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"  The U.S. Navy flexed some muscle today, sending two aircraft carriers with over 17,000 troops\u2014unannounced\u2014into the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Iran. As the Pentagon continues to rethink its priorities\u2014high-tech and otherwise\u2014the future of our innovative (and expensive) weapons and vehicle arsenal continues to take shape. At least the Army&amp;#039;s going hybrid.... Anticipating the summer vacation rush\u2014and just before Memorial Day weekend (though you might be hitting the road)\u2014the FAA today expanded its Airspace Flow Program, intended to minimize weather-related delays. Just after Boeing started hitting the fast track (Airbus, alas, is still in stall mode with its mega jet), the new regulations open up the skies by allowing departing planes to circumvent storms instead of staying grounded in seemingly endless delays. We just saw an iPod killer, and we&amp;#039;ve cut short of calling new products from Samsung and Treo an iPhone killer, but Sony is turning up the heat on Apple&amp;#039;s high-stakes foray into phones by developing videophone capabilities for the PlayStation Portable (PSP)\u2014albeit overseas. Steve Jobs&amp;#039; thoughts? Well, he just wants Al Gore to run for office again. Hollywood&amp;#039;s 3D revolution is well underway as the film industry guns for a digital makeover, and now the biggest of big names\u2014Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, even Bono\u2014are signing up. Check back here soon as we go behind the scenes of the new Transformers movie. \u2014Sudhana Bajracharya "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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