CYBERZONE

WELCOME TO THE NEW METAVERSE

Ever since Neal Stephenson published Snow Crash in 1992, the 3D virtual world he described in his seminal dystopian novel has been the Holy Grail for a generation of tech whizzes.

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=10100390E3VD&nl=2

FUN AND PROFIT WITH OBSOLETE COMPUTERS

Even as the power and speed of today's computers make their forerunners look ever punier, a growing band of collectors are gathering retro computers, considering them important relics and even good investments. __In an old barn in Northern California that also houses pigs, Bruce Damer, 45, keeps a collection that includes a Cray-1 supercomputer, a Xerox Alto (an early microcomputer introduced in 1973) and early Apple prototypes.

http://news.com.com/2102-1041_3-6175961.html?tag=st.util.print

THE MUSHROOMING MENACE OF KEYLOGGERS

Few things are as disturbing to Internet users as the thought of someone spying on them and capturing their every keystroke. Unfortunately, this has been happening more frequently as the use of keyloggers, phishing and spoofing grows. Keylogging was the fastest-growing type of malware in what they call the TrojWare category for 2006.

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/56945.html

SCIENCE ZONE

WORLD's FIRST HYDROGEN FUEL TRAIN TESTED IN TAIWAN

A train running on hydrogen fuel cell power, built by the Taiwan Science and Technology Museum, was tested in China's Taiwan on April 11. This is the first hydrogen fuel electric train in the world; it is emission free, makes little noise and is highly durable and safe, http://english.people.com.cn/200704/13/eng20070413_366270.html

PUTTING LIGHT INTO YOUR CLOTHES

A fabric (non reflective) is available that can emit its own light. It is created with threads of every type and nature and can emit light in different colors.

http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20070417A3

MODIFIED INK PRINTER GENERATES ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

A standard desktop printer loaded with a silver salt solution and vitamin C has been used to produce electronic circuits, including mobile phone antennas, circuits, RFID chips and inductive coils, on a range of surfaces.

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11632-modified-ink-printer-churns-out-electronic-circuits.html

ARTIFICIAL BONES CREATED FROM AN INKJET

Scientists are creating artificial bones using a modified version of an inkjet printer. The technology creates perfect replicas of bones that have been damaged and these can then be inserted in the body to help it to heal. The process will revolutionize bone graft surgery, which currently relies on either bits of bone taken from other parts of the body or ceramic-like substitutes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=448654

ASIA PACIFIC ZONE

YANGTZE POLLUTION "IRREVERSIBLE"

Pollution is now largely irreversible in parts of China's longest river, the Yangtze, a study finds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6559407.stm

WIRELESS ZONE

WIRELESS WISES UP

At a time when news of advanced technologies seems dominated by the likes of robots, nanogadgets and supercomputers on a chip, the subject of radio might seem a tad boring. But software-defined radios and cognitive radios hold promise for making our wireless networks far more powerful and useful.

Andrew Lippman, who leads the Viral Communications Group at the MIT Media Lab, sums it up this way: "The real core of the idea is not to regard radios as individual, discrete units, but as members of a community."

His idea stems from several related concepts. One of them, software-defined radio (SDR), is all about replacing much of the hardware in radio frequency devices -- cell phones, GPS units, wireless laptops -- with software, giving them unheard-of capabilities. For example, an SDR could morph from a cell phone to an FM radio receiver to a GPS receiver as directed by its user or even a remote party.

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1462459/1176609/59639/2/

DOJ TAPS GENERAL DYNAMICS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK

The Justice Department announced that it has picked General Dynamics to build a wireless network for the DOJ, Department of Homeland Security and Treasury Department. The deal comes a few weeks after the department's inspector general issued a critical report on the executive branch's slow movements on the initiative. No financial details regarding the deal were released, but Inspector General Glenn Fine said missteps could end up costing taxpayers as much as $5 billion for the network.

http://rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070417/FREE/70417010/1005

SINGAPORE Wii DEPLOYMENT OFFERS BEST PRACTICES FOR CITIES WORLDWIDE

Careful planning and flexible, modular infrastructure simplify countrywide wireless rollout.

http://www.govtech.net/digitalcommunities/story.php?id=105012&utm_source=dc_070417&utm_medium=enews&utm_content=story

THE RADIOS THAT COULD CHANGE THE WIRELESS WORLD

How can you morph a cell phone to an FM radio receiver, then to a GPS unit? Software-defined radio holds the potential to change the nature of wireless access.

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1453364/1423585/59363/2/

NOKIA TO SELL WiMAX PHONE IN EARLY 2008

Nokia says that, like Motorola, it will start selling phones that connect to WiMAX networks in 2008.

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1453364/1423585/59359/2/

HOT TO GRATIFY YOUR FOREIGN MOBILE PHONE LUST

Some of the most desirable mobile devices in the world aren't sold in the U.S. But with a little effort, Americans can still buy and use those devices.

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1453364/1423585/59357/2/

TEXAS REACHES LEVEL 4 RADIO INTEROPERABILITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE

Allows fire fighters, emergency medical responders, police officers, deputy sheriffs and state troopers to go anywhere in the state and have immediate radio communications with each other using their own equipment on established channels.

http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php?id=104910&utm_source=homeland&utm_medium=enews&utm_content=story

SITE CITE

COULD GLOBAL WARMING CAUSE WAR?

A new report warns that conflicts over water and food could intensify as the climate changes. By Brad Knickerbocker

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0419/p02s01-usgn.html?s=hns