Archive for June, 2011
Mammoth Genetics Go Back to the Drawing Board
Woolly mammoths may have interbred with Columbian mammoths, both previously thought to be distinct species, according to research published online in Genome Biology on May 31.
PlayStation Network to Be Fully Restored This Week, Says Sony
Sony announced late Monday in a blog posting that it will “fully restore” its beleaguered PlayStation Network by the end of this week.
House to Reject Debt Limit Hike With No Cuts
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Republicans are playing politics by introducing a bill that they have no intention to pass.
Cyber Attacks and Sabotage Are Acts of War, Pentagon Rules
The Department of Defense concluded on Tuesday that a cyber attack or sabotage coming from another nation is an act of war, and is finalizing a strategy based on their findings, said media reports.
Deciphering China’s ‘Public Security Bill’
After carefully reading Caijing magazine’s May 9, 2011 article “Public Security Bill,” the first question that came to me was: “Who is the greatest destroyer of ‘public security’ in China?”
China’s Clothes Industry Faces Rocky Road
Export quality Chinese apparel is being sold at giveaway prices within the country as the clothing industry, hit hard by the slump in the global economy, struggles to thrive in the international market.
Khalid Shiekh Mohammed, 9/11 Mastermind, Facing New Charges
Military prosecutors announced they are refiling terrorism charges against the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as wells as four other men, the Defense Department said in a release on Tuesday.
Sprint Asks Regulators to Stop AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation’s No. 3 wireless carrier, formally asked federal regulators to block a proposed $39 billion merger.
Baltimore Writer Missing in Libya
Journalists face danger when reporting around the world. It may be that freelancers have even less protection than those who work for well-known media companies.
Multiple Sclerosis Triggered by Gene-Environment Link
Researchers have elucidated the mechanism by which environmental factors such as lack of sunlight act on genes associated with multiple sclerosis.
