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Truckers push for national idling laws 2008-01-03 17:32:00 Interstate truck drivers are clamoring for national rules on how longthey can idle their engines to keep warm or stay cool duringfederally-mandated driving breaks. Truckers say the patchwork of stateand local laws is difficult to follow. The issue challenges state and local regulators, who must protect theair quality of their communities and the safety of truckers deliveringvital goods. "It is the most frustrating scenario you could imagine," says ToddSpencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator IndependentDrivers Association, which represents 159,000 truckers and smalltrucking firms. "The federal regulations say a driver must stop tosleep after X number of hours. How many people could sleep in their carwhen it's 96 degrees or 14 below without the engine running?"http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-02-idlingtrucks_N.htm ...

Toyota outruns Ford 2008-01-03 17:26:00 Toyota Motor Corp. overtook Ford Motor Co. to become the No. 2automaker by U.S. sales in 2007, using new products and relentlessstrategy to break Ford's 75-year lock on the position. Toyota sold 48,226 more cars and trucks than Ford, according to salesfigures released today. Toyota's sales were up 3 percent for the year,buoyed by new products like the Toyota Tundra pickup, which saw salesjump 57 percent. Ford's sales fell 12 percent, ending with a whimper a year that isexpected to be the worst for the auto industry since 1998 as consumersfretted over high gas prices and the economy.source ...

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Eavesdropping on Bluetooth headsets 2008-01-02 18:18:00 I know alot of drivers use these so check it out. You might reconsider:) or notFew users realize that Bluetooth headsets can be exploited granting aremote attacker the ability to record and inject audio through theheadset while the device is not in an active call. SANS Instituteauthor and senior instructor Joshua Wright demonstrates.All that is necessary is knowing the device address, which can beeasily sniffed, and the secret pin, which defaults to 0000. The headsetaudio is tapped while not in a call, so any room conversation theheadset's mic can pick up can potentially be listened to remotely. See The Video here ... Bluetooth

The 2 Million Mile Haul BIO-Diesel Test 2008-01-02 17:57:00 Iowa Central Community Collegeand Decker Truck Line, Inc, Renewable Energy Group, Caterpillar EngineCompany, the Iowa Soybean Association, the National Biodiesel Board,and the U. S. Department of Agriculture all joined together for anextensive study of the long term effects of B20 biodiesel in big trucksover a two year period. read more here ...

Police say trucker gave crash course to 2 trainees 2008-01-02 17:55:00 A tractor-trailer driver who was accompanied by two trainees didn't setthe best of examples yesterday, according to state police. They said Bruce Rushton, 53, of West Valley City, Utah, fled north onInterstate 99 in Bedford County after hitting and damaging a light postin the parking lot of Hoss's Steak and Sea House in Bedford Township. A witness provided information that led police to Mr. Rushton. Theysaid he was training two passengers in the truck to be drivers for C.R.England Trucking.source ...

Drivers On Cell Phones Clog Traffic 2008-01-02 17:52:00 Motorists who talk on cell phones drive slower on the freeway, passsluggish vehicles less often and take longer to complete their trips,according to a University of Utah study that suggests drivers on cellphones congest traffic. "At the end of the day, the average person's commute is longer becauseof that person who is on the cell phone right in front of them," saysUniversity of Utah psychology Professor Dave Strayer, leader of theresearch team. "That SOB on the cell phone is slowing you down andmaking you late." full story ...

D.B. Cooper Unsolved Mystery - cold case files 2008-01-02 17:49:00 It is considered one of the great unsolved mysteries of FBI history:how a seemingly quiet man in his mid-40s hijacked an airliner somewherebetween Seattle and Reno, Nev., in November 1971, then parachuted inhis loafers and trench coat, making off with $200,000 in cash. Who was he? Did he survive? After all these years, federal authoritiessay they still do not know, and the case lingers and vexes andfascinates as the only unsolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history. But now, with the advantage of technologies that were not availabledecades ago and with newfound attention from an agent on the WestCoast, the FBI has announced that the cold case is officially hot again— and the search is on for the parachuter who called himself Dan,and sometimes, D.B. Cooper. And, for the first time, the FBI is providing pictures and information on the case to the public on its Web site. full story here ...

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CB radio led to a confrontation and mans death 2008-01-01 17:55:00 The Washtenaw County sheriff'sdepartment says a 44-year-old man was stabbed to death at a ScioTownship truck stop Saturday after a conversation on a CB radio led toa confrontation.The department tells The Ann Arbor News officers got a call Saturday to the TA TravelCenter in Scio Township, about 35 miles west of Detroit. They say Gregory A. Hobalt of Davenport, Iowa, was pronounced dead at the University of Michigan Hospitals.Authorities are holding a 36-year-old man from Garland, Texas, while they determine charges. They say the suspect apparently made offensive comments on the CB radio about the 10-year-old daughter of Hobalt's girlfriend.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319171,00.html ...

RSSMate, a free RSS and Podcast reader 2008-01-01 17:43:00 When RSSMate is docked on the desktop, it sits elegantly beside yourpreferred browser and consequently it's incredibly easy to move fromone to the other. (Most RSS readers come with their own browser, butwith RSSMate you have the freedom to choose your own browser.)RSSMate can read all recognised RSS xml formats (RSS 0.90 through to RSS 2) and Atom formats (0.3 & 1.0).http://angusj.com/rssmate/ ...

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Sears and Kmart customers 2007-12-31 20:26:00 Sears and Kmart customers who sign up for a newmarketing program may be giving up more private information than they'dbargained for, a prominent anti-spyware researcher claims.source ...

Free Malicious Software Removal Tool 2007-12-31 20:23:00 The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computersrunning Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicioussoftware—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helpsremove any infection found. When the detection and removal process iscomplete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, includingwhich, if any, malicious software was detected and removed.http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx ...

Process Lasso (x32) 2.42 2007-12-31 19:32:00 Process Lasso improves system performance, responsivenss, and stabilityin high load situations. It watches for processes consuming too much ofthe CPU and automatically restrains them to improve systemresponsiveness. It can also automatically terminate undesiredprocesses, apply default priorities to an application each time it isrun, or log all processes launched. It is not a task managerreplacement, but does have task manager like capabilties only as acompliment to its core functions.more ...