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1. Adult Friend Finder: paedophiles are just one click away

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   ... owns AFF and other significant brands, is going public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) that expected by the end of this year.  As part of that exercise, the company has declared their financial performance ...

2. Be afraid... the message of subliminal advertising

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Monday, 28 September 2009

   ... 'danger'." Professor Lavie reckons the research may have implications for the use of subliminal marketing to convey messages, particularly for public service announcements such as safety campaigns.  ...

3. FCC forms cyber security group

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 08 September 2009

   ... ensuring that our nation's communications infrastructure serves our public safety needs," explained FCC Chairman Genachowski. "The Public Safety Bureau's thorough review concluded that the agency is ready ...

4. FCC kicks off mobile wireless Inquisition

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 27 August 2009

   ... 'smart grids;' education by bringing classrooms to eager learners wherever they may be; and public safety by enhancing the capabilities of our first responders, just to name a few. As we enable wireless ...

5. Medical errors kill thousands each year

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Sunday, 09 August 2009

   ... preventable medical errors each year and just as many from hospital-acquired infections. Ten years ago, a highly-publicized federal report, To Err Is Human, highlighted the alarming death toll from ...

6. US-developed insecticide may damage central nervous system

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 05 August 2009

   ... development of safer insect repellents for use in public health." The EPA, however, insists that repellents containing DEET do "not present a health concern." "After it was developed by the US Army in ...

7. US Traffic Safety Administration hid cellphone danger

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 21 July 2009

   ... Administration tried to sit on studies which proved that cellphone use presented a significant danger to drivers. The agency kept out of public view hundreds of pages of research and warnings about the ...

8. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 19 June 2009

   ... or fans us on Facebook because you referred them you’ll receive “1 entry.” (So, tell your friends to notify us that they were referred by you) •    The option of publicity: If you decide ...

9. Beware of catching mad fish disease, say scientists

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Wednesday, 17 June 2009

   ... that it's possible for fish to transmit the disease to humans," says Friedland. "Still, we believe that out of reasonable caution for public health, the practice of feeding rendered cows to fish should ...

10. "E-cigarette" firm claims pharma industry behind proposed ban

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 14 May 2009

    ... Association of Public Health Physicians is opposed to Senator Lautenberg's proposals. Said ecigaretteschoice.com in a statement today: "Should we listen a non-medically licensed politician whose motives ...

11. South Carolina sets ultimatum for Craigslist

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 06 May 2009

    ... pm EST, the close of business Friday May 15, 2009.” He claims that following a November 2008 promise the site “to install safeguards to combat unlawful activity and improve public safety” has not happened ...

12. Microsoft hitting the social web

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    ... using their Windows Live account. The interface looks much like a map, and geographically pertinent information and notifications pop up if a news story or public safety announcement occurs within a specific ...

13. NASA showcases spinoff technologies

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

    ... technologies grouped by themes such as home, airport, grocery store, sports arena, hospital, public safety and manufacturing. After entering an area, users can experience the impact NASA has on their lives ...

14. 100 mpg automotive X PRIZE contest underway, 136 vehicles, $10M

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    ... it becomes much more challenging. I'm not sure the public appreciates how difficult it is. It is hard to imagine an entry being done for less than a million dollars, and the sky is the limit for how much ...

15. Walking, talking, female robot playing to Japan right now

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 17 March 2009

    ... without a face will be sold for about $200,000. The technology to program the bot will be made available to the public so that others can develop actions, moves, and expressions on their own. It's unlikely ...

16. Virtual reality cocoon promises full sensory experience

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 04 March 2009

    ... meanings for different individuals, and will likely someday become a real consideration in public law.  ...

17. Chair kills teenager

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 24 February 2009

    ... Ringgold [an expert the publication talked to] said that high quality office chairs designed for the 24/7 environment of a public safety dispatch centre must meet a higher standard and some are even guaranteed ...

18. At least 400 TV stations have gone digital

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... to educate the public regarding the switch, placing a fairly heavy burden on broadcasters when the switch should've been a simple on/off process. Last night, one third of the nation’s television ...

19. Obama okays $7 billion to improve broadband: Is it enough?

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... grants aimed at increasing broadband adoption, improving broadband deployment in unserved and under-served areas, bettering access to broadband by public safety agencies. In addition, it will serve to ...

20. Facebook reverts its Terms of Use under pressure

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, on or in connection with ...

21. UPDATED #2: House delays DTV vote, switch planned for Feb 17

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 28 January 2009

    ... transition is "a highly regrettable but necessary step." Seven Republican colleagues would battle Boucher, the only Democrat who appeared at the floor debate. Representative Jo Barton, Texas, ranking ...

22. Challenges that come with the delay to Digital TV

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 26 January 2009

    ... the public. The vote comes early next week to extend the digital switch deadline. If the delay occurs, it could be a huge slap in the face to wireless companies. In addition, all of the public safety ...

23. MIT rolls out emergency text message service with AT&T

    (Security/Security Brief)

    Tuesday, 13 January 2009

    ... will extend the alert system to MIT-specific events. Their press release indicates "In the event of a major life-safety or public-health emergency on campus, MIT Alert will notify and advise students, ...

24. NASA studies solar flare dangers to Earth-based technology

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    ... especially in very long power lines, NASA is now looking for ways to mitigate their effects. Richard Fisher, director of the Heliophysics division at NASA, said, "To mitigate possible public safety ...

25. FCC predicts messy switch to digital TV

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

    ... to step up their efforts locally in an attempt to better educate the public. Washington, D.C. - With the impending mandatory switch of all of the televisions within the United States to a digital signal, ...

26. Big Brother potentially exists right now in our PCs, compliments of Intel's vPro

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 24 September 2008

    ... Still, it is possible and there are precedents for technologies like this to exist, even when they are not disclosed to the public.And finally, does it really seem outside the realm of possibility that ...

27. Update: FBI investigates Palin email hack

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 18 September 2008

    ... e-mails will destroy them. We will have no further comment." Yesterday, a hacker group named Anonymous took credit for hacking into the email account and publicizing screenshots, picturesd and other ...

28. Craigslist blotter – robberies, prostitution, oh my!

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 04 September 2008

    ... the same analysis for the Republican National Convention that’s happening right now in Minneapolis. But to be fair, people being robbed on Craigslist is nothing new and the vast majority of transactions ...

29. iRobot unveils security robot

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 August 2008

    ... says this new Negotiator will fit the reconnaissance needs of public safety professionals who are on more of a budget. This particular robot is designed to climb stairs and be highly mobile. It can also ...

30. Drunk, speeding, texting driver arrested

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 05 August 2008

    ... trying to evade arrest.  A spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety told the Star Tribune, “Almost everything that could go wrong, did go wrong,” but added that the driver was thankfully ...

31. Researchers map out America's deadliest roads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 July 2008

    ... at the University of Minnesota built www.saferoadmaps.org to show how public policy on road safety makes a difference. "This tool sheds light on the importance of strong public policy that helps save ...

32. Dirty laundry alert: Xandros acquires Linspire

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 01 July 2008

    ... Xandros acquired the company and leave under the impression of success, “instead of living with the public humiliation that Linspire failed under [Robertson’s] leadership.” He also speculates that this ...

33. Couple sues Google over "street view" maps

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 07 April 2008

    ... also may have a difficult time proving that Google's street view maps are an invasion of privacy.  Anything that can be readily seen from a public area, like a city-owned street, can usually be published ...

34. Poll: Scientists worried about nanotech for health and environment

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 26 November 2007

    ... power and genetically modified foods.  In those cases, the public's concern over safety was greater than the scientists'. Nanotechnology involves tiny man-made creations which will be small ...

35. UPDATE #2: Scientist to create new lifeform from artificial DNA

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 08 October 2007

    ... according to Todd V. Royer, assistant professor in the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.  The study is being published online this week by the journal Proceedings of the National Academies ...

36. Can anyone get the connected home right?

    (Networking/Networking Opinion)

    Friday, 20 July 2007

    Analyst Opinion - We’ve been trying to make the idea of the connected home work for decades.  I can recall shortly after Disneyland opened they had a showcase home of the future which stayed ...

37. SDSC to make on-demand supercomputing available

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 11 July 2007

    ... or other disaster takes place, these emergency jobs will be kicked off right away, providing researchers (and the public) with a fast, clear view of the event's impact. San Diego (CA) – The National ...

38. NCSA: A look inside one of the world's most capable supercomputer facilities

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 01 July 2007

    ... ...   I had the unique opportunity to visit the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in Urbana, Illinois, last week. I was greeted by public information specialist Trish Barker. ...

39. TG Daily covers former Presidents Clinton and H.W. Bush keynote at CTIA Wireless

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 March 2007

    ... the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act which designated 911 as the emergency number for both wired and wireless phones.  H.W. Bush has spoken several times at wireless keynotes at other ...

40. Proposed law requires internet providers to retain records

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 12 February 2007

    Republican Lamar Smith of Texas has proposed a law that would mandate internet providers to keep the subscriber information. Culver City (CA) - Republican Lamar Smith of Texas has proposed a law that ...

41. New York mulling law to prevent listening to iPods while crossing streets

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 07 February 2007

    ... not only endemic but it's creating an atmosphere where we have a major public safety crisis at hand," Kruger was quoted in a Reuters interview. ...

42. Panasonic's Toughbook gets wireless broadband

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 07 August 2006

    ... Toughbook that comes with Cingular's 3G Broadband Connect HSDPA service as standard feature. Considering the Toughbook's target customer group, public safety personnel as well as military and commercial ...

43. NTSB investigating laptop batteries as the cause of UPS cargo plane fire

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 13 July 2006

    ... have not yet determined the exact cause of the fire. The investigation is expected to take several more months to complete. The NTSB held separate public hearings about the fire on July 12 and 13th. The ...

44. Microsoft to remove PDF support from Office 2007 in wake of Adobe dispute

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 02 June 2006

    ... to support formats that have been adopted by the general public. The company's hesitancy to support OpenDocument Format (ODF), the open-source XML-based scheme used in OpenOffice and StarOffice, has been ...

45. MySpace adds a security monitor

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 11 April 2006

    ... Fox Interactive Media, the parent company of MySpace.com, is partnering up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to run several public service announcements. The announcments will ...

46. Microsoft to offer parental controls in Windows Live

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 24 February 2006

      Microsoft is preparing a public beta test program for its new set of parental controls, called "Windows Live Family Safety Settings." Microsoft is preparing a public beta test program for its new ...

47. Research in Motion demos PGP email for Blackberry

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 15 February 2006

    ... can set policies on what algorithms are allowed to be sent and received by their employees. The typically tricky process of managing public and private keys is handled by the software. Whenever an encrypted ...

48. RIM: BlackBerry shutdown may hurt US

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 18 January 2006

      Research In Motion says its BlackBerry e-mail device is so critical that a court-ordered shutdown of U.S. service could threaten public safety and business productivity. Research In Motion says ...

49. New hard DTV transition date inserted by US House into Deficit Reduction Act

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 19 December 2005

    ... championships in their entirety, before forfeiting the public spectrum back to the government for auction. Calling the hard date "the renaissance of television in America," House Energy and Commerce Committee ...

50. Your iPod or your life: British citizens advised to give up their gear rather than combat thieves

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 09 November 2005

      Public safety officials in the U.K. are using humorous posters, radio and television ads to inform people on how to reduce their risk to crime. Many of the ads target iPod toting, cell-phone talking ...