· A team of scientists at MIT have discovered a new way of producing electricity. http://bwbx.io/7UdC
· New organic substitute for traditional foam packing material, called Mycobond™. http://bwbx.io/TyEv
· Germany: “Berlin has enormous creative potential. Here, people are willing to work differently.” http://bwbx.io/2ydM
· Group of EU regulators want tighter rules surrounding so-called “dark pool” trading venues operated by big banks. http://bwbx.io/r4o5
· Smithsonian receives $800 million a year in federal funds, and over $200 million goes toward basic scientific research. http://bwbx.io/aMLP
· “Only hope for average citizen to one day travel to space is in danger due to actions of certain members of Congress.” http://bwbx.io/UoAN
· UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee to Examine Emergencies and Science. http://bwbx.io/5dyR
· Net Neutrality: Download timing of entire page load is dependent on the server and software platform. http://bwbx.io/o4Oj
· Hackers are increasingly counting on configuration problems and programming errors rather than software vulnerabilities. http://bwbx.io/7aFc
· The Webb telescope’s mirrors need to operate in a deep cold or cryogenic state, at around -379 degree Fahrenheit. http://bwbx.io/fA1W
· Verizon issued its annual Data Breach Investigation Report. http://bwbx.io/1K9y
· … Then there is Google who provides new free services seemingly weekly! http://bwbx.io/ZLY7
· “I believe that net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time” http://bwbx.io/L1j8
· Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) tell the FCC it should halt a controversial regulatory proceeding. http://bwbx.io/A9KC
· If everybody ran their “secret” meetings how FCC is running them, Washington would be a much more transparent place. http://bwbx.io/eaMB
· Due to rescue missions engineered during global financial crisis, largest financial institutions are bigger than ever. http://bwbx.io/eOwd
· “Lenders under the ECB rule, one interest rate fits all, must have lost their sanity.” http://bwbx.io/l2oV
· Dreamy, Young Stars – Business Exchange http://bwbx.io/eFeY
· Want broadband access? Save copper infrastructure – Business Exchange http://bwbx.io/eFEN
· The Death of Paper Money – Business Exchange http://bwbx.io/McAi
· NASA: The hottest stars in the region are the Trapezium cluster. http://bwbx.io/eFeY
· FCC should move expeditiously to ensure access to the existing copper infrastructure for broadband development. http://bwbx.io/eFEN
· Until we can get beyond these fundamental fallacies, the debate on Net Neutrality will get nowhere. http://bwbx.io/VDLc
· Prioritization is only needed when a network is experiencing congestion. http://bwbx.io/tXAj
· Japan had a private savings rate of 15% of GDP when the Nikkei bubble burst., gradually reduced to 2%. http://bwbx.io/McAi
· Australia: Should Coalition win the election, plan to take NBN to 90 per cent of Australian premises will be shelved. http://bwbx.io/XDpX
· “one of the benefits of this job is you will never suffer the rush hour. You will arrive before it and leave after it.” http://bwbx.io/myYW
· Boeing released its annual Current Market Outlook (CMO), estimate of future trends in commercial air transportation. http://bwbx.io/jn67
· Many cities in the United States are approaching gridlock and are therefore consistently turning to light rail. http://bwbx.io/P2UQ
· Fed admission all is not well has broad implications for investors even if other global drivers are still on the upswing http://bwbx.io/Xn6w
· An all-in-one machine to help machine builder set new levels of performance and economy in the stone cutting sector. http://bwbx.io/1Ykt
· “Europeans have aired their dirty debt in public and taken some measures to address it, whilst the US has not” http://bwbx.io/geI0
· Banking function is link savers with investors and creditors with borrowers, and facilitate broader commercial activity. http://bwbx.io/HO2n
· Some of the Cybersecurity accomplishments are simply to have prepared reports. http://bwbx.io/RNLm
· Broadband access is critical in a private cloud environment to reach end users. http://bwbx.io/Vklx
· “There have been almost no Net neutrality violations.” http://bwbx.io/NY7D
· In case you hadn’t noticed, LEDs are big these days … http://bwbx.io/1cLm
· Hypervelocity star, known as HE 0437-5439, is blazing across space at a speed of 1.6 million mph, 3x Sun’s speed. http://bwbx.io/lZKt
· A thoughtful person, faced with how economic policy is being pursued might reasonably wonder what planet he or she is on http://bwbx.io/qEmo
· Pew Internet: 85% agreed that the internet has mostly been a positive force on my social world. http://bwbx.io/pNPF
· New financial reform legislation is about 2300 pages, 14 titles, 1400 sections. It calls for 47 studies, 74 reports. http://bwbx.io/byDJ
· Italy’s banks were well-regulated, which allowed the government to forego the costly bailouts. http://bwbx.io/taZZ
· Then, how come people expect planes/trains/newspapers to be on time, with predictability … http://bwbx.io/5jQk
· Yes. The true value of NG shipbuilding capability is worth far more than what the Wall Street assigns it … http://bwbx.io/qVOJ
· NASA: Chandra X-ray Observatory captures the effects of a giant black hole that has been flipped around twice. http://bwbx.io/3atk
· EU to fund €6.4 billion of investment in research and development by the end of 2011. http://bwbx.io/LAXH
· $5 trillion of refinancing will be required over the next year or so globally. http://bwbx.io/6CH
· Nokia Siemens acquisition will strengthen its ties to Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, KDDI, China Mobile, and Vodafone. http://bwbx.io/mRjw
· Northrop Grumman’s decision to cast off its shipbuilding business is more about its lack of synergy with other units. http://bwbx.io/qVOJ
· “No more taxpayer-funded bailouts. If a company can’t make it, it will have to liquidate.” http://bwbx.io/ylw0
· A new consumer financial protection agency will be created to combat lending abuse. http://bwbx.io/Mwr6
· Maximum capability of content anywhere in the world is stuck in sub 4 Mbps range and probably average less than 1 Mbps. http://bwbx.io/2XOd
· 1,024 out of 3,230 counties in the United States and its territories are unserved by broadband. http://bwbx.io/5feO
· FCC has updated the decade-old definition of 200K bps (kilobits per second) downstream to 4M bps (megabits per second). http://bwbx.io/MsEy
· The NGC 3603 nebula, located 22,000 light-years from the sun, is a star-making factory. http://bwbx.io/NOk5
· “A Human Capital Crisis in Cybersecurity” report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released. http://bwbx.io/n9R6
· Trouble Asset Relief (TARP) Program is up 23% this year, at around $3.7 trillion from $3 trillion last year. http://bwbx.io/g86u
· EU regulators to publish results of their stress tests on the region’s banks at 6 p.m. Brussels time on July 23. http://bwbx.io/A7sQ
· “Creating jobs and improving broadband are not the same thing.” http://bwbx.io/9tX5
· Job cuts among state and local entities may deepen this year if they don’t receive federal funding. http://bwbx.io/GtB2
· The danger is a drop in asset prices and the destruction of credit. http://bwbx.io/LTSq
· You’ll find keywords in those first three bullets that recruiters will use in searching for qualified candidates. http://bwbx.io/OQCu
· Boeing and Airbus won’t be able to delay sprucing up their bestselling 737 and A320 jet families much longer. http://bwbx.io/BfXv
· EU to water down hedge fund regulation. http://bwbx.io/hv86
· Compensation create motives, while deregulation, desupervison, and regulatory “black holes” create opportunity. http://bwbx.io/5jQk
· The Internet as its designed today simply can’t do huge sustained volume, such as video. http://bwbx.io/RW5l
· $400 million-per-year program by FCC to provide affordable broadband in medically underserved communities. http://bwbx.io/cwVX
· Too often training budget is first to be cut, with a view technological advances arrive with the morning newspaper. http://bwbx.io/C97g
· Zebra Imaging has 3-D holographic images deliver impressive realism, need no glasses. http://bwbx.io/6Pj3
· Private suborbital spaceship built for the space tourism firm Virgin Galactic made its first flight with a crew onboard. http://bwbx.io/StUT
· Siemens ad helps compare high-speed train against other forms of transportation on some of America’s busiest routes. http://bwbx.io/7Xzj
· Australia: People in all elements of telecom industry are collaborating on Communications Alliance NBN Project. http://bwbx.io/Yb3j
· Australia: No one knows exactly how much it costs Telstra to fulfil universal services obligations. http://bwbx.io/rC04
· Congress needs to investigate and catalog the nation’s domestic surveillance programs. http://bwbx.io/ZZRy
· New NASA budget contains funding for commercial companies to build spacecraft, historically the sole domain of NASA. http://bwbx.io/RgCI
· “I rely on the Internet as a public platform for free speech, equal opportunity, economic growth and innovation” http://bwbx.io/OkFm
· “Broadband network is as fundamental to Britain’s success in digital era as railways were in the industrial revolution.” http://bwbx.io/MGny
· Voices of compromise on the Title II conundrum are hard to find. May become even rarer if FCC takes next logical step. http://bwbx.io/U0ZV
· OSI, cost industry and government billions of dollars, then died. http://bwbx.io/S0Em
· Santa Monica started their fiber network with no money, just $750,000 they eliminated from the city’s operations budget. http://bwbx.io/iifx
· Like previous NOI requests from the FCC–this is not a declaration from the government agency. http://bwbx.io/2XPw
· Why are we still using ink-on-paper textbooks, when digital technology offers a much better way? http://bwbx.io/rSNi
· if dealer lends a client $100 to buy $200 of securities, $140 of those securities can used as collateral by the dealer. http://bwbx.io/3y2e
· If US adds more to its debt, the privilege of borrowing internationally in its own currency might not last much longer. http://bwbx.io/7jYN
· The roasted planet zips around its star in 3.5 days. Fastest solar system planet, Mercury, orbits the sun in 88 days. http://bwbx.io/YqNl
· Transportation industry job postings are up 73% from a year ago. http://bwbx.io/HE7W
· “The sky is falling, we cried. But our elected officials did not answer the call for protection – until now.” http://bwbx.io/MKpS
· “Big banks have whole departments that focus on compliance. Small banks can’t afford to do that.” http://bwbx.io/WtrP
· New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to police financial activity that is “unfair, deceptive or abusive.” http://bwbx.io/dEua
· Avoidance of loose monetary policy may well be the result of Congress’s possessing almost no understanding of it. http://bwbx.io/t5xS
· If every debt was paid back, there would be no more money in circulation. But money would still be owed. Lots of it. http://bwbx.io/LfQM
· India’s Rupee gets its own symbol. http://bwbx.io/4xso
· Crook, Clackamas and Bend Counties in Oregon to receive a combined $16 million for broadband infrastructure projects. http://bwbx.io/KhZX
· Chile becomes first country to guarantee net neutrality. http://bwbx.io/oZkf
· “Phantom Eye’s design will offer game-changing opportunities for our military, civil and commercial customers.” http://bwbx.io/6DEM
· President Obama stopped by the meeting for 15 minutes. Message: cyber is still important. http://bwbx.io/paoi
· National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is a plan for privacy-enhancing credentials for the public. http://bwbx.io/vhM3
· “Mobile data is a race to the bottom. Cheapest provider wins.” http://bwbx.io/s2Sf
· Twenty three billion dollars. That’s how much Verizon has spent in the past few years to fiber-optify 32 million homes. http://bwbx.io/spuY
· We’re betting more than a few aldermen, supervisors, and city council members are now thinking about conduit ordinances. http://bwbx.io/Id0x
· “The widening trade deficit is not only an alarming trend, but also represents wealth and jobs heading overseas” http://bwbx.io/LV6t
· Australia: 2012-13 budget surplus to increase to A$3.1 billion from the A$1 billion predicted in May. http://bwbx.io/C5kf
· “Singapore will be among the fastest-growing countries not just in Asia, but the world, this year” http://bwbx.io/LHV2
· Northrop was unable to get the “maximum potential of the shipbuilding within a large defense electronics business” http://bwbx.io/Z4fZ
· Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled a new sensing platform that incorporates intelligence within the sensor. http://bwbx.io/dRG6
· … true. Banks are for bonuses, not to support the “real economy”. http://bwbx.io/YwXS
· Congress didn’t engage in any meaningful oversight of Patent Office from at least 2001 to 2009 and is so dysfunctional. http://bwbx.io/WSUS
· General Electric plans to launch WattStation residential version this fall that will cost $1,000 to $1,500. http://bwbx.io/t8Zu
· BMW is creating new vehicle from the ground up and completely in-house, using what it calls “the LifeDrive concept.” http://bwbx.io/POYq
· With new technologies such as advanced engines, both 787 models will use 20 percent less fuel than comparable airplanes. http://bwbx.io/DQvC
· Siemens HD-PLM is strongly influenced by popularity of Google and gaming with high personalization and visualization. http://bwbx.io/in3l
· In the future, the Pentagon doesn’t want contractors to manage big programs like the JSF. http://bwbx.io/tFy2
· A game of financial hot potato accomplished necessary work of turning up the right buyers at the right times with CMBS. http://bwbx.io/zJ0z
· Appleseed once owned Citi but sold its stake in late 2007 at about $45 a share. Today Citi is trading around $4. http://bwbx.io/CN2Y
· Banks have been shedding business loans in favor of lucrative derivatives, currency or securities trading operations. http://bwbx.io/YwXS
· Bristol Virginia Utilities Board receive $22.7 million for High-speed Broadband in Southwestern Virginia. http://bwbx.io/t3RM
· A French appeals court reversed ruling that threatened to remove many trademarked terms from Google’s advertising system http://bwbx.io/DzFi
· FCC is trying to apply reclassification only to the largest ISPs – Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner, etc. http://bwbx.io/CEBg
· Last week, NTIA announced 29 awards totaling $404 million as part of a $7.2 billion Broadband Technology Opportunities. http://bwbx.io/huGH
· With Tyco Electronics, ADC will gain a bigger partner with deeper pockets and large international-distribution network. http://bwbx.io/G2AP
· Avaya has survived a 2007 buyout by private-equity firms Silver Lake and TPG Capital for $US8.3 billion. http://bwbx.io/qDFB
· Verizon Chief Ivan Seidenberg: FCC proposal is tantamount to “retrofitting a new industry with an old framework” http://bwbx.io/nr44
· [PHOTO] The jets in the NGC 7793 microquasar galaxy are the most powerful ever seen from a stellar-mass black hole. http://bwbx.io/rbuD
· “One thing us journalists are good at is creating an ambiguous ‘he-said, she-said’ scenario with two opposing views” http://bwbx.io/K4M1
· “The bubble felt fine while it was expanding.” http://bwbx.io/D0uz
· Free markets, property rights and enforceable contracts remain the true attractors of capital. http://bwbx.io/CKeb
· Banking: “My perspective is, How does zero percent sound?” http://bwbx.io/xRd7
· Australia: “This is another Labor advertising rort, just like the mining tax advertising was.” http://bwbx.io/MAvM
· “What we’re trying is behavior change from an organization that can control the marketplace through its infrastructure” http://bwbx.io/PNab
· “Cybersecurity obviously has technical components, but it’s more of a strategic and operational problem.” http://bwbx.io/PRf6
· The campaign to block muni-broadband projects in North Carolina “is dead for 2010.” http://bwbx.io/y5f4
· Out of the five boroughs, the Bronx has the highest number of households without broadband Internet service at home. http://bwbx.io/np5
· EU stress tests are expected to calculate banks’ resilience against a 3% drop in GDP. http://bwbx.io/6bHX
· There are a number of uncontrollable variables that will have a great impact on the U.S. economy in the months to come. http://bwbx.io/WgTC
· According to ‘Statement 159′ accounting rule, a profit would be realized if the debt were bought back at a discount. http://bwbx.io/vO4N
· Australia: Big business customers previously thought as “welded on” might now be poached. http://bwbx.io/Wtg4
· Canada: “We’ve been taught: You don’t buy what you can’t afford” http://bwbx.io/FGKN
· Australia: “Debt markets will clearly have an interest and, I suspect, so will equity markets” http://bwbx.io/pLwH
· Anoka County in Minnesota receive $13,382,593 to strengthen and expand broadband infrastructure. http://bwbx.io/LgQT
· North Carolina counties Ashe and Alleghany receive $29 million grant for broadband infrastructure. http://bwbx.io/diJf
· Others have taken issue with the idea of centralizing identities, saying that’s putting all our eggs in one basket. http://bwbx.io/Uj8T
· Perfect Citizen programme has raised questions about how it will protect infrastructure owners’ independence. http://bwbx.io/pqwH
· Cybersecurity Coordinator will have visibility into DHS efforts to ensure Federal agency compliance with FISMA. http://bwbx.io/RRVl
· Ability to obtain information and gain access to educational opportunities is the most powerful resource available today http://bwbx.io/oCKC
· If FCC plans to utilize this new spectrum to foster competition and innovation then we’re playing a different ballgame. http://bwbx.io/Z9al
· Broadband: Commerce Dept. received 1,885 applications in the first round and awarded only 82 grants. http://bwbx.io/wVp7
· Broadband: “As with many things, where you stand depends upon where you sit.” http://bwbx.io/6w5W
· Twitter / Business Exchange: Strategic Advisory Group’s … http://lnkd.in/WgaKM-
· The idea that you can create a regulatory regime that will solve the problem of human folly is folly in itself. http://bwbx.io/m4lt
· Financial markets are social phenomena: Market participants’ beliefs has significant influence on economic performance. http://bwbx.io/Vhsj
· President Obama: “Export growth leads to job growth and economic growth” http://bwbx.io/9yJD
· NIST 800-53A include procedures “for both national security and non-national security systems” http://bwbx.io/c3ZU
· “The USF process at the FCC doesn’t ask if money is actually needed to ensure access to those areas” http://bwbx.io/Buvg
· The recession has forced increased frugality. http://bwbx.io/bEDH
· Strong social networks in specific geographic regions appear to substantially bolster growth of innovative businesses. http://bwbx.io/cNAO
· DHS Given More Cybersecurity Responsibilities. http://bwbx.io/UBOq
· Senators argue DHS is the natural choice to protect the country’s civilian networks. http://bwbx.io/B1fb
· NASA rover mission slated to last 90 days has exceeded its mission parameters by more than 2,200 days. http://bwbx.io/eDrm
· The path FCC chooses will have a profound impact on all Americans and American businesses. http://bwbx.io/IvBL
· “Plan the FCC is suggesting says that in times of emergency … that we rely on commercial spectrum” http://bwbx.io/7EHT
· Credit default swaps for Europe’s top banks are about 50% higher than those for top U.S. banks. http://bwbx.io/Vola
· EU: “New bonus arrangements are necessary to prevent the kind of recklessness that contributed to the financial crisis.” http://bwbx.io/VnUF
· “Monsanto cannot prohibit the marketing in the EU of soy meal containing, in a residual state, a DNA sequence” http://bwbx.io/aw7f
· AOL, Yahoo, MySpace, and even giant Microsoft are going through turnarounds and transitions. http://bwbx.io/JZ7K
· “Caveat emptor” is the first term people need to know about what’s going on with their finances. http://bwbx.io/xtLx
· Instead of toughening up ethical and marketing standards for financial planners, Congress studies the issue. http://bwbx.io/zHe4
· BP itself is not insured by Lloyd’s or any other carrier — its Gulf operations are self-insured. http://bwbx.io/syP2
· US banking ‘Stress Test’ turned out to be a very brilliant decision. http://bwbx.io/8ruU
· “Every day I hear from Vermonters upset about inadequate broadband service in our state” http://bwbx.io/ub2o
· Canada: All ISPs have to play by same traffic management rules, regardless of technology they use to deliver the bits. http://bwbx.io/DWpn
· .. any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it .. http://bwbx.io/My3o
· Unmanned supply capsule failed to dock with Space Station, but supplies are not immediately critical. http://bwbx.io/38sU
· “Innovation is not always about inventing new technologies but more about integrating existing ones.” http://bwbx.io/9Bzb
· U.K: Ofcom know that ISPs already traffic shape for certain customers or services. http://bwbx.io/DS9u
· Opaque global derivatives market is valued at around $600 trillion. http://bwbx.io/oM3l
· In addition to the economic benefits, rural broadband access improve health care services in areas with low populations. http://bwbx.io/KZaC
· Ericsson has completed the acquisition of Nortel’s majority shareholding (50%+1 share) in LG-Nortel. http://bwbx.io/1Y6S
· Phone Your Blog. After you’re done, the audio file from your phone call will be posted to your blog for all to listen. http://bwbx.io/3lvx
· “Can wireless public safety broadband network promote interoperability between narrowband and broadband networks?” http://bwbx.io/PRFq
· “It’s nice to hear from someone in the public that the FCC ‘gets it’.” http://bwbx.io/fvm2
· “High-speed (Internet) is not a luxury but a necessity for participating in this 21st century economy.” http://bwbx.io/IjGS
· “.. it comes with a double antenna design. The kind that allows you to hold the phone any way you like ..” http://bwbx.io/ETod
· Effort on to find “a narrow set of principles assuring Internet openness.” http://bwbx.io/hPeR
· “People are having to shut down businesses because they can’t get access to broadband Internet.” http://bwbx.io/WYZv
· The galaxy’s long tail suggests merger between galaxies has occurred relatively recently, just a few million years ago. http://bwbx.io/t4FD
· Our connectedness increasingly dictates our our economic standing in the world. http://bwbx.io/INQs
· The House of Representatives approved overhaul of financial regulations but the Senate put off action until mid-July. http://bwbx.io/NA4s
· Every resident in Finland has a legal right to 1Mbps broadband access from today. http://bwbx.io/ArWf
· Thursday deadline for EU banks to repay €442 billion central bank disbursed a year ago to keep financial system afloat. http://bwbx.io/gM26
· Apple has sold more than 50 million iPhones since it was first introduced in 2007. http://bwbx.io/9Kw7
