Jack St. Clair Kilby Tiny Chip Changed the World

Engineer's Tiny Chip Changed the World
Jack St. Clair Kilby won the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics for his 1958
invention of the integrated electronic circuit, which made personal
computers, satellite navigation systems, cell phones and the $200
billion field of microelectronics possible. He invented the hand-held
calculator, which commercialized the microchip, and held more than 60
other patents. "In my opinion, there are only a handful of people
whose works have truly transformed the world and the way we live in
it -- Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers and Jack Kilby,"
Tom Engibous, chairman of Texas Instruments, where Kilby worked for
years, said in a statement. "If there was ever a seminal invention
that transformed not only our industry but our world, it was Jack's
invention of the first integrated circuit." Kilby, 81, died of cancer
Monday at his home in Dallas.
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Patricia Sullivan]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/21/AR2005062100783.html
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* Jack Kilby, Touching Lives on Micro and Macro Scales
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/21/AR2005062101646.html

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Egyptian state media ignore U.S. calls for reform

Egyptian state media ignore U.S. calls for reform
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Egypt's state media are largely ignoring U.S. criticism of the
government and calls for more political freedom in what observers see
as a losing battle to quell debate on reform in the largest Arab
country. On 20 June, Secretary State Condoleezza Rice directed strong
criticism at Egypt in a major policy speech in Cairo on Arab reform.
However, state media ignored her call for an end to emergency laws
and the need to replace "arbitrary justice" with an independent
judiciary.

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IRAN'S INTERNET CENSORSHIP AMONG STRICTEST IN THE WORLD

IRAN'S INTERNET CENSORSHIP AMONG STRICTEST IN THE WORLD
The university-based OpenNet Initiative has released
"Internet Filtering in Iran", a report that documents the
degree and extent to which the Iranian government controls
the information environment in which its citizens live,
including Web sites, blogs, email, and online discussion
forums. ONI's analysis finds that Iran's Internet filtering
system is one of the world's most substantial censorship
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CANADA INTRODUCES COPYRIGHT REFORM BILL

CANADA INTRODUCES COPYRIGHT REFORM BILL
The Canadian government yesterday introduced Bill C-60, a large
copyright reform bill. The bill includes a new making available
right, anti-circumvention measures tied to copyright infringement,
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