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This Friday marks the 125th anniversary of the world's first wireless
telephone call.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/27/AR200505270=
1158.html>
"The next time you're distracted by the ringing of someone's cell
phone, consider this: Washington is the birthplace of the blessing --
or the curse -- of wireless telephony.
"This Friday marks the 125th anniversary of the world's first wireless
telephone call. Alexander Graham Bell already had compiled an
impressive record, inventing a telephone in 1876 and supervising the
1878 establishment of Washington's telephone exchange, one of the
first in the world. But after moving to Washington in 1879, Bell
became nearly obsessed with improving on his famous invention by doing
away with the wire." [...]


Cell phones on planes worry US law enforcement
Fri May 27, 2005 03:26 PM ET By Jeremy Pelofsky
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?=20
type=3DtechnologyNews&storyID=3D8631101&src=3Drss/technologyNews>
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allowing airline passengers to use personal
cell phones during flights could help potential hijackers coordinate
an attack or trigger a bomb smuggled on board, U.S. security
officials have told regulators.


Famous American Scientists on US Postage Stamps
<http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl//=20
display_products/productDetail.jsp?OID=3D4849393&info=3Dmore#Press_Release>
CELEBRATING MORE THAN A CENTURY OF SCIENCE ON U.S. POSTAGE
STAMPS WASHINGTON =97 Four American Scientists-Thermodynamicist
Josiah Willard Gibbs, geneticist Barbara McClintock,
mathematician John von Neumann and physicist Richard
P. Feynman-were honored with postage stamps dedicated in a
special ceremony today at Henry R. Luce Hall, Yale University,
New Haven, CT.
A stamp honoring Josiah Gbbs? How cool is that? ~ KE


Anti-Spyware Bills Pass House, Move to Senate
http://tinyurl.com/dcybj
May 27, 2005 By  Caron Carlson
The U.S. House of Representatives last week overwhelmingly passed two
separate anti-spyware bills, but as the measures now move to the Senate,
legislators will find most of the hard questions unresolved=97a familiar
scenario in Congress, where similar House bills withered last year
following Senate inaction.
The SPY ACT (Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass), authored
by Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif., takes the more active approach, requiring a
conspicuous notice to users before transmitting spyware.


The citywide Wi-Fi reality check
By Marguerite Reardon
<http://news.com.com/The+citywide+Wi-Fi+reality+check/=20
2100-7351_3-5722150.html>
Story last modified Fri May 27 04:00:00 PDT 2005
Philadelphia is venturing into the Wi-Fi frontier and liking what it
sees. The big question is, will it feel the same way two years from now?
The city's experiment to blanket its 135 square miles with wireless
high-speed Internet access has been hailed by supporters as one of
the most innovative projects in the country. But some experts caution
that significant technical and business issues must be hammered out
before citywide wireless networks can become a reality.

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Paris Hilton Hack Started With Old-Fashioned Con
Source Says Hacker Posed as T-Mobile Employee to Get Access to
Information By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Thursday, May 19, 2005; 3:24 PM
The caper had all the necessary ingredients to spark a media
firestorm -- a beautiful socialite-turned-reality TV star,
embarrassing photographs and messages, and the personal contact
information of several young music and Hollywood celebrities.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR200505190=
0711.html>


Intel quietly embeds DRM in it's 945 chips firmware
Copyright holders protection hits at the hardware  level.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/drm.html


New ITU Standard Delivers 10x ADSL Speeds
Vendors applaud landmark agreement on VDSL2
Geneva, 27 May 2005 - The International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) today finalized work on new technical specifications that will
allow telecoms operators around the world to offer a 'super' triple
play of video, Internet and voice services at speeds up to ten times
faster than standard ADSL.
<http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/000377.html>

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