CYBERZONE
 

ASSESSING RISKS

Technology's Future: A Look at the Dark Side Technology powerful enough to improve life radically is also capable of abuse and prone to serious, unanticipated side effects.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/business/businessspecial2/17tech.html?th&emc=th

STUDY SAYS RETAILERS UNHIP TO YOUNG SHOPPERS If retail marketers are going to capture the loyalty of the next generation of spenders, they're going to have to get hip to the new Web, according to a report from Forrester Research. Young shoppers break into two distinct age groups, the report said, under 18 and 18 to 21 years old.

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/50497.html

WHAT ABOUT THE NEW DVD SYSTEMS?

Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Arrive: PC World demystifsy, tests, and makes recommendations on the next generation of DVD products. - http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W4RT03D3316BD09A7C77F325048950

FBI AGENT RECOUNTS OUTSOURCING HORROR STORY The CAD/CAM company thought it was protecting itself, having employees of the Indian outsourcing company that was debugging its source code sign non-disclosure agreements. But when a disgruntled outsourcing employee swiped a copy of the code a few years back and tried to sell it to the CAD/CAM vendor's competitors, the vendor found out that the NDAs were of little use when it came to prosecuting the alleged thief in India.

http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=123C6B1:1F8551F

WHO'S ON FIRST ZONE

After having dug to a depth of 1,000 meters last year, Korean scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1,500 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors had a telephone network all those centuries ago. Not to be outdone. Chinese scientists dug to a depth of 2,000 meters and shortly after headlines in Chinese newspapers read:

"Chinese archeologists have found traces of 3,000-year-old fiber-optic cable and have concluded that their ancestors had an advanced high-tech digital communications network a thousand years earlier than the Koreans." One week later, Portuguese newspapers reported the following: "After digging as deep as 3,000 meters in a Lisbon marketplace, scientists had found absolutely nothing. They therefore concluded, that 4,500 years ago, the Portuguese were already using wireless technology."

SCIENCE ZONE

CAN LIGHT GO IN REVERSE?

In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both faster and slower than its usual speed limit, but now researchers at the University of Rochester have published a paper today in Science on how they've gone one step further: pushing light into reverse. As if to defy common sense, the backward-moving pulse of light travels faster than light. Confused? You're not alone.

http://www.physorg.com/news66582110.html

FLYING ROBOTS MAY BE THE NEW TERRORISTS It may sound like science fiction, but flying robots could make suicide bombers and hijackers redundant, experts say.

http://abc.net.au/science/news/tech/InnovationRepublish_1635096.htm

CANCER RESISTANCE FOUND TO BE TRANSFERABLE IN MICE Investigators have found that normal mice injected with white blood cells from cancer-resistant mice become resistant themselves.

http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5b12777462027f7110-fdfb15737467027b72147874-ff3310707762

BURSTING THE BUBBLE ON DIABETES

Research with rats points the way to delivering gene therapies for diabetes using tiny bubbles and ultrasound.

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16891

ENERGY ZONE

ANALOG USES LESS CELL POWER

Ultra-Low-Power Cell Phones Programmable analog circuits could drastically reduce the power needs and cost of electronics in portable devices.

http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe521277756c0475721d-fdec1573716c0d7f72137473-ff011674776105

BIO BRIEFS

Baltimore--Scientists await stem cell research funding

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150134

East Bay--Aerovance lands $60M as asthma treatments progress

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150135

Greensboro/Winston-Salem--Showplace: Research site ready for biotech bigwigs

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150136

Honolulu--Hawaii Biotech will keep its name and home after merger

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150137

Raleigh/Durham--NCSU, UNC, California group end talks on joint institute

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150138

Raleigh/Durham--Two biotechs stalking millions for growth

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150139

San Francisco-- Working on chimeras could put scientists in the doghouse

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150140

San Francisco--Biotech opts for Bay Area over Seattle

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150141

St. Louis --SLU tests vaccine to ward off hepatitis C, liver cancer

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150142

St. Louis--Washington U. retains right to cells in court decision

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150143

St. Louis--Location, location, location may not be best indicator: Washington U. researchers find tumor type more important in determining drug therapy

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150144

Washington--G'town plucks drug development expert from UVa.

http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/c/22150145

ASIA-PACIFIC ZONE

CHINA REPORTS 2.4 BILLION WEBPAGES

China reports a total of 694,000 websites, over 20% being individual's. The number of domain names surged 40 percent to reach 2,592,000, according to the report on China's Internet information and resources 2005 published by the State Council Informatization Office on Tuesday, The webpage number soared 269% to reach 2.4 billion in 2005. Each website has 3,748 pages on average. 18.6% of websites locate in Beijing, 16.6% in Guangdong, and 9.7% in Zhejiang.

http://english.people.com.cn//200605/17/eng20060517_266508.html

ASIA PACIFIC TELECOM EQUIPMENT DEMAND TO REACH $47 BILLION IN 2007 According to a recent industry report by In-Sat, the Asia Pacific telecom equipment demand would continue to maintain the sturdy growth. It has estimated demand to go up from US$43 billion in 2005 to US$47 Billion in 2007. It also added that Chinese and Indian demand would be the key drivers, as these two countries embarking on network expansion and deployment of high-speed Internet access networks in Japan, South Korea, and other developed markets. Another major driver is introduction of 3G mobile networks throughout the region.

The report said, between 2005-07, India would have the fastest Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of about 10%. In 2005, leading vendors were Ericsson for wireless equipment, Cisco for data networks, Alcatel for Internet access equipment and Huawei for transport systems. In 2005, the region's carriers invested about 12.9% of their total service provisioning revenue on new equipment.

WIRELESS ZONE

TRAVELING WIRELESS

Wi-Fi, the wireless networking technology that can create an invisible field of Internet access over a limited area, has revolutionized the world of mobile computing. But while Wi-Fi is serving up Internet access in a growing patchwork of places like coffeehouses and, in some cases, across entire cities, it can fall short of the demands of laptop users who want a gateway to the Internet essentially everywhere they go.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/technology/18basics.html

SITE CITE

INSTINCTS MATTER WHEN LOOKING FOR MR RIGHT Don't bother with months of email courtship, pay only polite attention to the advice of your friends. And as for those Jane Austen-style books on how to select Mr Right, leave them to gather dust on the shop shelves.

http://abc.net.au/science/news/health/HealthRepublish_1634999.htm