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Home Toys December 2005 Brian Golden	The Energy Crisis Gets Personal Just as the Internet empowered millions with easy access to information and brand new ways to communicate, emerging technologies will also bring sweeping changes in energy production and consumption.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005	Nuclear Testing Goes Virtual The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration officially dedicated two state-of-the-art supercomputers that should allow the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal to be kept in working order without the need for underground testing.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Steven J. Frank	Patent Reform Cacophy The Patent Reform Act may, in the end, merely contribute another layer of cost, delay, and uncertainty.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Madani & Novoosel	Getting a Grip on the Grid The findings of major electric disturbances around the world highlight the need for cross-regional grid reforms, so that the best available technology is promptly put to use, without lengthy delays arising from American legislative or regulatory processes.
ifeminists November 30, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Will Universal Preschool Give All Kids a Head Start? This is the great danger: the presumption that government can raise children better than parents. If universal preschool is voluntary, then it may merely create another massive and ultra-expensive bureaucracy that accomplishes little.
ifeminists November 30, 2005 Gordon E. Finley	PBSgate What can PBS do to salvage its reputation? The production and airing of Breaking the Silence is so far from the lofty claims of its website that it is not at all clear that PBS can restore the public trust in its programming.
InternetNews November 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Sets Ambitious Tech Schedule Signaling its intent to focus on Internet and telecom issues next year, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold 14 hearings on a wide variety of technology topics between January and March.
InternetNews November 30, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC Stops Web Broker Business Scheme Two Internet-based companies offering Web brokerage services are the latest to be nabbed in a federal crackdown on illegal business opportunities and work-at-home schemes.
CIO December 1, 2005 Ben Worthen	Down but Not Out in North Carolina In an effort to keep track of their homeless population, community groups in Wake County, N.C., learned to work together and came up with a centralized system that improved care and saved the county money.
CIO December 1, 2005 Gary Beach	There's No Place Like Home The U.S. Department of Commerce issues a report which lists a plethora of reasons why key tech jobs will stay in the United States.
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