Frontline: iPhone Shows Need for New Wireless Network
Complaints about the speed of the network that Apple Inc.’s new iPhone connects to points to the need for a new broadband wireless network in the U.S., said a businessman proposing one.

AT&T Offers Some Customers Free Wi-Fi
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – AT&T Inc. announced Monday that subscribers to its higher speed broadband services will have free access to its Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the country.

Google acquires Web-calling service GrandCentral
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc. has acquired GrandCentral Communications, a start-up that lets users manage their existing phones and voice mailboxes over the Web as if they were a single account, the company said on Monday.

Nearly 30,000 Malicious Web Sites Appear Each Day
While researchers are simply getting better at finding the malicious sites, Sophos reports that hackers are increasingly turning to Web-borne malware — in great numbers.

Video games rob reading, homework time: U.S. study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Boys who play video games on school days spend 30 percent less time reading and girls spend 34 percent less time doing homework than those who do not play such games, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Judges trained to filter fake science
Judges trying to keep up with scientific advancements say they face difficult decisions in determining what kinds of evidence to allow into courtrooms.

Molecule Signals Heart Disease in Early Stages
MONDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — A molecule that could be a powerful new marker for heart disease and stroke has passed its first real-world test, researchers report. In an eight-year study, high blood levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) were closely associated with the early development of heart disease, and its predictive abilities were independent of classic risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Third of Americans Have Alcohol Problems at Some Point
MONDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — More than 30 percent of Americans say they have had problems with alcohol, a new study shows… “At some time in a person’s life, 30 percent of the population in the United States will develop alcohol dependence or alcohol abuse,” said lead researcher Bridget F. Grant.

Suicide Attempts Fall After Depression Treatment Begins
MONDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — Suicide attempts dropped among people with depression soon after they started treatment, either with antidepressant drugs or psychotherapy, a study of more than 109,000 patients shows. The study results come after a controversial 2004 recommendation on antidepressant labeling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The warning outlined the potential for an increase in suicidal thoughts among teenagers and young adults prescribed the medications.

Winding Through ‘Big Dreams’ Are the Threads of Our Lives
Big dreams are once again on the minds of psychologists as part of a larger trend toward studying dreams as meaningful representations of our concerns and emotions.

New Drug Deletes Bad Memories
Do you have a really bad memory, or past heartache, that you would prefer to forget? Researchers at Harvard and McGill University (in Montreal) are working on an amnesia drug that blocks or deletes bad memories. The technique seems to allow psychiatrists to disrupt the biochemical pathways that allow a memory to be recalled.
Creative imagery can work, too, and it doesn’t cost anything.

Simple Gesturing Helps Students Learn
The difference between success and failure in school could be as simple as the flick of a wrist. Children taught to gesture with their hands as they learn new concepts perform far better at solving similar problems weeks later than children who don’t gesture, a new study finds.

First baby born from egg matured in lab and frozen
LONDON (Reuters) – The first test-tube baby created from an egg matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada, in a breakthrough offering hope to women with cancer and others unsuited to normal IVF treatment.