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ChangeQuakes Of The Week

June 12, 2006

TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK
** Cervical Cancer Vaccine Receives FDA Approval
** House Passes Telco TV Service Bill
** Report: Pill Could Limit Disabilities Stemming From Diabetes
** Intel: More Efficient Chips Are Coming

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TOP CHANGEQUAKES OF THE WEEK

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Receives FDA Approval

(FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- The first vaccine against cervical cancer, Gardasil, has received FDA approval and will be available to females as young as age 9 later this month.

www.forbes.com

House Passes Telco TV Service Bill

(REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKE) -- The U.S. House of Representatives handed a victory to AT&T and Verizon Communications by approving a bill that would make it easier for them to offer subscription television service.

news.yahoo.com

Related story: Cable Battle Brewing
www.usatoday.com

Report: Pill Could Limit Disabilities Stemming From Diabetes

(DISCOVERY CHANGEQUAKE) -- If everyone who had the most common form of diabetes were given a daily "polypill" that combined low-dose aspirin with commonly used drugs to lower cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar, it would prevent 7.2 million deaths and disabilities that result from the disease, the president of the American Diabetes Association says.

www.usatoday.com

Intel: More Efficient Chips Are Coming

(TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- Researchers at Intel have found a better way to insulate circuits, enabling them to save energy as they pack more transistors onto each processor.

www.pcworld.com

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TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKES

Report Shows Kids Choosing The PC Over TV

A recent study by the NPD Group found that 94% of households with children ages 4-14 had a computer. That edges out TVs, which the consulting firm's report, "Kids and Consumer Electronics," found are in slightly less than 90% of households.

news.yahoo.com

RuBee Offers Alternative To RFID

The IEEE has started work on a new protocol -- a standard called IEEE 1902.1, also known as RuBee -- that is expected to give retailers and manufacturers an attractive alternative to RFID for many applications, especially item-level efforts.

www.eweek.com

Related story: 200 Million Item-Level RFID Chips To Be Sold In 2006
storefrontbacktalk.com

Green Tech To Benefit From Global Resources Crunch

Clean water and energy technologies can reap the benefit of a global resources crunch, Worldwatch Institute President Christopher Flavin told a London conference.

news.yahoo.com

Losing Digital Data Costing Businesses Billions

Computers have become ubiquitous in business. The rise in the use of laptops means a greater chance for malfunctions, theft and loss. Laptops also are more likely to lose data due to accidental damage, such as dropping.

www.usatoday.com


CORPORATE CHANGEQUAKES

Google Blocked In China

Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said the Google search engine remained blocked in most parts of China as the country's government brought in additional measures to curb the public's access to information.

www.earthtimes.org

Top Microsoft Blogger To Resign

The world's most famous corporate blogger, Robert Scoble, credited with helping to break down a siege mentality at his employer, Microsoft Corp., confirmed that he is leaving to join a recently formed Silicon Valley Internet media startup.

news.yahoo.com

European Countries Follow French Lead In iTunes Battle

The success of Apple Computer's digital media platform has caught the attention of European regulators, who claim that iTunes should be compatible with all MP3 players.

www.businessweek.com


REGULATORY CHANGEQUAKES

SEC Widens Probe Into Stock Option Awards

Monster Worldwide, Broadcom Corp., Equinix and Cyberonics disclosed inquiries into whether they improperly dated stock options, bringing the number of companies involved in the widening probe to more than 40.

www.bloomberg.com

House Deals Blow To Net Neutrality

U.S. telecommunications and cable companies scored a big victory in Congress by defeating proposals for strict price controls on the high-speed networks that will form the next generation of Internet connectivity.

news.moneycentral.msn.com

Senate Rejects Effort To Cut Estate Tax

Senators voted 57-41 to reject a Republican effort to shrink taxes on inherited estates during this election year, after GOP leaders had pushed senators to end the tax once and for all.

www.usatoday.com


ECONOMIC CHANGEQUAKES

U.S. Inflation Continues To Trouble Fed

Recent news on U.S. inflation has been troubling, but if the economy moderates as forecast, a federal funds rate of 5% is near a point that will gradually improve the inflation outlook, a top Federal Reserve official said on Monday.

news.yahoo.com

Older Consumers Spending More Money Online

Older shoppers, who generally sat out the Internet's first big commercial push, are helping to feed the surging Web economy. Because this group has far more disposable cash than any other, executives have begun tweaking their strategies to reach them.

www.rawstory.com

Report: Global Military Spending Reaches $1.12 Trillion

U.S. spending in Iraq and Afghanistan helped push up global 2005 military expenditure by 3.5% to $1.12 trillion, according to the latest research.

news.yahoo.com


FDA APPROVAL CHANGEQUAKES

Group Sues FDA To Review Genetically Engineered Food

The U.S. government may soon have to review genetically engineered food or genetically modified food on a mandatory basis, if a new lawsuit filed by the Center for Food Safety proves successful.

www.foodconsumer.org

FDA To Require Drug Tracking

The FDA will begin enforcing an 18-year-old law that requires drug wholesalers to track pharmaceuticals every time they change hands from the factory to the pharmacy.

www.abcnews.go.com

Related story: FDA Looking At Stronger RFID Mandates
www.eweek.com


DISCOVERY CHANGEQUAKES

New Research Offers Hope In Control And Development Of Stem Cells

Embryonic stem cells differ from other cells as they can divide seemingly endlessly, do not perform a specialized function and, ultimately, they can become any other type of cell. How they do this remains a mystery, but new research has uncovered some of the genes that allow these cells to renew themselves.

www.sciam.com

Chocolate Aids In Fight Against Skin Cancer

As if you needed another reason to eat chocolate, German researchers have shown that ingesting dark chocolate that is rich in cocoa solids and flavonoids can fight skin cancer.

www.sciencenews.org

Prevent Prostate Cancer With Beer

A main ingredient in beer may help prevent prostate cancer and enlargement, according to a new study. But researchers say don't rush out to stock the refrigerator because the ingredient is present in such small amounts that a person would have to drink more than 17 beers to benefit.

news.yahoo.com