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InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Patent Reform Bill Moves Forward in U.S. House In a unanimous voice vote, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this week endorsed patent-reform legislation, which the tech industry has been pushing for decades.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Energy Efficiency Takes Center Stage The National Association of Manufacturers took a step in June toward making energy efficiency a priority by signing an agreement with the U.S. Energy Department to collaborate on energy-reduction efforts.
InternetNews July 18, 2007 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves SSN Protection Bill A House panel today unanimously approved legislation to limit the sale, purchase or public display of Social Security numbers.
InternetNews July 17, 2007 Roy Mark	Senators Push FCC on Network Neutrality The Federal Communications Commission should expand the focus of its network neutrality inquiry to include the impact of carrier practices on content providers, U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Olympia Snowe said Monday.
Food Processing July 2007	Editor's Plate: A Chocolate (Flavored) Outrage There's an outrageous petition before FDA to allow the replacement of cocoa butter in chocolate.
Popular Mechanics August 2007 David Hambling	Better Bombs: Scientists Develop Metal That Explodes on Impact Defense contractors are harnessing the strange alchemy of reactive materials (RMs) to develop smaller, more lethal warheads, as well as new ways to protect troops against mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades.
Scientific American August 2007	Worse Than Gasoline Liquid coal would produce roughly twice the global warming emissions of gasoline.
Home Theater July 16, 2007	Net Radio Wins Temporary Reprieve Webcasters and the music industry worked out a deal on Thursday of last week that will temporarily delay draconian new royalties that many predict would kill many net radio broadcasters.
Information Today July 16, 2007 Barbara Quint	Sunlight Foundation Adds LOUIS and Insanely Useful Websites for Congressional Observers Curious what your representatives are doing with your tax dollars? Ask LOUIS, the new search engine from the Sunlight Foundation.
InternetNews July 16, 2007 Roy Mark	U.S. Broadband Not So Bad? A new report claims stats showing U.S. decline in global broadband are misleading.
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