Thursday, June 07, 2007

Sen. Thomas, 74, dies of leukemia. Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday. He was 74. [MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines] 9:37:04 PM    comment []

Abbas: Palestinians near civil war. Marking 40 years of Israeli occupation, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Tuesday that his people are on the verge of civil war. He said the infighting is perhaps worse than living under Israeli military rule. [MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines] 9:33:25 PM    comment []

Organ-donor plane crash may claim another. An organ transplant team and two pilots were killed when their aircraft plunged into Lake Michigan as they rushed an organ to a patient, who might become the seventh victim. [MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines] 9:32:23 PM    comment []

What Are You Waiting For?. It doesn't take large wads of cash to make large wads of cash investing in stocks. [Fool.com: The Motley Fool] 9:29:55 PM    comment []

Human-hair sized aluminum foil lamps. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have built 'aluminum foil lamps that outshine incandescent lights.' Their panels of microcavity plasma lamps can contain today 250,000 lamps. These thin panels -- 1 millimeter thick -- are more efficient than incandescent lights and soon will surpass the efficiency of fluorescent lighting. These panels could be used for residential and commercial lighting. They also could be mounted onto curved surfaces, like on the insides of windshields of your cars. [Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends] 9:28:42 PM    comment []

IBM settles SEC probe of options report (AP). AP - An investigation of IBM Corp. by the Securities and Exchange Commission ended Tuesday without penalty, although the government found that the technology company misled analysts about employee stock-option expenses in 2005. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 9:26:20 PM    comment []

Concerns emerge over iTunes user data (AP). AP - Apple Inc.'s recent rollout of songs without copy protection software at its iTunes Store has given consumers new flexibility, but questions have emerged over the company's inclusion of personal data in purchased music tracks. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 9:23:35 PM    comment []