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ChangeQuakes Of The Week

May 29, 2006

TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK
** Key Inflation Gauge Sees Biggest Increase In More Than A Year
** House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill On Internet Access
** Experts Predict Very Active Hurricane Season
** Yahoo And eBay To Join Forces


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TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK

Key Inflation Gauge Sees Biggest Increase In More Than A Year

(ECONOMIC CHANGEQUAKE) -- Consumer spending grew in April at the fastest pace in three months, supported by solid income growth. But in a worrisome development, a key gauge of inflation watched by the Federal Reserve posted the biggest increase in 13 months.

news.yahoo.com

House Judiciary Committee Passes Bill On Internet Access

(REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKE) -- As Congress debates the issue of Net neutrality, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation aimed at preventing high-speed Internet network providers from discriminating against unaffiliated services, content and applications.

news.yahoo.com

Groups Pressure Senate On Net Neutrality
news.com.com

ISPs Warn of Price Hikes Over Net Neutrality
www.out-law.com

Experts Predict Very Active Hurricane Season

(DISCOVERY CHANGEQUAKE) -- The National Hurricane Center is predicting a hectic, above-normal tropical storm season that could produce between four and six major hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico this year and up to 16 named storms.

www.cbsnews.com

Yahoo And eBay To Join Forces

(CORPORATE CHANGEQUAKE) -- Internet powerhouses Yahoo and eBay are joining forces in an alliance that appears aimed at thwarting the recent expansions of online search engine leaders Google and Microsoft.

biz.yahoo.com

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TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKES

Samsung Launches First NAND Flash-based PCs

Samsung Electronics said it will launch PCs equipped with a 32-Gigabyte NAND flash-based solid state disk in early June, which it claims is a world first, and will eventually lead to the replacement of hard disk drives.

www.forbes.com

New Domain Launched For Mobile Phones

"Dot-mobi," the first domain suffixes especially created for mobile devices, became available this week, but some critics say a new domain naming plan is unnecessary.

news.zdnet.com

Microsoft Proposes JPEG Alternative

Microsoft is making a pitch for the jpeg picture market with a rival Windows Media Photo format which will be supported in Windows Vista and made available for XP users.

news.com.com

Symantec Anti-Virus Worm Hole Puts Millions At Risk

A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec's anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack, Internet security experts warned.

www.eweek.com


CORPORATE CHANGEQUAKES

Vista Could See Further Delays

The launch of the consumer version of Windows Vista, Microsoft's new operating system, could be pushed back past the stated January launch date, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

news.yahoo.com

Related stories: Early Testers Hit Vista Beta 2 Snags
www.microsoft-watch.com

Microsoft: Take A Week Off -- Unpaid
news.zdnet.com

Google, Dell Team Up To Break Windows

Dell, the world's biggest maker of personal computers, will sell PCs installed with Google software, dealing a setback to Microsoft's long-time control of the desktop, according to a person briefed on the deal.

www.bloomberg.com


FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKES

FDA Launches Medical Device Innovation Initiative

The FDA is launching the Medical Device Innovation Initiative to make new medical devices available more quickly for patients and promote early interaction between the FDA and industry to optimize review times and foster innovation.

www.fda.gov

FDA Confirms Barley May Reduce Heart Disease Risks

The FDA has confirmed the qualified health claim linking whole-grain barley to a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, which could help raise awareness of the grain amongst heart health-conscious consumers.



Shingles Vaccine Approved

A new vaccine that could put the pox on shingles for many adult sufferers of the often painful infection caused by the chickenpox virus has received federal approval.

news.yahoo.com


DISCOVERY CHANGEQUAKES

Researchers Develop Anti-cancer Chewing Gum

Finnish researchers have developed a chewing gum containing a compound that mops up a chemical called acetaldehyde, which has been linked to cancers of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, and is slowly released through chewing the gum.

www.nature.com

Nanotubes Produce Desalination Breakthrough

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a carbon-nanotube membrane that could one day be used to desalinate water inexpensively.

news.com.com

Vaccine Stocks Rally On Bird Flu Fears

Stocks in companies with bird flu drugs in development rallied on fears that the World Health Organization may have discovered cases of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus in Indonesia.

www.businessweek.com

Related story: Six Members Of Indonesian Family Die Of Bird Flu
www.chron.com

Invisibility Cloaks Coming Closer To Reality

New materials that can change the way light and other forms of radiation bend around an object may provide a way to make objects invisible, researchers said.

news.yahoo.com

Report: Chimp Virus Directly Tied to HIV

Scientists report that they have found direct evidence of a missing link between a chimpanzee virus and the one that causes human AIDS.

www.iht.com