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September 24, 2008 News and Trends

Taking a Look at the Wal-Mart Shopper

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:32:10 PDT
A research company analyzed consumer trends, demographics and purchasing habits of a 50,000 shopper panel -- What do you think the typical Walmart shopper looks like? A hardocre Republican who doesn't care about the environment or workers rights? (oh wait, that's just the management)

Solar Wind Loses Power, Hits 50-year Low

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:05:02 PDT
"The change in pressure comes mainly from reductions in temperature and density. The solar wind is 13% cooler and 20% less dense. ... What we're seeing is a long term trend, a steady decrease in pressure that began sometime in the mid-1990s"Which may explain why the Old Farmer's Almanac, which goes back 200+ yrs, predicts a cooling trend...

Biden's Gaffe Immunity

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:10:11 PDT
He misspeaks so often, it's hardly news—and hardly damaging.

Kaspersky: Worry About Trojans, Mobile Phone Worms (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:20:04 PDT
Russian security giant Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday released its mid-year report on current trends in malware along with a report on spam trends. The upshot? Trojans continue to dominate the threat radar, and mobile-phone viruses are now a valid concern.

Latest Gaza-bound ship set to depart from Cyprus (Ma'an News)

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:08:13 PDT
Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Mustafa Barghouthi confirmed reports that the latest Gaza siege-breaking voyage was scheduled to depart from Cyprus on Wednesday. Barghouthi said that crew aboard "Hope," the third ship in as many weeks to attempt the voyage, had "completed all preparations" to leave Cyprus for Gaza. Barghouthi told Ma'an that "solidarity activists" from Europe, Canada and the United States had arrived for the trip, and that the vessel would carry medical suppli

Mentor on key EDA trends, ESL and solar/PV (CIOL)

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:34:08 PDT
BANGALORE, INDIA: Continuing with EDA, there have been whispers that the EDA industry has been lagging behind semiconductors and is in the catch-up mode.


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