Technology Headline News Archive: December 2003

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12-31-2003

2003- A Year Of Spam, Spyware And Worms

Israel Stops Buying Microsoft Software

Are Happy Days Here Again For Tool Vendors?

Consumer Products Leading New Boom

The Year's Top 10 Tech Stories - According To e-Week

First Double Star Satellite Successfully Launched

A New Form Of Radio Marketing - Dashboard Billboards

12-30-2003

Computer Display Helps Pilots See Better

E-voting Firm Reports Computer Break-In: Electronic Hanging Chad Generators

Argonne Researchers Explore Confinement Of Light With Metal Nanoparticles

Groups Promote Recycling of Tech Devices

Energy-Harvesting Component Runs Wireless Nets - Forever

12-29-2003

More Tech Spending Expected In 2004

Team Tries To Parse Mars Lander's Silence

Signs of Recovery: Domain Names Once Again Fetch Top Dollar

Will Bluetooth Be Bumped?

Tough Year For Semiconductor Executives In 2003

Brisk Demand Shortens Japan's IC Production Holiday

50-Year-Old Magnetic Mystery Solved  12-26-2003

12-26-2003

Keeping Found Things Found: Web Tools Don't Always Mesh With How People Work

12-25-2003

Smaller, Lighter Power Adaptors Take The Weight Off Laptops

Mars Express In Orbit: Beagle 2 Silent On First Over-Flight

NASA Releases Dazzling Images From New Space Telescope

12-24-2003

Wind Energy Not Limited By Technical Barriers

AWR Sole EDA Vendor Selected for RF Portion of SoC Design

U.S. Companies Moving More Jobs Overseas

Joint Chinese-European Mission Ready For Launch

U.S. Women Outnumber Men In Higher Paying Managerial & Professional Jobs

12-23-2003

Greek EDA Startup Offers RF Design Tool

Attn: ProEngineer Users: Software Glitch Brings Y2K Déjà Vu

Low-Cost, Digital Displays Through Ink Jet Printing

FCC Seeks Comment On Smart Radios, Issues NPRM

Honda Finally Flies Its Experimental Business Jet

12-22-2003

Europe's Martian Orbiter and Lander Separate Successfully

Sony's Qrio Robot Hits the Ground Running

Wi-Fi Planet Expo Attracts Latest Hacking Tools

12-19-2003

USAF to Launch Upgraded Lockheed Martin GPS Satellite

U.S. Electronics Output Up

Nanoscale Devices Called Nearly Fit For Fabrication

China's Wi-Fi Security Stance Ruffling Feathers

12-18-2003

World's Biggest Virtual Supercomputer Given The Go-ahead

SpaceShipOne Rockets To Mach 1.2

Phone Crime Clampdown For The UK

Camera Phones A Threat To Industrial Secrets

3G Buildouts To Boost Wireless MANs, Report Says

12-17-2003

Hitachi Develops Compact Cartridges for Methanol Fuel Cells

Radio Forum Backs FCC Notice On Flexible Spectrum

12-16-2003

FRINGE Scientists Use Radar Vision To See The Earth Move

General Dynamics Land Systems Awarded A $2B Contract By Boeing

Motorola Seats Former Sun Prez As CEO

Base Station Startup Lands $8 Million In Funding

Diverging Paths Threaten To Split Bluetooth Audio Development

Marketers Of Radiation Protection Patches Settle FTC Charges

12-15-2003

Rocketry Advanced Quickly Propelled By War, Politics And Human Exploration

Bomb Blast At Mobile Phone Office

More Americans Planning To Drop Their Home Phone

Hiring Begins Again In Taiwan

National Air & Space Museum's New Udvar-Hazy Center Now Open To Public

RF Micro Devices Ships 350 Millionth Power Amplifier Module

12-12-2003

Anaren, Inc. Offers New Xinger-Brand'Femto' Balun

A Web Blog For The Mobile Masses

UWB Contenders Take Their Fight To The Market

Aegis BMD System Intercepts Target Missile Over Pacific

GigaLane Introduces New Low-Loss Cable Assemblies

2004 Will Be the U.S.'S Best Year Economically in Last 20 Years - Revised Forecast

12-11-2003

Record-Setting Prime Number Found - 6,320,430 Digits

'One Small Step' For Tropos As NASA Tests Wi-Fi For Interplanetary Exploration

Intel Merges Comms Groups, Smith To Retire

JP Morgan Raises Capital Spending Forecasts

Government Space Budgets To Continue Growth

Physicists Hold Light In Captivity

Rumsfeld Says More Work Needed On Cruise Missile Defense

12-10-2003

Japan Abandons Its First Martian Probe After Five Year Journey - Solar Flare The Culprit

Database Slip-Up Exposes Millions Of SSNs And More

Manufacturers' Production Move Out Of Europe Will Be Reversed Within The Next Two To Three Years

Megabits And Multimedia Specs Await New Bluetooth Road Map

View Word And Excel Documents On A Cell Phone

12-9-2003

Full Body Scan: Imaging Project Offers View Inside Earth

Congress OKs Anti-Spam Legislation

SmartAntenna Gives Vehicles Fast GPS Fix And Changeover

SunPower Installs 20% Efficient Solar Electric Power For NASA

Japan's 3G Service Exceeds 1 Million Subscribers

TI Plans To Offer Royalty-Free Ultra Wideband Licenses

12-8-2003

Military Applications Could Push Smallsats Over Launch-Cost Hurdle

Amperion Conducts High-Voltage Transmission Line Broadband Test

Corrupt Telecoms Minister Jailed

One Small Step For Telecom - Recession Over?

National Survey Reveals Continuing Decline In Science And Engineering Doctoral Degrees

12-5-2003

Intel To Take $600 Million Impairment Charge In Q4 Due To Wireless Group

Intellon Spins Sub-$10 HomePlug Silicon

Irish Polymer MEMS Start-Up Eyes Wireless, Photonics

Technology Leaders Showcase HF And High-Speed Design Methods

Cell-Phone Sales Booming

12-4-2003

University Of Michigan Researchers Reduce Interference From Microwave Ovens - Good News For WLAN And BT!

U.S. Proposes National Cyber Security Initiatives

Northrop Grumman Wins Billion Dollar Missile Defense Program

12-3-2003

Synthetic Jet And Droplet Atomization Technologies Help Electronic Devices Keep Cool

Lockheed Martin Achieves Record Fourth CMMI Level 5 Rating (Now If They'd Just Stop Tipping Over Satellites!)

Raytheon Team Wins MILSATCOM Network Contract

German $1.5 Billion Foundry Bites The Dust

Sun Microsystems To Open RFID Test Center In Scotland

Siemens Says Women Looking Forward To 3G

Si Valley Firms Ditch Desks to Cut Costs

12-2-2003

European Firms Want End To Ban On High-Tech Exports To China

China Developing New-Generation Communications Satellite

TI CEO Says New Functionality Driving Semiconductor Recovery

Startup Bolts Smart Antennas To Existing WiFi Chip Sets

Privacy Concerns Mount Over Retail Use Of RFID Technology

Nokia Wins Russian EDGE Contract

NY Gold Ends Atop $400-oz,First Time Since Feb '96

12-1-2003

December Global Summit Proposal To Put Internet Under U.N. Control (Maybe Libya can head this after their stint heading the U.N. Human Rights council?)

10 Airplanes That Changed the World

Market Focus: Middle East

IC Makers Gear Up For New Tire Pressure Monitor Rule - Big Government In Your Tires!

Car Crash Blamed On Cell Phone Usage

NASA's Mars Rover Strategy Will Be Coordinated in a Military-like Manner

Semiconductor Sales Rise Worldwide in Oct.