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August 07, 2008 News and Trends

Heroin roundup nets 19 arrests

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:59:27 PDT
Local, state and federal authorities arrested five suspects Wednesday and charged them with felony conspiracy to distribute heroin as part of the investigation, dubbed Operation Black Tar, Holbrook said during a news conference.

Israel Considers Military Option for Iran Nukes

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:24:27 PDT
According to foreign media reports, Israeli intelligence is active inside Iranian territory. Israel's military censor, who can impose a range of legal sanctions against journalists operating in the country, does not permit publication of details of such information in news reports written from Israel.

Google Expands Trend Tracking With “Insights For Search”

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:04:45 PDT
Google has just written a blog post introducing “Insights for Search”, an extension to its Google Trends and AdWords products that allows users to track keywords across different verticals, geographic locations, and time periods.

NEWS UPDATE (The Oregonian)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:04:09 PDT
The news: Clackamas County voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to pay a new property tax to support libraries, according to a funding plan expected to be approved today by the county commissioners. The library district would include all of Clackamas County except Damascus, Johnson City and Tualatin.

The Globalization Boom and Bust Cycle

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:00:51 PDT
As we debate and react to endless series of micro trends, there has been a turning away from attention to the macro. This is dangerous, to say the least. It is potentially crippling if the macro trends are in flux. There are. Globalization is going nowhere fast on the policy front. Our recent globalization boom (globoom) is at risk of becoming a globalization bust (globust). Public support has become strident opposition. Discomfort and reaction define the positions of many politicians toward in

‘India can do better on mobile phone growth’

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:04:38 PDT
Bangalore, Aug 7 (IANS) India is growing by leaps and bounds when it comes to mobile use, but it could be doing better, the authors of a new book on policy roadblocks to communication growth in South Asia have said. LIRNEasia executive director Rohan Samarajiva and researcher Ayesha Zainudeen, editors of the book ‘ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks’, told IANS in an interview that over the study period, India’s mobile connectivity was overtaken in per-capit

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Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:11:04 PDT
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Massive Spam Campaign Spreads Malware In Fake CNN News Email

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:32:29 PDT
Known social engineering tactic involving Adobe Flash Player is exploited in currently active malware spam campaign. Last night this campaign sent over 80 million messages for the past 24 hours, with 5 million sent on an hourly basis, according to MX Logic.

Shape Magazine reports on text message quit smoking support

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:45:43 PDT
Shape magazine features quit smoking support by text message in their "Live Health News" section.


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