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What's happening in international headlines. Europeans go to Venus. German holocaust denier to go on trial. Liberia makes history. Super sonic weaponry used to fend off pirates.
"The AP has reported (with additional information from KMOX-AM) that the Missouri Dept. of Transportation will be teaming up with a private company to track in-use cell phones on Missouri highways and state roads in an effort to monitor traffic flow. Individual information will not be stored, they say -- only the aggregate will be studied, using "sophisticated" math. (See also findlaw.com's commentary on privacy concerns. "
Mondays are never fun, but here are a few light-hearted stories to start your day off with. Some of them are real, some of them are fiction, but they're all entertaining. Stories: Learn about a crafty rat here. Could our American cities be in danger of invasion by the walking dead? Read more here. Scientists find a worm with some interesting qualities. Comic: Since it's Monday and fall is well on it's way, this comic certainly seems appropriate.
Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and a driving force behind the creation of Berkeley Unix and Java, among other technologies, said the explosion in devices like cell phones, PDAs and other wireless gadgets connected to the Web is radically changing the technology industry. He calls that phenomenon the "here" Web, because the Internet is always "here, because you access it through a device you always carry." Joy, now a partner with the venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, made his remarks at Technology Review's Emerging Technology Conference here Thursday. Read the article...
