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  Government criticized over nanotech research efforts 

  http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/news/ng.asp?n=79817-nanotechnology-government-cosmetics

  9/17/2007 - As the number of cosmetic products using nanotechnology multiply, leading scientists have criticized government for failing to develop an adequate strategy for managing the health and environmental ... risks posed by the technology. The Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies described the latest federal government report, published in August, as a "'nano step forward" and "a simple - and even simplistic - list of priorities." The comments contibute to calls for greater regulation and add to growing public concern over the government's failure to take the potential risks surrounding nanotechnology seriously. The eight-page Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology Subcommittee (NSET) report contains a list of 12 priority topics related to research areas including human health and the environment, and identified plugging research gaps and the development of a strategy to address research priorities as the next steps. Both the Wilson Center and the American S   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 18 September 2007, by: Jutta Schrimpf  [Report as spam]

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  FY 2009 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities [pdf]

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2007/m07-22.pdf

  First added: 13 September 2007, by: Ling Zhen  [Report as spam]

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  The Communications Market 2007 - 1 [pdf]

  http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/cm/cmr07/cm07_print/cm07_1.pdf

  First added: 13 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  US Records Yet Another Trade Deficit in Technology Product Markets [pdf]

  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf07329/nsf07329.pdf

  First added: 13 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Global Policies on Open Source Software [pdf]

  http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070820_open_source_policies.pdf

  First added: 13 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2008: 

  http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL34048

  Summary: The Bush Administration has requested $142.7 billion in federal research and development (R&D) funding for FY2008.As in the recent past, the FY2008 proposed increase over the FY2007 funding level ... is due to significant funding increases in the Department of Defense (DOD); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) space vehicles development program; and the continuation of the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI). The President initiated the ACI in FY2007 and continues to promote it in his FY2008 R&D budget. While the ACI is likely to be well received by lawmakers, other administration proposals for agency R&D funding are likely to encounter strong opposition in Congress. For example, the administration's proposed budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is $28.5 billion, a decrease of $529 million (1.8%) below the estimated 2007 funding level. This proposed level represents the fifth year in a row the administration has proposed cutting NIH's   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 13 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Space Exploration 

  http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space_ex/index.html

  Welcome to the Space Exploration Web Site. This site is a concise yet comprehensive overview of the immense and expanding field of space exploration. Providing a combination of historical and functional ... information, this survey should unravel any mysteries that may impede your understanding of space exploration. With this site, you should be able to find answers to a large array of questions, such as: who was the first man in space? What is the most powerful rocket? What makes a rocket scientist? What was the purpose of the Galileo program? Are we alone in the universe? Feel free to surf this site for your interests, and I am sure if you do not have any now, you will find some. Now enjoy!   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 8 October 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Lords chides government over internet security 

  http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39288491,00.htm

  Featured Talkback All good advice but it presuposes that network administrators have plenty of spare time on their hands to deal with the important rather than juggle with the myriad of urgent tasks that ... get in the way of best intentions. The reality is that DDoS is regarded as a low risk and therefore low priority by many organisations until the day their Web sites fall over or their critical users can't access their applications. By: Charm Read full story: Daily News ZDNet Insight ZDNetWeek ZDNet Events Mobile Update Communications Update IT Whitepapers Security Virus Alert Special Reports Alert Software Tools Reviews & Prices Netbuyer Best Deals IT Jobs   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 15 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Big Brother is watching us all - BBC News 

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6995061.stm

  The US and UK governments are developing increasingly sophisticated gadgets to keep individuals under their surveillance. When it comes to technology, the US is determined to stay ahead of the game. "Five ... nine, five ten," said the research student, pushing down a laptop button to seal the measurement. "That's your height." "Spot on," I said. "OK, we're freezing you now," interjected another student, studying his computer screen. "So we have height and tracking and your gait DNA". "Gait DNA?" I interrupted, raising my head, so inadvertently my full face was caught on a video camera. "Have we got that?" asked their teacher Professor Rama Chellappa. "We rely on just 30 frames - about one second - to get a picture we can work with," he explained. Tracking individuals I was at the University of Maryland just outside Washington DC, where Professor Chellappa and his team are inventing the next generation of citizen surveillance. They had pushed back furniture in the conference room for   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 23 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  The Communications Market 2007 - 3 (Radio & Telecoms) [pdf]

  http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/cm/cmr07/cm07_print/cm07_3.pdf

  First added: 13 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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