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July 24, 2008

Hurricane Dolly Lashes Texas Coast Lithium-Ion Batteries: Ready for Cars Imagination Takes a Flight to Mars NY Restaurants Post Calorie Info Water System Harms Calif. Salmon Hotels Splurge To Create a Big Splash Forecasters say Hurricane Dolly has made landfall near South Padre Island in Texas. Dolly is a Category 2 storm with winds near 100 mph, and has already forced thousands of people into shelters. The lithium-ion battery, already a fixture in personal electronics, soon will become the answer to high oil prices and environmental concerns as it bulks up to power rechargeable electric vehicles. The success of NASA's Phoenix lander has capped a decade of robotic derring-do by uncovering chips of ice on the surface of the Red Planet, proving the existence of water, a key ingredient of life. Customers at fast-food chains in New York are facing the facts about their meal choices. For some, the truth may be hard to swallow -- like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda. A judge ruled that California's water systems threaten to push native salmon into extinction but stopped short of ordering any immediate water cutbacks farmers said would have cost them millions. As competition for high-end travelers increases, hotels across the united states are are going off the deep end when it comes to luxury, novelty and entertainment with pools that cater to the rich.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Hurricane Dolly Lashes Texas Coast   Lithium-Ion Batteries: Ready for Cars Imagination Takes a Flight to Mars Future Mars missions being looked at.   FULL STORY NY Restaurants Post Calorie Info Part of citywide anti-obesity campaign.   FULL STORY Water System Harms Calif. Salmon Water-delivery methods may be altered.   FULL STORY Hotels Splurge To Create a Big Splash More competition for high-end travelers.   FULL STORY Computing More Most Bank Sites at Risk, Study Says Protecting PCs from the Summer Heat Digital Life More BSkyB Sets Its Sights on iTunes iPhone Shortages May Last a While Discovery More Singing Toadfish Enlightens Scientists Technology Offers Quake Warnings Space More Imagination Takes a Flight to Mars NASA Moon Capsule Running Late Innovation More Lithium-Ion Batteries: Ready for Cars Hotels Splurge To Create a Big Splash Health More NY Restaurants Post Calorie Info Cigarettes Altered To Entice the Young Science News More Findings Show Water on Ancient Mars Families' Genes Yield Autism Clues Environment More Hurricane Dolly Lashes Texas Coast Water System Harms Calif. Salmon

Singing Toadfish Enlightens Scientists Findings Show Water on Ancient Mars Cigarettes Altered To Entice the Young NASA Moon Capsule Running Late Study: Low-Carb Diet Best for Weight Program Gives Net Access to the Blind Dell Roars Back as PC Sales Jump Global shipments outpace market. Average Rating: Xbox 360 Opened To Game Creators Prizes aim to jump-start development. Average Rating: Netflix To Stream Videos To Xbox 360 Potential audience is larger than Roku. Average Rating: Teen Hangout Gaia Gets $11M Funding Investors bet big on virtual worlds. Average Rating:

Network Security Spotlight

More Than 75 Percent of Bank Sites at Risk, Study Says More than 75 percent of bank Web sites have at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to criminals after their money or identity, a University of Michigan study says.   Prosecutor Says San Francisco System Set to Melt Down A computer engineer who allegedly held San Francisco's computer system hostage was denied a bond reduction after the prosecutor said the system had been rigged to melt down during routine maintenance.   DNS Security Flaw Leaked Before Patches Applied A major flaw in the Internet infrastructure was leaked to the public before many IT directors had the chance to apply security patches. The flaw was discovered weeks ago by Dan Kaminsky.

Enterprise Hardware Spotlight

Protect Your Computer from the Dangers of Summer Keeping PCs cool during the hot summer months should be a top priority for conscientious computer owners or IT managers. Heat and humidity are component killers, so take steps to protect equipment.   SanDisk: Vista Shortfalls Limit Use of SSDs SanDisk, a maker of solid-state drives, says that Microsoft's Vista OS is not optimized for those kinds of drives, and suitable SSDs won't be available until late this year or next year.   Solid-State Drives Are Attractive for Notebooks At first, the Asus Eee PC and the MacBook Air do not seem to have much in common. But both use solid-state drives with no moving parts -- and significant advantages over traditional drives.

Mobile Enterprise Spotlight

British Sky Broadcasting Sets Its Sights on iTunes British Sky Broadcasting has announced that it is introducing an online subscription music service -- and has signed the world's largest music group, Universal, as its first partner.   Electronics Giants To Create Wireless HD Standard Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics giants are uniting to support technology that could send high-def video signals wirelessly from one set-top box to screens around the home.   Nokia CFO: Mobile Phone Market Expected To Grow Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, said that it expects the mobile phone industry to weather any global economic slowdown because the devices have become such a part of people's lives.

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