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InternetNews February 13, 2008	Comcast Defends BitTorrent Traffic 'Management' Comcast tells U.S. officials it doesn't give preferential treatment to any content, but merely throttles bandwidth-heavy usage.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 John Keller	TSAT Deserves Support From Congress and the Pentagon Transformation Satellite communication (TSAT) will provide the future high-speed network entry point for military users who do not have ground-based connections.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 J.R. Wilson	The Agency of Continuing Vision: DARPA Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and several reviews are being written of its contributions to various areas of military and civilian science and technology
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008	GlobalOptions Group Helps Maryland Optimize Crisis Management GlobalOptions to deliver technical expertise for the enhancement of emergency management operations in the State of Maryland.
Popular Mechanics February 12, 2008 Erik Sofge	High-Tech Lockup: Inside 4 Next-Gen Prison Security Systems From radio-frequency identification (RFID) bracelets tracking a suspicious gathering in the library to a scaled-down version of the military's "pain ray," a new crop of high-tech systems is being considered to tamp prison violence.
AFP eWire February 11, 2008	California Considering Diversity Disclosure for Foundations The California Assembly has passed legislation that would require foundations with more than $250 million in assets to disclose ethnic, gender and sexual orientation information about their boards of directors and their grant and contract recipients.
AFP eWire February 11, 2008	President's Budget Includes IRA Rollover, Other Giving Provisions President Bush's proposed 2009 budget contains a provision to make permanent the Individual Retirement Account Rollover provision, which expired at the end of 2007.
Popular Mechanics February 11, 2008 Chuck Tannert	Coskata's $1/Gallon 'Trash-to-Gas' Tech Starts Up Ethanol 2.0: How It Works New startup company says it can make ethanol from almost any carbon-rich source for less than $1 a gallon.
InternetNews February 8, 2008 Mike Elgan	Why Can't America Vote Right? Computers can save democracy, if only we give up our affection for paper ballots.
Chemistry World February 6, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Illinois Lawmakers Round on DOE Over Futuregen The US Department of Energy (DOE) has become embroiled in a row with Illinois lawmakers over its decision to largely pull out of funding FutureGen, the flagship clean coal plant.
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