"Acer will introduce its own low-cost mini-notebook PC at the Computex trade show in Taipei on Tuesday.

The device will be called the Acer Aspire One, as expected. It will come with an Intel Atom processor, and run Linpus Linux Lite, with Acer's own user interface. Other specs include: an 8GB solid-state drive, 512MB of RAM, 802.11 b/g WiFi, an 8.9-inch screen, and a standard 3-hour battery. "

The Aspire One will be available beginning July 2 for $379."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9957706-7.html

"CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A military jury acquitted a Marine intelligence officer Wednesday of charges that he tried to help cover up the killings of 24 Iraqis.

Cheers erupted as the seven-officer panel cleared 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson, who was the first of three Marines to be tried in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving Iraqi deaths linked to the war. The verdict came just five hours after deliberations began.

The judge, Maj. Brian E. Kasprzyk, admonished the noisy courtroom, saying: "There will be no more of that.""

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNUaTPsL6OBHarjCDUGxJ0EYsm9AD913LKJG3

On the left is an artist's rendition of the revised structure of the Milky Way galaxy; on the right is an earlier sketch, showing the four-armed structure.

"Using new infrared imaging from the Spitzer Space Telescope, NASA scientists say our spiraled Milky Way galaxy is actually made up of just two main arms."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9960025-7.html

"In this image from NASA TV the Japanese Kibo module is seen suspended on the shuttle Discovery's robotic arm Wednesday, June 4, 2008. The 37-foot lab is scheduled to be installed on the International Space Station during a space walk on Thursday." [yahoo photos]

"Seventy people have been arrested in Australia in a nationwide operation to crack down on the use of images of child sex abuse posted on the internet.

The arrests, which include a policeman and several teachers, followed a six month investigation by police into paedophile communities online.

The probe was launched after 95 explicit pictures were posted by a hacker on a respected European website. "

"Previous cases have shown that legal photo album websites are an increasingly common way for abusers to trade images.

Some commercial child abuse websites, run by criminal gangs, break up images on to several servers around the world. The fragments, like pieces of a jigsaw, are only united when a paedophile downloads an image. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7437003.stm

"Notebook makers of all stripes are getting ready to launch systems based on AMD's Puma notebook technology, which consists of a new processor, a mobile chipset, and wireless chips from AMD's partners."

"AMD's new Turion X2 Ultra processor is the first designed-for-mobile processor that AMD has ever produced"

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9958990-37.html

"The U.S. military ordered navy ships loaded with relief aid off Myanmar's coast to leave the area Thursday after the ruling junta refused to give them permission to help survivors of last month's devastating cyclone.

Adm. Timothy Keating, the top commander in the Pacific, ordered the USS Essex and accompanying vessels to depart the Myanmar area after what he said were 15 separate attempts in recent weeks to get the junta's authorization to help with relief efforts.

Myanmar's state media has said it feared a U.S. invasion aimed at seizing the country's oil deposits."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iy-MfhLN9Q7MwtQ1VlrvexLjr2dAD9136KU00

"Seven endangered California condors — about 20 percent of Southern California's population — have been found with lead poisoning.

The birds started turning up sick about a month ago during random trappings"

"Officials don't yet know the source of the contamination, but a U.S. Fish and Wildlife official said the birds were likely poisoned by eating the carcasses of animals that had been shot by hunters."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_re_us/poisoned_condors

" LONDON (Reuters) - Disinfectant wipes routinely used in hospitals may actually spread drug-resistant bacteria rather than kill the dangerous infections, British researchers said on Tuesday.

While the wipes killed some bacteria, a study of two hospitals showed they did not get them all and could transfer the so-called superbugs to other surfaces, Gareth Williams, a microbiologist at Cardiff University, said."

"Experts have been saying for years that poor hospital practices spread dangerous bacteria, and yet many studies have shown that health care workers, including doctors and nurses, often fail to even wash their hands as directed."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080603/hl_nm/infection_wipes_dc