[..] among Wal-Mart shoppers, the technology remains largely a mystery. "No one's spent a lot of money advertising the features and benefits," said Rayovac's Steel.
One sporting goods store manager suggested an explanation for that: "The bulb and battery people aren't exactly crazy about them." [Wired] via [Jinn of Quality and Risk]
George W. is sure Iraq has WMD: he still has the receipts.
Business Week: In a previously unreleased letter obtained by BusinessWeek, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention admitted that the CDC supplied Iraqi scientists with nearly two dozen viral and bacterial samples in the 1980s, including the plague, West Nile, and dengue fever. The letter, written in 1995 by then-CDC director David Satcher, was in response to a congressional inquiry.[John Robb's Radio Weblog]