Yahoo! News – Holes sink sell-off

“Gov’ts. hoping to earn a fast buck by switching off analogue television transmitters and selling the

frequencies to cellphone operators are in for a shock. Even if viewers can be persuaded to switch to digital TV, the

frequencies released will be too widely spaced to be of practical use to cellphone and wireless Internet companies,

according to a report released by Britain’s Independent Television Commission.”

Pulitzer Prize winners in brief

Martian mysteries at poles: “Pictures released on Monday unveil features of

the unique layered terrain at Mars’ south pole.

These may well hold the secret of the planet’s

climate history for the past 100 million years

but scientists remain baffled as to how the

features formed.” [BBC]

I linked to reports of this trial as it unfolded. Now, the good news that a British historian with Holocaust doubts loses libel suit: Historian David Irving, who has outraged survivors of Nazi death camps by

questioning the scope of the Holocaust, on Tuesday lost the libel suit he launched to save his academic reputation. [Nando Times]

Antioxidant value discounted

“There is no convincing

scientific evidence that taking large amounts of

vitamin C, vitamin E, or the nutrients selenium

and beta carotene can reduce the chances of

getting cancer, heart disease, diabetes,

Alzheimer’s disease or other illnesses, a

National Academy of Sciences panel announced

yesterday.”

The Smoking Gun teeshirt features an official Bill Gates mugshot.

The Smoking Gun: Russian Arms for Sale:

“Pssst: Need a rocket launcher or a minesweeper? Have you

struck out on eBay? Well, has Russia got a deal for you. In

need of hard currency, Moscow is selling part of its weapons

inventory, showcasing the lethal loot via a nifty 96-page

catalogue produced by Rosvoorouzhenie, a state-owned company

that handles overseas sales in places like Libya and Iraq.”