An attack proof power line will feed midtown New York and the financial district. Intel has partnered with STMicroelectronics to create an independent flash memory company. The European Union now has an official space policy.

According to the official announcement from the European Space Agency (ESA), the policy has been designed to provide a stronger Europe in space "better equipped and better coordinated to face the future needs of its citizens". It promises "a wider strategic scope to address new challenges, including the areas of security and defence space programmes, and space as an added dimension to the EU's external relations".