In Debate Over Permanent Bases In Iraq, U.S. Seeks Authorization
For War In Iran
The ongoing negotiations between Iraqi leaders and the Bush administration over the future role of the military occupation “have turned into an increasingly acrimonious public debate.”
The Bush administration’s demand for 58 permanent bases in Iraq — a near doubling of the current 30 bases — are causing Iraqis to warn that the status of forces agreement would be “more abominable than the occupation.” The administration is reportedly holding hostage “some $50bn of Iraq’s money in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pressure the Iraqi government into signing an agreement.”
Bush slams anti-US 'propaganda'
US President George W Bush has denounced "misinformation and propaganda" which he says are sullying his country's image abroad. As Air Force One touched down, hundreds were gathering in the city centre in protest at the Bush administration and Italy's involvement in Afghanistan. Another group of demonstrators chanted "Bush, go home" outside the American Academy in Rome's Villa Aurelia while the president met young entrepreneurs inside.
Mr Bush urged them to ignore the "misinformation and propaganda" spread about his country and to learn the "first-hand truth about America" by visiting.
Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Detainees Have Constitutional Right To Challenge Detention
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.
The justices handed the Bush administration its third setback at the high court since 2004 over its treatment of prisoners who are being held indefinitely and without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. The vote was 5-4, with the court's liberal justices in the majority.
Admiral Mullen: 'Stop-loss' to continue
Wednesday the unpopular “stop-loss” policy won’t end anytime soon, and he predicted a small rise in the number of troops forced to serve past their re-enlistment or retirement dates.
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told an audience of 600 soldiers at Fort Stewart he understands the strain the stop loss practice and multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have placed on service members. “I would like to see an end to the stop-loss policy, but I don’t see it happening in the near future,” Mullen said during a question-and-answer session with the troops. “I see a slight growth in the next couple of years based on predictions right now.”
WHEN SOLDIERS RETURN
"Stop-Loss” is the story of a decorated young soldier who returns to Texas with members of his Army unit after fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, watches in anguish as his friends go to pieces, and then becomes disgusted and revolts. Stationed in Tikrit at the end of his second tour, Staff Sergeant Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe), perhaps twenty-five years old, lost some of his men in a combat operation that also killed a few civilians who inadvertently got in the way. He’s torn up inside, and by the time he gets home he’s had enough. Yet the Army invokes “stop-loss”—a loophole in his contract which can send him, at the command of the President, back to Iraq.
Comcast Censoring Political Ads Critical of Its Actions
Glenn Greenwald is reporting that Comcast is refusing to run an ad critical of Representative Chris Carney, an ad which features Comcast itself as a major donor to and beneficiary of Carney's policy choices. The network told him that they would "face potential liability for any defamation contained in the spot."
Comcast in this case concocted a factual inaccuracy and is refusing to run the ad. While there's no excuse for this blatant conflict of interest, the company created an artifice of legal barriers that most stations simply do not. Censoring advertisements from network and cable TV is a common practice in our political discourse, one that often goes unremarked. Here are some recent examples....
States Are Lobbied to Intervene in Cable Programming Decisions
Several state legislatures are being asked to consider adopting legislation proposed by the NFL Network that would compel vertically integrated cable operators to submit carriage disputes with independent programmers to commercial arbitration if the parties fail to agree on program carriage deals. The impetus for such legislation was a series of complaints from the NFL Network that vertically integrated cable operators who own competing programming are treating the network unfairly by seeking to place it on a sports programming tier instead of a widely distributed basic, digital programming tier. Subscribers have to pay extra for the sports tier.
Although characterized as "arbitration bills," the legislative proposals go well beyond private dispute resolution. Instead, they effectively require vertically integrated cable operators to carry every sports, news, or entertainment programming service at a price set by an arbitrator on terms and conditions of carriage proposed by the programmer.
Donation helps KVHC bring back programming
Thanks to a donation made by a Mountain Home woman, KVHC plans to bring back its local Saturday morning programming. Station manager Mary Silver said the programs initially were canceled because Time Warner Cable required the station to carry a$1 million broadcast liability insurance policy.
Since that announcement, Silver said the station has received a number of phone calls and e-mails from viewers who were disappointed with the changes.
Bush Impeachment to be Shelved
The Democratic House leadership is preparing to stick the articles of impeachment raised by Rep. Dennis Kucinich Monday night against President Bush on the same shelf that they stuck a similar effort the Ohio Democrat filed last year against Vice President Dick Cheney.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters today that the 35-count indictment of Bush, which took Kucinich more than four hours to read on the House floor, would be forwarded to the House Judiciary Committee. The Democratic leadership has opposed impeachment as an unhelpful distraction; the Judiciary Committee is unlikely to pursue further action.
House Votes to Send 35 articles of Impeachment of President Bush to Judiciary Committee Nearly All Democrats Supported the Vote
Along with 20 Republicans
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send articles of impeachment against President Bush to the Judiciary Committee for review. The impeachment resolution’s sponsor, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, requested a recorded vote on the motion around 3 p.m. Wednesday, and 20 Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in voting to send the impeachment measure to the committee, according to a vote count on C-SPAN. The motion passed 251-166
An ominous warning that the rapid rise in oil prices has only
just begun
The chief executive of the world's largest energy company has issued the most dire warning yet about the soaring the price of oil, predicting that it will hit $250 per barrel "in the foreseeable future". The forecast from Alexey Miller, the head of the Kremlin-owned gas giant Gazprom, would herald the arrival of £2-per-litre petrol ($10 per Gallon) and send shockwaves through the economy.
Senator Specter : Wiretapping Needs 'Judicial Review'
Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), a Republican long known for breaking with his party over the reach of post-9/11 executive power, is still at it. Monday, the five-term senator again demanded a judicial examination of the phone companies' role in the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
His comments buck a central White House demand as it negotiates with congressional Democrats over how to renew the controversial spying program. The administration has made retroactive immunity for the participating telecoms a key tenet of any renewal legislation, arguing that the companies were merely doing what the government requested for the safety of the nation. Most congressional Republicans agree. But Specter, the highest ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he doesn't want the companies let off the hook so quickly.
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly poignant scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bowman, having nearly been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine, is calmly, coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial »
brain. “Dave, my mind is going,” HAL says, forlornly. “I can feel it. I can feel it.”
I can feel it, too. Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory. My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think....
Microsoft's Vista so Bad No One Steals It
MICROSOFT sued a bunch of resellers for flogging copies of software they didn't pay it for, the Vole said Tuesday. The company said it filed lawsuits against 21 resellers in 14 states. The lawsuits allege that defendants sold copies of Windows XP and Microsoft Office that didn't have unique product keys.
Some unauthorised copies were caught by the company's "Genuine Advantage" online copy authentication schemes. Other software licencing violations were said to have been reported to the Vole's snitch line. Most of the allegedly stolen copies were consumer versions. Only two of the lawsuits claimed that corporate versions of software products were nicked.
None of the resellers were accused of having stolen copies of Windows Vista.
Defying U.S., EU mulls ending Cuban sanctions
European Union states are studying ending sanctions on Cuba in defiance of U.S. calls but have yet to agree on how this would be done, diplomats said on Tuesday. Closed-door talks on the move are continuing as EU leaders hosted U.S. President George W. Bush for a farewell summit in Slovenia. EU foreign ministers will decide on the sanctions at a meeting in Luxembourg next Monday, the envoys said.
The measures were imposed after a crackdown on dissent in 2003 and include a freeze on visits by high-level officials. They were formally suspended in 2005 but an abolition would be the EU's way of encouraging Cuban President Raul Castro, who took over after the Feb. 24 retirement of his brother Fidel. "The time could be right because of changes undertaken by Cuba's new leadership," said one EU diplomat. Changes include new rules allowing Cubans to buy cell phones, rent rooms in hotels once reserved for foreigners, and an increase in public debate.
BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions
A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq. The BBC's Panorama programme has used US and Iraqi government sources to research how much some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding. A US gagging order is preventing discussion of the allegations. The order applies to 70 court cases against some of the top US companies.
While Presdient George W Bush remains in the White House, it is unlikely the gagging orders will be lifted. To date, no major US contractor faces trial for fraud or mismanagement in Iraq.
High oil prices? Weak dollar? Blame Bush
The immediate cause of rising oil prices is the weak dollar. Oil-producing countries are requiring more dollars to purchase the same barrel of oil because the dollar is worth less today than it was a few years ago. Anyone who travels abroad knows about the weak dollar. In 2000, it took $1 to purchase one euro. Today, it takes close to $1.60 to purchase a euro. A Canadian dollar is now worth the same as a U.S. dollar, whereas eight years ago it was worth considerably 50% less than an American dollar.
And why do we have a weak dollar?
You can start with the economic policies followed by the Bush administration. During Bush’s 7½ years in office, we have maintained large trade deficits with the rest of the world and run up large domestic budget deficits to pay for our misadventure in Iraq and large tax cuts for the wealthy. Also, according to a monograph recently issued by the Center for American Progress, the Federal Reserve’s low-interest policy has caused a 14 percent decline in the value of the dollar since last September.
Florida Congressmen Wexler Calls for Bush Impeachment
Congressman Robert Wexler, D-Fla. -- the Florida co-chair for the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. -- today announced that he has signed on to support the Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush, introduced this week by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio.
"President Bush deliberately created a massive propaganda campaign to sell the war in Iraq to the American people and the charges detailed in this impeachment resolution indicate an unprecedented abuse of executive power," Wexler said
House to Vote on Sending Impeachment Articles to Committee
House members are set to vote Wednesday on sending articles of impeachment against President Bush to the Judiciary Committee. The 35 articles were offered by Dennis J. Kucinich , D-Ohio, who has pushed his caucus to do more to challenge the White House regarding the run-up to the Iraq War. Democratic Party leaders have spent nearly a year and a half reining in their caucus on this topic, determined to show that the party is more focused on getting out of Iraq than on how the nation got into Iraq.
Kucinich argues Bush abused his power “to manufacture a false case for war against Iraq.” On Monday, Kucinich spent about four and a half hours reading the full impeachment text into the Congressional Record.
Under House rules, the chamber must act on the measure within two days.
Ron Paul planning parallel convention to send GOP a
'strong message' in Minneapolis
After being denied a speaking slot at the Republican convention this summer, former candidate Rep. Ron Paul, who is not supporting GOP nominee John McCain, has decided to stage his own parallel convention in Minneapolis.
"There is a growing surge of people out there just craving" for a return "to traditional American government, limited government that places personal liberty first and places an emphasis on personal responsibility and essentially gets out of the way after that," Paul spokesman Jesse Benton
Tim Donaghy, Disgraced Former NBA Referee, Claims Officials Fixed Playoff Series
NBA referees, influenced by cozy relationships with league officials, rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games, a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal alleged Tuesday.
Without identifying anyone or naming teams, Tim Donaghy also claimed the NBA routinely encouraged refs to ring up bogus fouls to manipulate results but discouraged them from calling technical fouls on star players to keep them in games and protect ticket sales and television ratings.
2002 Lakers-Kings Game 6 at heart of Donaghy allegations
Was Game 3 of the 2008 NBA Finals held at the scene of a crime?
Disgraced ex-referee Tim Donaghy alleged as much Tuesday in a filing made by his attorney in U.S. District Court in New York, saying the highly controversial Game 6 of the Lakers-Kings playoff series in 2002 was impacted by the actions of two of the three referees who worked the game.
McCain says Obama policies are bad for business
John McCain said Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for business in a speech to small business owners. McCain said Tuesday that Obama's policies would mean higher taxes and higher overhead costs. The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting also criticized Obama for pledging to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. McCain said small businesses make the economy run and that his Democratic rival would slow the creation of new jobs. "You work hard in small businesses to grow and create new jobs and opportunities for others," McCain said. "The federal government shouldn't make your work any harder."
Economic issues have taken center stage in the early presidential race. Obama argues that McCain's policies are no different from those of President Bush, and he blames those policies for the slumping economy.
Dems pound McCain for new Iraq quote
Democrats are barraging Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) with attacks for his statement on NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday that it’s “not too important” when U.S. troops return from Iraq. The Obama campaign immediately scheduled a conference call with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to try to draw maximum attention to the comment. Also on the call will be Obama foreign policy advisers Susan Rice and Richard Danzig. McCain explained his remark, but it could be very damaging when taken out of context.
The statement is sensitive because Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has pledged to, in the words of his website, “immediately begin withdrawing our troops engaged in combat operations at a pace of one or two brigades every month, to be completed by the end of next year.”
Some receiving FEMA assistance not willing to help themselves
What are people who receive FEMA assistance doing to help themselves? That's the question NBC 15's Andrea Ramey asked those who have been staying for free in hotel rooms after they moved out of FEMA supplied travel trailers. What she found out is there are some who are doing very little.
The scorching heat puts many at the Quality Inn poolside, but for Gwenester Malone, she chooses to beat the heat by setting her thermostat to sixty degrees. Malone's room for the past three months, along with three meals daily, have all been paid for by taxpayers.
Internet Attacked as Tool of Terror
A controversial plan to study and profile domestic terrorism was scrapped after popular push back, however, the spirit of the legislation lives on in Senator Joe Lieberman's office.
HR 1955, "The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" passed the House in October 2007 with almost unanimous support. The bill immediately came under fire from civil liberties watchdogs because of what many saw as a deliberate targeting of Muslims and Arabs and the possible chilling effect it might have on free speech.
The Assassination of Robert Kennedy, Part 4 --
Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole
William F Buckley's admitted boss, E. Howard Hunt (allegedly the spy for whom Tom Cruise's character in Mission: Impossible, Ethan Hunt, is named) shortly before his death implicated David Atlee Phillips in the assassination of JFK, chronicled in an April 5, 2007 Rolling Stone article. He wrote out the cast of characters for his son, Saint John Hunt, putting Lyndon Johnson at the top of the list. David Atlee Phillips worked closely with another CIA operative by the name of David Sanchez Morales. Bradley Ayers, a retired US army captain who had worked closely with Morales, identified him in film footage taken at the Ambassador Hotel the night RFK was shot, along with two other known CIA agents. One has to wonder just what someone like Morales, a CIA agent with close ties to agents strongly suspected of taking part in political assassinations, would have been doing there that night?
Oil shortage a myth, says industry insider
There is more than twice as much oil in the ground as major producers say, according to a former industry adviser who claims there is widespread misunderstanding of the way proven reserves are calculated.
Although it is widely assumed that the world has reached a point where oil production has peaked and proven reserves have sunk to roughly half of original amounts, this idea is based on flawed thinking, said Richard Pike, a former oil industry man who is now chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
U.S. seeking 58 bases in Iraq, Shiite lawmakers say
Iraqi lawmakers say the United States is demanding 58 bases as part of a proposed "status of forces" agreement that will allow U.S. troops to remain in the country indefinitely.
Leading members of the two ruling Shiite parties said in a series of interviews the Iraqi government rejected this proposal along with another U.S. demand that would have effectively handed over to the United States the power to determine if a hostile act from another country is aggression against Iraq. Lawmakers said they fear this power would drag Iraq into a war between the United States and Iran.
Treaty tensions mount as Iraq tells the US it wants all troops
back in barracks
American troops in Iraq would be confined to their bases and private security guards subject to local law if Iraq gets its way in negotiations with the US over the future status of American forces.
According to a senior Iraqi official, the negotiations between the two allies became so fraught recently that President Bush intervened personally to defuse the situation. On Thursday he telephoned Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, to assure him that Washington was not seeking to undermine Iraq’s sovereignty and that America would reconsider any contentious part of the agreement.
Stanton Friedman looks at 40 years of UFO research
Fredericton resident and nuclear physicist Stanton T. Friedman, well-known ufologist, presents a comprehensive look at 40 years of UFO research data in his new book. One review stated, "This book will delight those who can't get enough of crashed saucers and government cover-ups."
Friedman has a solid background to conduct a scientific inquiry into the UFO field. For more than 50 years, he has studied, researched, written and lectured on UFOs, culminating in a Lifetime UFO Achievement Award presented in Leeds, England. Last Aug. 27, the City of Fredericton declared Stanton T. Friedman Day.
So Just How Did 'Core Inflation' Come About?
‘Core inflation’ takes food and energy out of the inflation index. Many mainstream economists and Fed members pray at the ‘core inflation’ altar. So what economist came up with the wacky notion. Was it some Einstein type creating a concept that few other earthlings can understand? No.
‘Core inflation’ was created at the behest of Tricky Dicky, himself, Richard Nixon.
Kevin Phillips, a political and economic commentator for more than three decades and onetime Nixon strategist, reports in his new book, Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism, that, President Richard Nixon asked his Federal Reserve chairman Arthur Burns, to concoct a new inflation number that would be split off from traditional headline CPI, dubbed “core” inflation—and thus make inflation look less threatening. This new-fangled “core inflation” would simply knock out, due to nettlesome “volatility,” nettlesome food and energy prices.
Credit Crisis Expands, Hitting all Kinds of Consumer Loans
The credit crisis triggered by bad home loans is spreading to other areas, forcing banks to tighten credit and probably extending the credit crisis that's dragging down the economy well into next year, and perhaps beyond.
That means consumers are going to have an increasingly difficult time getting bank loans for car purchases, credit cards, home equity credit lines, student loans and even commercial real estate, experts say.
Traders predict house prices will fall by 50% in four years in the UK
The slide in house prices will continue for at least three years and crush the value of a home by almost 50% in real terms, according to a key index of property price futures. Indications from futures trading on long term property prices shows that the average UK home will recover its current value only in 2017.
By the end of this year prices will be down by 10% and by a further 10.5% in 2009, according to the index. Prices will keep dropping through 2010 and cut values by 23.5% when they hit rock bottom in 2011. House prices will then begin a slow climb back to current market values over a period of about six years.
People to See, Places to Go & Things to Do in North Florida
Ragtime to Rock
The Musical Heritage of Jacksonville opens : MOSH's newest original temporary exhibit, which focuses on Jacksonville's rich music history, is open. This exhibit explores Jacksonville's role in music history, as well as famous performances, venues and local legends.
Kids' fishing clinic
Fort Clinch State Park and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will conduct the 2008 Kids' Fishing Clinic on June 14 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Children ages four-16 can participate in the free clinic that offers fishing lessons such as knot tying, fishing ethics, tackle, habitat and casting. Due to extensive pier renovations at Fort Clinch, this year's event will be held at the George Crady Bridge State Fishing Pier, 12157 Heckscher Drive. The first 500 kids will take home their own rod and reel combo. A free hot dog lunch is provided to every participant. For additional information, contact the park at 277-7274........
Flagler College has $166M economic impact
Flager College had a $166 million impact on Northeast Florida in fiscal year 2006-2007, according to a recent study. Highlights from the study, conducted by Louisville, Ky.-based EconImpact LLC, include:
The college contributed $30 million to the St. Augustine economy. For every $20 spent in the city, $1 was due to the college's presence. St. Augustine's treasury gained $420,000 from the college, with Flagler producing 5.1 percent of the city's revenues but only accounting for 3.3 percent of the city's expenditures......
With U.S. in slump, dual citizenship in EU countries attracts Americans
For millions of Europeans who braved the Atlantic Ocean for a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty and dreams of a lavish life, there was little thought of ever emigrating back. Yet for a new generation of Americans of European descent, the Old Country is becoming a new country full of promise and opportunity.
The creation of the European Union and its thriving economy is very appealing for Americans in a global economy. "With an EU passport, I can live and work in 27 countries," said Suzanne Mulvehill of Lake Worth. "With a U.S. passport, I can live and work in one." Americans can claim citizenship in any of the 27 European countries that are in the EU based on the nationality of their parents, or in some cases, grandparents and great-grandparents. Citizenship in one of those countries allows you to live and work in any EU nation.
Family felt like 'lab rats' in FEMA trailer
It was when the sight of a bloody child became routine that Lindsay Huckabee broke down and cried. She and her husband, Steve, had spent months dealing with "two, three, four nosebleeds a week," in their FEMA mobile home, she said. When it wasn't a nosebleed, one child or another had burning eyes, coughing, congestion and "colds" that wouldn't go away........
Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay
A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines in children earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007 but for years did not report much of this income to university officials, according to information given Congressional investigators.
By failing to report income, the psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Biederman, and a colleague in the psychiatry department at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Timothy E. Wilens, may have violated federal and university research rules designed to police potential conflicts of interest, according to Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa. Some of their research is financed by government grants.
How Water Has Become a National Security Issue
It's a colossal failure of political foresight that water has not emerged as an important issue in the U.S. Presidential campaign. The links between oil, war, and U.S. foreign policy are well known. But water -- whether we treat it as a public good or as a commodity that can be bought and sold -- will in large part determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous. Americans use water even more wastefully than oil. The U.S relies on non-renewable groundwater for 50 percent of its daily use, and 36 states now face serious water shortages, some verging on crisis.
Meanwhile, dwindling freshwater supplies around the world, inequitable access to water, and corporate control of water, together with impending climate change from fossil fuel emissions, have created a life-or-death situation across the planet. Both Democrats and Republicans have emphasized loosening U.S. dependence on nonrenewable energy resources in their platforms, but neither party gives significant air time to the threats posed by water shortages.
The US Has No Remaining Grain Reserves
Larry Matlack, President of the American Agriculture Movement (AAM), has raised concerns over the issue of U.S. grain reserves after it was announced that the sale of 18.37 million bushels of wheat from USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust.
“According to the May 1, 2008 CCC inventory report there are o nly 24.1 million bushels of wheat in inventory, so after this sale there will be o nly 2.7 million bushels of wheat left the entire CCC inventory,” warned Matlack. “Our concern is not that we are using the remainder of our strategic grain reserves for humanitarian relief. AAM fully supports the action and all humanitarian food relief. Our concern is that the U.S. has nothing else in our emergency food pantry. There is no cheese, no butter, no dry milk powder, no grains or anything else left in reserve. The o nly thing left in the entire CCC inventory will be 2.7 million bushels of wheat which is about enough wheat to make ½ of a loaf of bread for each of the 300 million people in America.”
Apple iPhone 3G to sell for $199 for 8 gig model, includes GPS. Available July 11th
Confirming months of speculation, Apple has announced that it will begin shipping two thinner, 3G versions of the iPhone. A 16 GB version will feature your choice of black or white backing, and will sell for $299 through AT&T. To raucous applause, Apple CEO Steve Jobs debuted the 3G model of the iPhone, which he said is thinner than the previous version while sporting all metal buttons and a black plastic backing, much like the rumored specs had shown.
No Microsoft Windows for Mars Lander NASA chosses Linux
When NASA needs an operating system for a Mars lander does it go knocking on Bill Gates’ door? The answer is no. The newly arrived on the planet Phoenix Lander is powered by a variation of Linux running on a specially hardened CPU and motherboard produced by IBM.