arrest Details in Vermont Death Case
* Betancourt Returns to a Hero's Welcome in France
* White House: Gitmo Terror Detainees Could Walk Free in U.S.
* Grandma, 70, Gives Birth to Twins
* Wildfires Chase Fourth of July Tourists From Big Sur
* National Speed Limit Proposed to Save Gas
* Lapdog Gnaws Off Sleeping Owner's Toe
* Four Killed at Milwaukee Street Party Shooting
* Eight Killed in Slovenia Canoe Accident
* French Students Stabbed Multiple Times, Bodies Burned
* Dad Admits to Locking His Daughters in Cage
* FOXBusiness: Will Gas Prices Damper the Holiday?
* ELECTION HQ: Obama Tries to Put Montana in Play- Teen Charged for Trying to Sell His Vote on eBay
* FOX411: Did Peter 'Cook' Books?
* Pop Tarts: Jessica Simpson Voted Hollywood's Best Breasts
* Christina Applegate's Boyfriend Found Dead
* A Fitting Tribute to a Slain Navy SEAL Gains Attention
* Rachael Ray Employee Claims Anorexia Bias
* French Mayor: Jolie's Twins Can Be Citizens

July 04, 2008, 12:45 EST

IEEE Spectrum
* Playing With Cyc
* U.S. Critics Hope to Halt Nuclear-Waste Imports
* Your Mentor and You
* Three Engineers, Hundreds of Robots, One Warehouse
* Machinima's Movie Moguls
* Crimeware Pays
* An Exquisite Ear
* Mixing Memory To Speed Solid-State Drives
* 10 Great Tech Books
* NASA Touches Down In Moses Lake
* Snow Globe
* Slideshow: How Kiva's Robotic Warehouse Works
* Iraq Electricity, By the Numbers
* Machinimation Nation
* Nano-Flowers
* Ocean Power Catches a Wave
* Slideshow: Next Stop, The Moon

July 04, 2008, 11:53 EST

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report on AviationWeek.com
* Dutch Refuse To Consider Super Hornet
* U.S. Army Extends JHL Concept Studies
* FCS Changes Welcomed, Lawmakers Still Doubt
* Boeing Plans Sixth Generation Fighter With Block 3 Super Hornet
* V-22 debate continues despite deployment decision
* Waterjets Researched For Anti-Landmine Operations
* U.S. Navy''s New Chief Eyes Review Of Fighters, Helos, UAVs
* AeroVironment Wins Competition For Army''s Backpack SUAV

July 04, 2008, 11:00 EST

Linux Today
* Acer Punts £199... er... £220... er... Linux Laptop
* Coming Battle Over Open Source Phones
* Defending Openness in the European Union
* Sourceforge Community Choice Finalists: Some Curious Choices
* KDE Developer Quits
* A User's Freedom to Choose
* Microsoft Rebuilds Open Source Sandcastle
* In Note To Judge, Hans Reiser Asks For New Lawyer
* Michael Robertson, Where's the Cash?
* Identi.ca Launches, an Open Source Twitter
* Guinness Bestows Download Record on Firefox
* Barracuda Networks Countersues Trend Micro
* Openmoko to Release Linux Handset Tomorrow
* Private St. Louis School Goes Linux
* Best Practices for Using Open-Source Software

July 04, 2008, 11:31 EST

List of recently published journal articles
* Article Summaries
* The Boundaries of Time
* 32 & 16 Years Ago
* These Are Not Your Father's Widgets
* For Wireless USB, the Future Starts Now
* News Briefs
* From Pixels to Semantic Spaces: Advances in Content-Based Image Retrieval
* 3D Body Scanning and Healthcare Applications
* Virtual Reality: How Much Immersion Is Enough?
* Immersidata Analysis: Four Case Studies
* 3D Display Using Passive Optical Scatterers
* The Shannon Portal Installation: Interaction Design for Public Places
* Career Opportunities
* Computer Society Connection
* Call and Calendar
* Bookshelf
* Click Fraud
* IT Audit: A Critical Business Process
* SensorMap for Wide-Area Sensor Webs
* Standards Confusion and Harmonization
* Consciousness and Computers

July 15, 2007, 05:00 EST

xkcd.com
* I Am Not Good with Boomerangs
* Macgyver Gets Lazy
* Know Your Vines
* xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel

July 03, 2008, 23:02 EST

gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
* Banana Guard – protecting your banana
* Fusion Motion Capture set to revolutionise biomechanical analysis
* Anaconda aims for affordable wave power
* Nike’s USA Track and Field uniforms unveiled
* The Grab-it Pack – another way to carry your stuff
* Tesla to build new all-electric car in California
* The Godfather Collection gets release date for Blu-ray
* The Overfinch Country Pursuits Concept Car
* AwareSpot location based alert system for mobile phones
* Self-powered knee sensor for surgery
* The Quick Draw Clip System for personal organisation
* Global PC Installed base passes 1 Billion
* Man vs Machine foosball table
* A.M.P. – the dancing, mobile, robot boombox
* Flash file format becomes indexable
* Evergreen Supertanker: the world's largest firefighting aircraft
* What's new in high-definition content? (July 1, 2008)
* Self Powered Rotating Skyscraper launched
* Boeing announces B-52 airborne electronic attack contract
* Plans for 193,000 square foot indoor golf center
* The racehorse training and monitoring vehicle
* Greener motoring at the 2008 British Motor Show
* Buzzball gets things rolling
* Solar Collector: interactive modern art with an eco twist
* The 717 bhp 348 km/h NOVITEC ROSSO Ferrari 430 Scuderia

July 04, 2008, 11:10 EST

The Register
* Indies celebrate Independence Day
* 2010: the 5TB 3.5in HDD cometh
* PC World pips Asus to UK Atom sub-laptop premier
* DARPA calls for 'DUDE' combo infra-nightscope
* Welcome back, WiReD!
* Apple drags its heels on iPhone security patches
* Serco sharpens the IT guillotine
* Ofcom flashes cash guarantees at BT for fibre investment
* Consider yourself Moderatrixed
* IPS finds no nuggets in ID checking goldmine
* MoD mega gov-IT project only mildly catastrophic - NAO
* Mystery over Verisign boss' shock exit
* TVonics MFR-300 micro digital TV set-top box
* David Davis tells El Reg that Labour is 'mesmerised' by tech
* eBay Australia ditches PayPal scheme
* 'Anaconda' 200m rubber snake generator scheme gets funding
* Geldof backs Davis 'For Freedom' by-election
* Opera update fixes stability bugs
* Google deigns to comply with a privacy law
* Palm, BlackBerry-beating demand for 3G iPhone claims researcher
* Microsoft gets hip with da yoof to flog email
* BSA slams EC's 'narrow-minded' interoperability vision
* MS readies Vista code injection risk fix
* Government waves cutlass at IT budget
* Oracle risks loss of influential BEA users
* Solar-curtain "soft house" plan proposed by MIT prof
* Apple takes axe to MacBook Air SSD price
* Would a data notification law improve UK data security?
* Judge grants Viacom 12TB of YouTube user records
* Nut launches death threats at Debian women
* EU still greasing IBM antitrust probe despite PSI withdrawal
* Strange cults, vocal surgery and the quiet man: Inside Microsoft
* Microsoft flogs subscriptions to the unwary and confused
* 'HD TV gas' 17,000 times worse for planet than CO2, claims boffin
* Are the ice caps melting?
* Microsoft touts trustworthy browsing with IE8
* Wife-slaying Linux guru may have 'developmental disability'
* UK and US agree biometric heavily vetted trusted traveller deal
* The Moderatrix will see you now
* Transatlantic data sharing talks stumble over access to justice
* Linspire CEO defends Xandros buy-out
* Scareware runs amok on PlayStation site
* What powers a solar-powered snail, kids?
* ISO certifies Adobe's PDF
* Firefox 3 makes up world record to set world record
* Brit carrier deals inked at last
* Pay-by-phone commerce coming closer
* America wakes up to the surveillance society
* Built-in browser expiry proposed to fight botnet menace
* Research: Wind power pricier, emits more CO2 than thought

July 04, 2008, 11:37 EST

freshmeat.net announcements (Global)
* Shadowlands Forum 1.9.6.4 (Stable branch)
* Virtualmin 3.59 (Default branch)
* Wt 2.1.4 (Default branch)
* massXpert mass spectrometry package 1.7.7 (Default branch)
* SpatiaLite 2.0 (Default branch)
* Luke-SDK 0.7.3 (Default branch)
* HTTPTunnel 1.2.1 (Default branch)
* Apache SQL analyser 0.9 (Default branch)
* SchilliX 0.6.7 (Default branch)
* Fire.fm 1.0 (Default branch)
* Netty 3.0.0.M4 (Default branch)
* YaHP Converter 1.2.18 (Default branch)
* JOrtho 2008-07 (Language Resources branch)
* congruity 8 (Default branch)
* Virtual Universe 0.73 (VR Client branch)
* AIPS 31DEC08-07-03 (Development branch)
* Network Simulator 3.1 (Development branch)
* LinuxBIOS 2-3412 (Default branch)
* Wixer 0.8 (Default branch)
* diggZ-Et 1.1.3 (Default branch)
* Google C++ Testing Framework 1.0.0 (Default branch)
* Codestriker 1.9.5 (Default branch)
* San Le's Free Computational Fluid Dynamics 1.2 (Default branch)
* WebGUI 7.5.15 (Default branch)
* EWItool 0.1 (Default branch)
* Coherence 0.5.8 (Default branch)
* DocBook XSL Configurator 0.61_1740 (Default branch)
* pam_script 0.1.12 (Default branch)
* Speaking Hangman 1.0.0 (Default branch)
* Worker 2.16.5 (Default branch)
* SEFlow 0.1.1 (Default branch)
* GoblinX Micro 2.7 (Default branch)
* Sharity 3.4 (Default branch)
* mod_auth_openid 0.3 (Default branch)
* SiSU 0.67.2 (Default branch)
* JumpBox for TikiWiki 1.1.0 (Default branch)
* JavaFBP 2.1 (Default branch)
* Partimage Is Not Ghost 2.01.13 (Default branch)
* XML Copy Editor 1.1.0.7 (Default branch)
* ebook2cw 0.7.0 (Default branch)
* X File Explorer 1.19.1 (Stable branch)
* AcchaNi 0.3 (Default branch)
* Ortro 1.3.2a (Default branch)
* viewgit 0.0.1 (Default branch)
* fs-check 0.9 (Default branch)
* TCPDF 4.0.000 (PHP5 branch)
* Big Faceless Graph Library 2.3.5 (Default branch)
* Clonezilla-SysRescCD 2.6.0 (Default branch)

July 04, 2008, 11:25 EST

Slashdot
* Google Seeking "FriendRank" Patent
* Best Way To Get Back a Stolen Computer?
* The Privacy Paradox
* Irrigation Controller Stolen, Wirelessly Rescues Itself
* France Seeks To Push 3-Strikes Law Across Europe
* Review of KOffice 2.0 Alpha 8 – On Windows
* OpenMoko In Stores On July 4
* Huge Lenses To Observe Dark Energy
* EBay Abandons Plans For PayPal Monopoly
* Einstein's Theory Passes Strict New Test
* What Is the Best Way To Disinfect Your Laptop?
* An App to Boil Down Online User Reviews
* 12,000 Laptops Lost Weekly At Airports
* Poker Program Battles Humans In Vegas
* AOL Users Will Need to Pay $2 a Month For Phone Support

Search Slashdot

July 04, 2008, 11:38 EST

AviationWeek.com Homepage
* Cirrus Jet Makes First Flight
* Key Aerospace and Defense Priorities Spotlighted in Special Report
* Europe Makes Another Run at Streamlining Airspace Operations
* Boeing Unveils Radical Flight Test Reorganization
* U.S. Airlines Fight Greenhouse Gas Regulation
* NWA International Cuts Not A Good Sign
* Four More Carriers Caught In DOJ Probe
* Dutch Refuse To Consider Super Hornet
* U.S. Army Extends JHL Concept Studies
* FCS Changes Welcomed, Lawmakers Still Doubt
* IS RFID READY TO FLY?
* ADs Under the Microscope
* Keeping Aviation Material Flying
* Intentional Spin Results In Fatal GA Crash
* FAA Modernized Flow Control Net Operational
* Indian Fractional Buys 40 Jets From Cessna, HBC
* The Greening of Business Aviation, Part II
* Tombstone Mentality
* TBM Down in New Bedford
* DFW Reviews Aerotropolis Concept
* SITA Allows DHS To Vet Pax On Watch List
* Airports Welcome New Service From ExpressJet Air
* Ultra Stealth
* Artillery Rockets Gain Precision, Range and Mobility
* FCS Balances R and D Gains With Funding Concerns
* General: Prolonged War Will Require Better Satcom
* Congressman: Net-Centric Programs "Overpromised"
* Tests Show Apache Can Network With FCS, Army Says

July 04, 2008, 11:00 EST

Science News / News Items

* Lie defectives
* Farm life turns male toads female
* SIDS and serotonin
* Messages from Mercury
* Fountain of Youth, with caveats
* Embryos can learn visually
* HIV knockout
* Precious little gems
* Postcards from the edge
* Mighty mites
* Layers in a Stradivarius
* Surviving HIV
* Live fast, die young
* Optimizing leafy networks
* Journey to the center of the brain

July 04, 2008, 10:01 EST

BBC News
* Delays hit pupils' test results
* Robbery clue to student murders
* Betancourt's joy at return to France
* Dying teenager called for mother
* Watchdog set to probe MP expenses
* BBC journalist Wheeler dies at 85
* Farmers seek badger cull advice
* Opposition 'must accept Mugabe'
* Emmerdale actor Hornby dies at 63
* Man and the Moon - 999 caller reports unidentified object
* Court rules Pringles 'are not potato crisps'
* Nadal win sets up Federer final
* Federer cruises into sixth final
* Hamilton misses fight with Alonso
* What do you want to talk about?
* A matter of truth
* Obituary
* Who's daddy
* 7 days quiz
* In pictures
* Toilet to catwalk
* Lab returns organs to wrong body
* Man jailed for killing baby girl
* Two escape light aircraft crash
* Man, 18, charged over city murder
* Congo ex-leader appears in court
* Ex-Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86
* Israel to destroy attacker's home
* Direct China-Taiwan flights begin
* Dozens hurt in Belarus bomb blast
* Musharraf 'agreed' nuclear export
* UK investors rescue B&B cash call
* Top spy seriously ill in hospital
* 'Deadliest' malaria rising in UK
* 'Tough job' for choice advisers
* Smallest planet shrinks in size
* Oasis star wants action on knives
* Google 'faces Street View block'

July 04, 2008, 11:52 EST

List of recently published journal articles
* Article Summaries
* Harry and Georgie
* 32 & 16 Years Ago
* Application Awareness Makes Storage More Useful
* The Wireless Industry Begins to Embrace Femtocells
* News Briefs
* In Praise of Scripting: Real Programming Pragmatism
* Efficient Embedded Computing
* Amdahl's Law in the Multicore Era
* Warp Processing: Dynamic Translation of Binaries to FPGA Circuits
* Automating Postsilicon Debugging and Repair
* SIISAM: A Model for Secure Inhomogeneous Information Systems
* Career Opportunities
* Computer Society Connection
* Call and Calendar
* Bookshelf
* Contracts as Trust Substitutes in Collaborative Business
* HandTalk: Assistive Technology for the Deaf
* Innovative Standards for Innovative Software
* Making Ethics Easier
* No More Reply-to-All

July 04, 2008, 05:00 EST

guardian.co.uk
* Biofuels 'prime cause' of food crisis, report says
* Oil surge 'could add 20p' at pumps
* Knife crime 'is Met's top priority'
* Government has to delay Sats results
* Is the state taking liberties?
* Florida Buffetted ahead of hurricanes
* Ransom claim in Betancourt release
* Bush to attend Olympic ceremony
* Litvinenko associate gets UK asylum
* Burglary theory in student murders
* 'Give four-year-olds sex education'
* Sir Charles Wheeler dies, aged 85
* Man gives birth to baby girl
* Britain's top spy seriously ill
* Daily podcast: City Hall misconduct claims
* Bulldozer crashes into Jerusalem bus
* Politics Weekly: Happy birthday, NHS
* Protesters burn Mongolia party offices
* No tobacco in Dutch joints
* Federer stays on course for sixth title
* Zimbabwe pulls out of World Cup
* Film review: Kung Fu Panda
* Death of a salesman
* Bradford & Bingley shares slump
* M&S profits 'could halve'
* Reel Review: The Visitor
* Video: Glastonbury highlights
* Katine: it starts with a village
* Lord Phillips: talking sense on sharia
* We are the alien nation
* Google must hand over YouTube data
* Britain learns to love sustainable fish
* Pick of the week: Men's sandals
* Ken Livingstone's London top 10
* A two-wheeled tour of Brittany

July 04, 2008, 11:53 EST

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