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January 2008 News

Posted by delta on 31st January 2008

01-02-08 eWeek - Cell Phone Users Tie Up Traffic

01-02-08 National Geographic - Arctic Warming Faster Above Ground Level

01-02-08 NY Times - Oil Hits $100 A Barrel For The First Time

01-02-08 OC Register - Teaching Dispute Leads To Parent Picketing, Student Walkout

01-02-08 SF Gate - California To Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Regulations

01-03-08 SF Gate - Rivalry Over Wireless High-Def TVs

01-04-08 Wired - Scientists Use Sunlight To Make Fuel From CO2

01-08-08 SF Gate - Baltimore Sues Wells Fargo, Accused Of Creating Subprime Crisis

01-09-08 SF Gate - Who Is Likeliest To Get Audited

01-10-08 LA Times - Airwave Auction May Miss Targets

01-10-08 SF Gate - Countrywide Home Loan Delinquencies Rise
01-10-08 SF Gate - Recession Fears, Rising Oil Prices Send Markets Into Tailspin
01-10-08 Wired - Steal This Wi-Fi
01-11-08 CNN - New Rules On Licenses Pit States Against Feds
01-11-08 LA Times - B of A Is In Talks To Buy Giant Lender
01-11-08 SF Gate - B of A Reportedly In Talks To Buy Countrywide
01-11-08 SF Gate - Citi, Merrill On Hunt For More Capital
01-11-08 SF Gate - Fed Ready To Cut Interest Rates Again
01-11-08 SF Gate - Housing Slump, Credit Woes Were Death Knell For Countrywide
01-11-08 SF Gate - Insurers Rip Off Consumers
01-11-08 SF Gate - Unpatched Software Flaws Put PCs At Risk
01-13-08 SF Gate - Odds Are Growing For Economic Recession
01-13-08 USA Today - Childhood Obesity A Lifetime Of Danger
01-13-08 USA Today - FBI Housing Scams More Than Double
01-14-08 National Geographic - Antarctica Ice Loss Faster Than Ten Years Ago
01-14-08 National Geographic - Northeast US Winters Warming Faster Than Other Seasons
01-14-08 SF Gate - Bidders Set For Airwaves Auction
01-14-08 SF Gate - Oil Price Above $94 A Barrel In Asia
01-15-08 CNN - FDA OKs Meat, Milk From Most Cloned Animals
01-15-08 CNN - US Baby Boomlet Bucks World Trend
01-15-08 USA Today - 2007 Was The Warmest On Record For Earth’s Land Areas
01-16-08 SF Gate - Citigroup Posts $10 Billion Loss
01-17-08 SF Gate - Americans Pay For Housing Boom’s Excess
01-17-08 SF Gate - Home Construction Plunged In 2007
01-17-08 SF Gate - New Cyber-Security Rules For Power Cos
01-17-08 SF Gate - Wells Fargo’s Profit Slips To 6-Year Quarterly Low
01-18-08 Wired - The 33 Things That Make Us Crazy
01-20-08 NY Times - Timber Thieves Strike At Heart Of Lands Held Dear
01-21-08 SF Gate - Is A Recession On The Way
01-22-08 LA Times - Stocks Plunge Worldwide
01-22-08 NY Times - World Markets Plunge On Fears Of US Slowdown
01-23-08 CNN - Biofuels May Threaten Environment
01-23-08 National Geographic - Acoustic “Invisibility” Cloaks Possible
01-23-08 National Geographic - Most Captive-Born Predators Die If Released
01-23-08 USA Today - Diabetes Costs USA More Than Wars, Disasters
01-23-08 USA Today - National Parks Robbed Of Heritage
01-24-08 SF Gate - FCC Broadband Spectrum Auction Starts Today
01-25-08 CNN - Researchers Study Coral Threats
01-25-08 LA Times - Big Loans Could Get Cheaper
01-25-08 Technology Review - How To Build A Bionic Eye
01-28-08 CNN - Wall Street Jitters As Uncertainty Continues
01-28-08 SF Gate - Firefox Rises From Ashes Of Abandoned Netscape
01-30-08 eWeek - Clearwire Declares Progress On Sprint WiMax Deal
01-30-08 NY Times - UBS Takes A $14 Billion Write-Off
01-30-08 SF Gate - Climate Change May Cost $20 Trillion
01-30-08 SF Gate - Sprint To Continue IDEN Network
01-30-08 USA Today - Warming Atlantic Worsens Hurricanes
01-31-08 CNN - Internet Failure Hits Two Continents
01-31-08 National Geographic - Warming May Cause Crop Failures
01-31-08 SF Gate - Beware Of Rebate Scams That Seek Personal Data
01-31-08 Technology Review - Cheap Hydrogen
01-31-08 Technology Review - The Rise Of Systemic Financial Risk
01-31-08 Wired - Climate Change Escalating Severe Western Water Crisis

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December 2007 News

Posted by delta on 31st December 2007

12-02-07 CNN - Numbers Drop For Civilian Deaths, Foreign Fighters In Iraq
12-02-07 OC Register - GLOBAL WARBLING
12-02-07 SF Gate - Oil Prices Rise In Asian Trading
12-02-07 USA Today - Most Recalled Meat Is Never Recovered
12-03-07 CNN - Jubilant Chavez Opponents Revel In Referendum Defeat
12-03-07 National Geographic - Climate Change Pushing Tropics Farther, Faster
12-04-07 Technology Review - The Feel Of Cancer Cells
12-07-07 National Geographic - Amazon Could Lose More Than Half Its Forest
12-07-07 NY Times - Tanker Spills Oil Off South Korea
12-07-07 SF Gate - Dollar Drifts Lower To Pound, Euro
12-07-07 Wired - Cybercrime Stormed The Net In 2007
12-08-07 LA Times - New Virus Extends Geographic Reach
12-10-07 CNN - Ecuador Threat To Drill Jungle Oil
12-10-07 NY Times - Flying Humans, Hoping To Land With No Chute
12-11-07 LA Times - Study Finds Humans Still Evolving, And Quickly
12-11-07 National Geographic - Human Evolution Speeding Up
12-11-07 SF Gate - MORTGAGE MELTDOWN
12-11-07 Technology Review - The Guts Of A Cell, Frozen In Time
12-12-07 National Geographic - Arctic Sea Ice Gone In Summer Within Five Years
12-12-07 Technology Review - Higher-Density Data Storage
12-13-07 NY Times - Countrywide Subpoenaed By Illinois
12-14-07 National Geographic - Warming Oceans Contributed To Record Arctic Melt
12-14-07 SF Gate - Palo Alto Firm To Build Solar Thermal Equipment Factory In Nevada
12-17-07 Technology Review - Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel
12-19-07 National Geographic - Ancient Warming Caused Huge Spike In Temps
12-25-07 Epoch Times - 8,000 Chinese Farmers Demand Reclamation Of Stolen Land
12-26-07 Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Kona Lab Is Aquaculture Central

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November 2007 News

Posted by delta on 30th November 2007

11-01-07 Los Angeles Times - U.S. Looks To Move From Internet Slow Lane
11-01-07 SF Gate - Forum To Focus On Online Privacy
11-01-07 San Jose Mercury News - U.S. Tops Survey Of Most Competitive World Economies
11-01-07 USA Today - Nuclear Plant Contractor Had Pipe Bomb
11-01-07 Wired - Google Aims To Break Open The Closed World Of Social Networking
11-01-07 Wired - How Will Apple Spend Its Cash
11-01-07 Wired - Superfast Laser Turns Virus Into Rubble
11-01-07 Wired - Vroom, Vroom-Formula 1 Orders Teams To Go Green
11-02-07 eWeek - Sprint Considering Changing Course On WiMax
11-02-07 National Geographic News - One In Three European Freshwater Fish Face Extinction
11-02-07 New York Times - Employment Report Shows 166,000 Gain In Jobs
11-02-07 NOAA - NOAA Launches National Marine Debris Education Effort
11-02-07 San Jose Mercury News - Payrolls Grow By 166,000 In October, Jobless Rate Holds Steady
11-03-07 Maui News - Plan Would Cut Fees, Boost Affordable Housing
11-03-07 USA Today - Cargill Recalls 1 Million Pounds Of Beef
11-03-07 USA Today - States Need New Place For Radioactive Waste
11-04-07 Maui News - Judge To Be Asked To Let Ship Sail Ferry
11-04-07 Maui News - Renewable Not The Same As Sustainable
11-04-07 New York Times - Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet But Illegal
11-05-07 National Geographic News - Volcano Theory Of Dino Die-Off Gets New Support
11-05-07 SF Gate - Google Dialing For Dollars With Free Cell Phone Software Package
11-05-07 SF Gate - Tech Has Taken Off In The Past Decade
11-06-07 CNN - Cops Find Themselves In Arms Race With Criminals
11-06-07 Los Angeles Times - Google Hopes To Conquer The Wireless World
11-06-07 Maui News - Governor Signs Bill For Ferry To Sail
11-06-07 National Geographic News - Fish Lives In Logs, Breathing Air, For Months At A Time
11-07-07 Maui News - Preliminary Round Today In Superferry Legal Wrangle
11-07-07 New York Times - Causes Of Death Are Linked To A Person’s Weight
11-07-07 SF Gate - Former AT&T Worker Details Federal Internet Spying In S.F.
11-07-07 SF Gate - New Record Low For Dollar
11-07-07 SF Gate - Quality Inspector Sues GM, Toyota Over Retaliation In Fremont Plant
11-07-07 USA Today - Free Online Materials Could Save Schools Billions
11-07-07 USA Today - Sen Grassley Probes Televangelists’ Finances
11-07-07 Wired - Enviros Challenge Dumping Urea In Ocean To Sink Carbon
11-08-07 CNN - Changing Media Landscape Takes Center Stage In Strike
11-08-07 eWeek - Businesses Still In No Rush To Upgrade To Windows Vista
11-08-07 Maui News - Pipe Oozes Oil In Harbor
11-08-07 New York Times - Fed Chairman Says Economy Likely To Slow
11-09-07 CNN - Oil Discovery Rocks Brazil
11-09-07 eWeek - Hackers Scam Thousands With Bogus Anti-Spyware Offers
11-09-07 Los Angeles Times - Oil Oozes In San Francisco Bay After Ship Hits Bridge
11-09-07 Men’s Health - Stop Blaming Saturated Fat
11-09-07 New York Times - Rising Demand For Oil Provokes New Energy Crisis
11-10-07 Los Angeles Times - Clearwire, Sprint Cancel Wireless Deal
11-10-07 Los Angeles Times - Security Consultant Admits To Hijacking PCs To Use In Crimes
11-12-07 CIO Insight - Cyber Bullies On The Prowl
11-12-07 eWeek - Botnet Herder Pleads Guilty To Massive PayPal Scam
11-12-07 National Geographic News - Oil Spill In Black Sea Strait May Be Worst In Years
11-12-07 USA Today - UN - Ignoring Global Warming Is Criminally Irresponsible
11-13-07 eWeek - SCO Guilty Of Lying About Unix Code In Linux
11-13-07 Maui News - Panel OKs Bill To Waive Fees On Affordable Housing
11-13-07 Maui News - Zoning For Hospital Site On West Side Recommended
11-13-07 National Geographic News - Hydrogen Gas Made From Renewable Organic Material
11-13-07 New York Times - After Fires, Homeowners Feel An Insurance Pinch
11-13-07 New York Times - Bad Behavior Does Not Doom Pupils
11-13-07 Technology Review - Stopping Cars With Radiation
11-14-07 CNN - Researcher Sets Saltwater On Fire
11-14-07 eWeek - Thousands Of Unprotected Databases Litter The Internet
11-14-07 SF Gate - Ripple Effect Of Foreclosures Touch Entire Communities
11-14-07 Technology Review - Carbon-Dioxide Plastic Gets Funding
11-14-07 Technology Review - Improving Fuel Cells For Cars
11-15-07 Maui News - Cardoza Clears Ferry’s Way
11-15-07 National Geographic News - Cooling Begins For “Doomsday” Seed Bank
11-15-07 Wired - Did NSA Put A Secret Backdoor In New Encryption Standard
11-15-07 Wired - Hackers Use Banner Ads On Major Sites To Hijack Your PC
11-17-07 Maui News - Coast Guard Looking Into Loose Barge
11-17-07 National Geographic News - Dire Global Warming Forecast Issued By UN Panel
11-17-07 Wired - Welcome To The Age Of Genomics
11-18-07 San Jose Mercury News - ‘Sense Of Urgency’ On Global Warming
11-18-07 San Jose Mercury News - Japanese Whaling Industry Struggles As Hostility Grows
11-19-07 eWeek - Vista Worries Cause Businesses To Consider Macs And Linux
11-19-07 New York Times - Critics Assail Weak Dollar At OPEC Event
11-19-07 OC Register - HB Bans Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
11-19-07 Technology Review - A Wiring Diagram Of The Brain
11-19-07 Technology Review - Superstrong Carbon-Nanotube Fibers
11-20-07 eWeek - Senators Raise Google-DoubleClick Questions
11-20-07 SF Gate - Bay Area Real Estate Symposium Forecasts More Gloom
11-21-07 CNN - Apology As Data On Millions Lost
11-21-07 eWeek - Securing The Laptop - Mission Impossible
11-21-07 USA Today - MO City Passes Internet Harassment Measure
11-22-07 CNN - ‘Al Qaeda Rolodex’ Found In Iraq
11-22-07 CNN - Saudi Government - Rape Victim Had Illegal Affair
11-25-07 Maui News - Increased Security Too Late For Victim Of Attack
11-25-07 NY Times - As Democrats See Iraq Gains, A Shift In Tone
11-25-07 NY Times - In Broadway Dispute, Questions Of Fairness
11-25-07 USA Today - Saudis - Rape Victim Deserved Flogging For Adultery
11-26-07 NY Times - FCC Chief Seeks Votes To Tighten Cable Rules
11-27-07 LA Times - Stocks Plunge On Financial System Fears
11-27-07 SF Gate - Wells Fargo Plunges Into Mortgage Muck
11-27-07 Technology Review - Cleaner Nuclear Power
11-28-07 Baseline - Security Breach Costs Jump 30%
11-28-07 eWeek - Data Breaches Cost More Than Ever
11-28-07 LA Times - US Not Up To Speed On Broadband
11-28-07 National Geographic - Indonesia Planting 79 Million Trees
11-28-07 NY Times - Oil Producers See The World And Buy It Up
11-28-07 SF Gate - New Software Helps Internet Users Detect Web Interference
11-28-07 Technology Review - A Working Brain Model
11-28-07 Technology Review - The Longevity Pill
11-29-07 CIO Insight - World Faces ‘Cyber Cold War’ Threat
11-29-07 CNN - Teen Questioned In Computer Hacking Probe
11-29-07 National Geographic - Fever Outbreak In Italy Linked To Climate Change
11-29-07 National Geographic - Rats Wipe Out Seabirds On Alaska Island
11-29-07 SF Gate - Annual US Foreclosure Filings Nearly Double In October
11-30-07 CNN - Sudan Protesters
11-30-07 Mercury News - China Disputes McAfee Report Labeling It Cyber Warfare Instigator

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October 2007 News

Posted by delta on 31st October 2007

10-03-07 Technology Review - Deciphering Human Differences
10-10-07 New York Times - AT&T To Pay $2.5 Billion For Wireless Spectrum
10-11-07 Time - US Foreclosures Nearly Double
10-12-07 Time - Pollution Dangerous To Joggers
10-15-07 Time - The Ethics Of Erasing A Bad Memory
10-16-07 Smart Money - Will Your Social Security Benefits Be Taxed Again
10-17-07 BBC - Last Rites For A Marine Marvel
10-17-07 Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Legislature Keeping Ferry Bill In Tow
10-17-07 New York Times - Apple To Open iPhone To Developers
10-17-07 New York Times - MySpace And Skype To Announce Partnership
10-17-07 NOAA - Arctic ‘Report Card’ Shows Continued Climate Changes
10-17-07 Time - The Global Warming Learning Curve
10-17-07 Washington Post - New Home Construction Plummets Again
10-17-07 Washington Post - Paulson, Bernanke Say Housing Woes May Last
10-23-07 Los Angeles Times - iPod Seekers Become Macintosh Believers
10-23-07 Los Angeles Times - Microsoft Ends 9-Year Battle With European Regulators
10-23-07 Los Angeles Times - Unwanted E-Mail Now Comes In Audio Format
10-23-07 SFGate.com - Apple’s Revenue Is Soaring, Lifted By iPod’s Appeal
10-23-07 Wired - Behind Enemy Lines With A Suburban Counterterrorist
10-23-07 Wired - The Best Conspiracy Theories
10-23-07 Wired - The Great Firewall
10-23-07 Wired - What’s Inside NyQuil, Fortified With Powerful Narcotics!
10-24-07 CIO Insight - Peripherals Sell The PC, Not Vice Versa
10-24-07 Technology Review - Decoding The Human Eye
10-25-07 Technology Review - Rating Facial Expressions
10-26-07 CIO Insight - 94 Million Credit Accounts Potentially Exposed
10-26-07 CIO Insight - Critical Business Information Goes Unsecured
10-26-07 CNN - NASA’s High-Tech Wildfire Weapons
10-26-07 eWeek - Google’s Reputation System Roils Web World
10-26-07 eWeek - Three Sentenced To Prison In Microsoft Fraud Case
10-26-07 eWeek - US Senate OKs 7-Year Internet Tax Ban Extension
10-26-07 eWeek - Valuable Business Information Going Unsecured
10-26-07 National Geographic News - Primates In Trouble
10-26-07 Technology Review - Next-Generation Sports Doping
10-26-07 Wired - IMAP, YouMAP, WeMAP Mail Protocol’s Proponents Argue For Better Support
10-28-07 Maui News - Board Urges Mandatory Cuts, But Water Director Holds Off
10-28-07 SFGate.com - Cepheid Inc. Of Sunnyvale To Help Defeat Dangerous ‘Superbug’
10-29-07 eWeek - New Group Joins Russians In Evil PDF Attack
10-29-07 eWeek - Price Of MIT Professor’s ‘$100 Laptop’ Hits $200
10-29-07 New York Times - Hulu Readies Its Online TV, Dodging The Insults
10-29-07 New York Times - Supreme Court To Review Damages In Oil Spill
10-30-07 New York Times - Study Looks At Suicide In Veterans
10-30-07 USA Today - Exercise Builds Strong Brains, Too
10-30-07 USA Today - Standardized High School Exit Exams Put States To The Test
10-31-07 eWeek - Google’s Dataspaces Technology Dings PageRank
10-31-07 eWeek - Tech Bills Advance In Congress
10-31-07 Los Angeles Times - Bogus E-mail Seeks Contributions For Fire Victims
10-31-07 San Jose Mercury News - Privacy Groups Challenge Social Networking Plans
10-31-07 Technology Review - Terabyte Storage For Cell Phones
10-31-07 USA Today - Fire Charges Considered Against Calif Boy
10-31-07 USA Today - Sex Offenders Claim Homeless Status, Bypass Calif Law
10-31-07 Wired - Privacy Groups Ask For Online ‘Do Not Track’ List

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September 2007 News

Posted by delta on 30th September 2007

09-01-07 BBC - US Court Allows Navy To Use Sonar
09-02-07 CNN - Iran ‘Reaches Nuclear Target’
09-02-07 New York Times - North Korea To Disable Nuclear Facilities By Year’s End, U.S. Says
09-06-07 Technology Review - Animation For The Masses
09-07-07 eWeek - Office Open XML Down But Not Out
09-10-07 Business Week - Apple Eyes The Wireless Auction
09-14-07 Business Week - How Solid Is Your Brand
09-14-07 CNN - The End Of Oil
09-14-07 Information Week - Hacker Gained Access To Data On Millions Of TD Ameritrade Customers
09-14-07 Information Week - SCO Bankrupt
09-14-07 Information Week - T.J. Maxx Fraud Ring Leader Gets Five Years In Prison
09-14-07 Information Week - Teen Drivers Banned From Using Mobile Phones In California
09-14-07 WebMD - Biking And Erectile Dysfunction
09-24-07 CNET - Businesses Falling Short On Data Disposal
09-25-07 CNET - Trojan Attack Targets Top Executives

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