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ChangeQuakes Of The Week

May 22, 2006

TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK
** Congress Introduces New Net Neutrality Bills
** Samsung Working On Fuel-Cell Powered Cell Phones
** FDA Panel Endorses Cervical Cancer Vaccine
** Ethanol Q&A: What Are The Myths And Realities?

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TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK


Congress Introduces New Net Neutrality Bills

(REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKE) -- A Senate bill introduced Friday would discourage the creation of toll roads in cyberspace, taking the side of Internet activists who are fighting with telephone companies over so-called network neutrality.

www.sfgate.com

Samsung Working On Fuel-Cell Powered Cell Phones

(TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- Samsung may soon be tapping a new power source for its cell phones, as it announced plans for building prototype mobile phones powered by fuel cells instead of conventional batteries.

www.businessweek.com

FDA Panel Endorses Cervical Cancer Vaccine

(FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- A drug company hopes to win federal approval early next month for a novel cervical cancer vaccine that it touts as the next biggest thing since the pap test in fighting the No. 2 cancer in women.

www.forbes.com

Ethanol Q&A: What Are The Myths And Realities?

(ECONOMIC CHANGEQUAKE) -- With high gas prices making alternative fuels increasingly attractive, no alternative fuel has received as much attention as ethanol. Some hail the fuel, which can be derived from plants as a savior of American energy policy, while others see it as a fad popularized by its heavily subsidized corporate backers.

www.businessweek.com

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TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKES

Microsoft Sets Windows Vista Requirements

Microsoft has kicked off a campaign aimed at helping customers prepare for its new operating system, Windows Vista, by launching a Web site outlining major hardware requirements.

news.com.com

New York To Begin Offering Free Public Wi-Fi

New York's Central Park and a number of other public spaces will become public Internet hubs starting this summer when the city's parks begin offering free wireless Net access, the city government said.

news.yahoo.com

Related story: Free Broadband For All
www.businessweek.com

In-Flight Internet And VOIP On The Way

The FCC has started auctioning frequencies that will enable airlines to offer in-flight Internet and VOIP services this week, and nine companies, including Verizon's Airfone, JetBlue's LiveTV, AirCell and Arcadia's Broadband have qualified to bid for the frequencies.

www.informationweek.com

IBM Claims Breakthrough In Data Storage Technology

Proving that an old technology still has legs, IBM claims to have demonstrated a world record in data density on linear magnetic tape, packing 15 times the data of today's magnetic tape and proving that magnetic tape data storage can maintain its cost advantage over other technologies.

www.informationweek.com


CORPORATE CHANGEQUAKES

PC Industry Courts Emerging Market With Hourly Pricing

Microsoft, chipmakers and PC firms aim to increase PC usage in the developing world with a new flexible payment program to lower the initial costs of buying a computer.

news.yahoo.com

Sears To Pay $215 Million To Settle Lawsuit

Sears Holding Corp. said it reached a $215 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit alleging that the company had hidden weakness in the company's credit card business from shareholders.

www.businessweek.com

Japanese Telecom Offers Walkman Phone

KDDI Corp, Japan's No. 2 mobile operator, has announced plans to offer a Walkman phone with music player developed jointly with Sony Ericsson as competition heats up in the sector.

news.yahoo.com


REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKES

New Credit Card Security Rules Due This Summer

Proposed new security rules for credit card-accepting businesses will put more scrutiny on software, but let them off the hook on encryption.

news.com.com

RIAA Sues XM Satellite Radio

The recording industry has sued XM Satellite Radio over its new iPod-like device that can store up to 50 hours of music, sending to the courts a roiling dispute over how consumers can legally record songs using next-generation radio services.

news.yahoo.com


ECONOMIC CHANGEQUAKES

NYSE Bids $10.2 Billion For Euronext

The New York Stock Exchange, seeking to beat out rival Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. in the race to become the first trans-Atlantic stock market, offered $10.2 billion in cash and shares for European exchange operator Euronext NV.

news.yahoo.com


FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKES

Groups Urged FDA To Regulate Nanoparticle Use In Cosmetics And Sunscreens

Numerous products such as sunscreens and cosmetics contain potentially hazardous nanoparticles, but lack adequate warning labels of their possible health effects, according to two activist groups.

www.sfgate.com


DISCOVERY CHANGEQUAKES

Nuclear Fusion Clears Hurdle

Physicists working in the United States believe they have cracked an important problem facing manmade nuclear fusion, touted as the cheap, safe, clean and almost-limitless energy source of the future.

news.yahoo.com

Related story: Nuclear Power Takes A Hit
www.washingtonpost.com

New Cement Absorbs Pollution

An Italian company has begun marketing a cement that is capable of absorbing pollution from vehicles. Tests on a road near Milan showed TX Active cut the level of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide by as much as 65%.

www.physorg.com

Hunt Is On For Bird Flu In Alaska

The search for the first wild bird carrying a deadly flu virus to North America is under way on a lonely stretch of coastal salt marsh on the outskirts of Alaska's largest city.

news.yahoo.com

Related story: Possible Human Transmission Of Bird Flu In Indonesia
news.xinhuanet.com

Taking The Guesswork Out Of Medicine

From heart surgery to prostate care, the health industry knows little about which common treatments really work, and this has sparked a revolution called "evidence-based medicine."

www.businessweek.com