Carpe Diem!
(Seize the Day!)

5CCG (5th MOB):
My USAF radar shop

Hobby & Fun

Airplanes and Rockets:
My personal hobby website

Equine Kingdom:
My daughter Sally's horse riding business website - lots of info

Doggy Dynasty:
My son-in-law's dog training business

• 8-31-2006
• Short-Range Wireless Technologies Finding a Role in Cellular
• Chair With iPod Docking Station Hits Market
• Samsung Demos 4G Technology, Plans Late 2008 Launch
• Companies Risk RoHS Fines to Avoid Cost of Compliance
• Glonass to Be Deployed in Full by 2010
• Iridium and Raytheon Provide First Responders Fully Interoperable Communications
• July Chip Sales Rose 10% Year-to-Year
• Over 565 Million High-Frequency RFID Tag ICs Shipped in 2005
• Nanocantilevers Exhibit Surprising Behavior
• Greenpeace Blasts Apple (Al Gore a board member) as Laggard in Green Rankings
• mPhase Technologies to Release Ultra-Sensitive Detection Device for Homeland Security
• Hydrogen Fuel Cells Power Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• Solar Power May Soon Bring the Web to Remote Areas
• 8-30-2006
• RadioShack Lays Off Nearly 400 Employees Via E-Mail
• Development Under Way May Slash SDR Radio Costs by 98%
• Novel RF device Integrates Switch Within Connector
• Sanyo to Delist from Nasdaq
• Power Line Based Network to Support Worldwide Navy and Marine Corps Intranet
• U R Naughty - Go 2 Bed. Parents Texting Punishments
• Is High-Definition TV Across Broadband Wireless Networks Realistic?
• Japanese Mobile Carrier Aims to Beat iPods
• Seller Beware: Cell Phones' Secrets Can Betray Former Users
• 'Nanocantilevers' Yield Surprises Critical for Designing New Detectors
• Europe's first Lunar Mission Set to Land
• Philips Shows Off Technology That Displays Electronic Images on Clothes
• 8-29-2006
• Broadband Over Powerline Making Progress
• Satellite Broadband Providers Proving Unsuccessful in AWS Spectrum Auction
• Wi-Fi Alliance Breaks Ranks on 802.11n Testing
• Extensive Antenna Work May Disrupt W1AW Schedule
• Google Goes for the Suite Spot
• Hams Use Rain Clouds in 40-km Laser Link
• New Space and Missile Defense Report Gives Detail Latest Technologies
• Government Reports Show Significant H-1B Wage Violations
• NASA Sends Shuttle Back to Launch Pad
• The Robots Are Coming
• Researchers Aim to Close 'Green Gap' in LED Technology
• Jaguar Supercomputer Surpasses 50 Teraflops
• UK Survey Shows Fast Growth in WLAN Popularity
• 8-28-2006
• Finn Takes the Gold at Mobile Phone Throwing Contest
• Chip, Heal Thyself
• Offshoring Data to Get Recrunched
• Professor: BlackBerry Addiction Lawsuits Likely in Future
• U.S. Court Denies Samsung Infringed Matsushita's Patents
• The World's Longest-Running Experiments
• Japan Makes Plans for Greener Cars, Batteries
• Deflated Expectations in China's IC Biz
• Tiny Ion Pump Sets New Standard In Cooling Hot Computer Chips
• Sprint WiMaxes Out
• Putting the Spin on Spintronics
• Atlantis Launch Delayed Until at Least Tuesday
• 8-27-2006
• Pluto Demotion Irks NASA Scientist
• Long-Silent SuitSat-1 Keeps Going and Going
• Turning Fuel Ethanol Into Beverage Alcohol (Drink & Drive?)
• Amateur Radio Antenna Law Leads Virginia County to Revise Ordinance
• Microsoft Releases Near-Finished IE7
• Atlantis Shuttle Launch Postponed by 24 Hours
• Man Gets 3 Years for 'BotNet' Attack
• 8-25-2006
• Wristwatches Being Abandoned for Cell Phones, PDAs
• Spectrum Auction Will Prompt Satellite Operators' WiMAX Partnerships
• NEC Electronics Launches Image Chips for Car Collision Avoidance
• Apple to Recall 1.8M Sony Laptop Batteries Worldwide for Overheating
• Lithium-Ion Technology in the Spotlight
• Economist Explains Why Heat Waves Spur Electricity Blackouts
• EDA Poised to Grow Faster Than IC Market
• RFID, Satellites and Internet Combined for Global Livestock Monitoring Net
• Stolen Briefcase Held News of Vodafone Deal
• Global Plasma TV Sales Jump 95%
• Plastic Meltdown Technology a Real Lifesaver
• Weather Looks Favorable for Sunday Atlantis Shuttle Launch
• Johns Hopkins Astronomers React to Pluto's Planetary Demotion
• 8-24-2006
• Internet Addicts Halfway House Opens in Shanghai
• U.S. Missile Defense Agency to Award $2.5B Contract for Kinetic Energy Interceptor
• Over 100 Million Femtocell Users by 2011
• Airlines Prepare for Mobile Phone Use in Flight
• Half of UK Phones Have Cameras
• Innovative Wireless Medical Devices Based on NFC
• Latin American Mobile Telephony Penetration Reaches 70%
• Innovative Generator Could Spark Energy Savings
• Atmel CEO Resigns in Heated Letter (The guy really needs a grammar lesson.)
• Apple to Pay $100 Million to Settle iPod Patent Lawsuits
• Fortress Technologies Provides Secure Wireless Communications to DOD Exercise
• China and Russia to Launch Joint Mission to Mars
• Pluto Loses Planet Status
• 8-23-2006
• Massive Lockheed Martin Solar Arrays to Be Launched to International Space Station
• Nano-Battery Technology Could Eliminate Fire Risks
• Successful Launch of Koreasat 5 Hybrid Communications Satellite
• Copper Prices Soar (bad for IC fabs yes, but have you priced Romex in Home Depot lately?)
• Pizza Dominates Mobile Directory Enquiries
• Fasten Your Seatbelts and No Cell Phones Please
• India's Go-Getters Stand in Contrast to U.S. Engineers
• Embarrassed by YouTube
• Splitting Light With Artificial Muscles Could Bring New Generation of Color Displays
• Cheap Vista for Christmas?
• Cosmonaut to Hit Golf Ball Into Orbit from ISS As PR Stunt
• 8-22-2006
• Mysterious Russian Mathematician Solves Problem, Refuses Award
• The SIM Card Turns Fifteen Years Old
• The Near Field Communications (NFC) Specs Have Arrived
• Carmakers Must Tell Buyers About Big Brother "Black Boxes"
• Designers, Not Just Dell, Under Fire (pun intended)
• Iraqis Go Nuts Over Cell Phones, Ringtones, Text Messaging
• U.S. Begins Rollout of RFID Passports
• Jenoptik to Develop Diode Laser Stacks for Space LIDAR
• Samsung Offers Mobile Phone With 8-Gig Hard Disk
• Parents Embarrassed by Kids' Blogs
• Spacecraft Designed to Capture 3-D Views of Sun Set for Launch
• Japanese Space Tourist Grounded After Failing Medical Test
• 8-21-2006
• State of the Engineer: The Young and the Restless
• Silicon Bipolar Transistor Reaches 110 GHz
• 'Techno Addicts' Pose Employer
• Infineon Gets Order for US Passport Security Chip
• Dell Turns to Damage Control
• Mobile Phone VAT Raid is Tip of the Iceberg Say Legal Experts
• SpaceX, Rocket Plane Win Spaceship Contest
• 'Star Trek' Fans Get a New Bible
• Japan Adopts Indoor UWB Rules
• Logarithmic Detector/Controller Covers 50 to 4000 MHz
• Construction on Space Station Resumes
• Research Paper Illuminates How Light Pushes Atoms
• 8-18-2006
• In-Flight Web Surfing Takes a Step Back
• RF Power Semiconductor Market Will Near $1 Billion in 2011
• FCC Wireless Spectrum Auction Hits $10 Billion
• UK to Get First City With High-Speed WiMax Coverage
• EPCGlobal is de Facto RFID Spec in China
• Speedy Silicon Sets World Record
• Qualcomm Pays $18 Million for Qualphone
• Dell Reveals SEC Accounting Probe
• Astronomers Set Up Killer Asteroid Task Force
• Radical 'Ballistic Computing' Chip Bounces Electrons Around Like Billiards
• New Mobile Robot Balances, Moves on Ball Instead of Wheels or Legs
• 8-17-2006
• Satellite TV Giants Retire from U.S. Wireless Auction
• Dell Laptop Battery Recall Bad for Sony, Good for Rivals
• Stock Options Scandal Keeping Nasdaq Busy
• Xilinx Clears Stock Investigation
• U.S. Police Act, Then Back Off On Cell Phone Terror Arrests
• In Terrorism War, Phone Sales Raise Alarm
• MtronPTI Announces Line of SAW Filter & Resonators
• Online Fantasy Football Sacks Real Work Production
• Physicist Finds Exotic Superconductivity
• YouTube Crashes as It Gets Even More Popular
• Scientist Says Dolphins are Dim-Wits
• NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Atlantis' Launch
• 8-16-2006
• Shakeout Ahead in Consumer Electronics
• US Agency Reviewing All Sony Laptop Batteries
• Driving While Using 'Hands-Free' Cell Phone Still Dangerous
• USA Mobile Phone Sales Reached $4.4 Billion in the First Half of 2006
• Diamond MEMS Integrated With CMOS
• Cadence Bars Competitors from Users' Group Meeting
• Atoms Looser Than Expected: Single-Electron Merry-Go-Round Measures Universal Atomic Force
• TSA Says Shoe X-Rays at Airports CAN Detect Explosives
• Google is Everywhere in Headquarters Town
• Hard Disks to Pass 1 Tbit per Square Inch
• Coffee May Cause a Heart Attack Danger (or, it may not)
• Consumers More Critical of Cell Carriers Than Handset Makers
• 8-15-2006
• Chip IP Market Set to Rise 25% in 2006
• Near Field Communications Forum Rolls New Data Specs
• Texting Study to Identify Criminals
• Phonons May Drive High-Tc Superconduction
• Dell Recalls 4.1M Notebook Batteries
• L-3 Communications to Acquire Nova Engineering
• Shuttle Ku Band Antenna Sparks Launch Question
• Physics Professor Teaches Thermodynamics by Walking on Fire
• Automotive Nanoapplications Driving Future
• Russia to Launch Orbital Laboratories
• 8-14-2006
• Old Rotary Phones Converted to Cellular
• IP Revenue to Climb 25% in 2006
• College: Is It Worth It?
• Russia Boosts Tech Venture Funds
• Pluto Reclassification Could Change Number of Solar System's Planets
• Next Generation Segway Scooters Unveiled
• Sleuths Search for Apollo 11's Mystery Tapes
• Revving a Porsche Engine - Now A Ringtone
• U.S. Satellite Protection Scheme Could Affect Global Communications
• Space Travel Will Take Off in Five Years
• Utah Nanotech Company Planes North Carolina Plant
• Ex-Microsoft Whizz-Kid Passes Space Flight Medical
• 8-13-2006
• Radio Waves Announces Free RWTI September 14th 2006 in Phoenix
• IRS Wants Another $324 Million from Cadence
• New Cell Phone Technology Touted to Improve CDMA Download Speed and Capacity
• Stock Options Scandal Heats Up
• Intel's Worst Nightmare
• Coffee, Tea or Broadband
• Computer Scientists Lay Out Vision for a 'Science of the Web'
• TSMC Reports 32% Rise in July Chip Sales
• ABI Reduces Revenue Expectations for RFID Software and Services
• New Light Microscope Sharpens Scientists' Focus
• Consortium Builds Next-Generation Net
• 8-11-2006
• GE Matches Gifts to IEEE Foundation
• Worldwide DSL Prices Drop by Highest Percentage in Four Years
• Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman JV Awarded $125M for Longbow Fire Control Radar
• RFID Market to Slow
• IEEE Releases New Electrical Safety Code
• EJL Wireless Research Reports Significant Growth in Point-to-Point Radio Market
• GM to Show Off Fuel Cell-Powered Car
• Proba-3 Guides ESA's First Steps Towards Formation Flying
• Encoded Metallic Nanowires Reveal Bioweapons
• Robot Shopping Carts Follow You Around
• LM Space Systems Celebrates 50th Anniversary
• Researchers Chase Goal of Non-Hijackable Plane
• 8-10-2006
• James Van Allen, Discoverer of Radiation Belts, Dies at 91
• FCC Wireless-Spectrum Auction Begins; Seen Lasting Weeks
• Education Panel: No Time to Wait for Fixes
• Sailor Charged with Espionage in Laptop Theft
• Homeland Security Issues Worm Alert for Windows Operating System
• Q2 Silicon Wafer Shipments Rise
• Nabaztag Wi-Fi Robot Bunny Wants to Take Over America
• Space Mirrors? Piezoelectric Films To Be Tested In NASA Space Station Experiment
• University of California Joins Google's Book-Scan Project
• 8-9-2006
• U.S. Wireless Spectrum Sale Draws a New Crowd
• Sprint to Use WiMAX for 4G Network
• Nokia Fights Back Against Qualcomm at U.S. Court
• Sony Ericsson Tops Retailer Music Phone Charts
• Nonprofits Team Up on Solar Wi-Fi
• Cuba Targets Illegal TV Dishes as U.S. Weapon (sound like the old USSR?)
• Terror Alert: Egyptian Students Disappear in U.S.
• 446 Million Cellphone TV Viewers by 2011
• $8 Billion Lost to Cybercrime in Past Two Years
• Officials Lower Predictions for Atlantic Hurricane Season
• Purdue Research Helps Advance New Rocket Technology
• Purdue Engineers Lay Groundwork for Vertically Oriented Nanoelectronics
• 8-8-2006
• The Return of Perks at Work
• Is This the Beginning of the "Cellular Phone War"
• Cable, Satellite, Cell-Phone Companies Eye FCC Auction on Wednesday
• U.K. Worker Fired by Text Message
• Nanotech Spending Down
• NASA, Air Force Form Aeronautics Project
• Atomic Scientists Revealing Archimedes' Hidden Writings
• Intel Goes Back to School
• Photo Messaging Climbs as Cameraphones Snap Up Market Share
• Wireless, Portable Devices Escape Lockdown
• Apple Finalizes Transition to Intel Processors
• Sony Introduces Wi-Fi IM, "mylo"
• 8-7-2006
• Transmitting Radio Signals Through the Earth
• GE is Targeting Terrorism for Homeland Security
• USAF Awards Digital Angel Contract for Aircraft Survival Radio System
• Philips Semi CEO Goes Equity Route to Save Company
• RFID Maker Nixes $120 Million IPO
• Hospitals Now Offer High-Speed Internet
• Internet TV Use Expected to Soar
• AP, Google Confirm Online News Deal
• Two Teens Accused in Theft of Computer Containing Data of Veterans
• Magnetic Ties May Explain High-Temp Superconductors
• A Cosmic Rain Lasting 30,000 Years
• Has SETI Been Barking up the Wrong Tree (Mostly)
• 8-6-2006
• FCC Denies Reconsideration Petitions, Adopts Minor Changes to BPL Rules
• Atom Camera? Helium Atoms Sent by Nozzle May Light Way for New Imaging Approach
• New Technique Can Manipulate Light Beams
• 8-4-2006
• WiFi While You Ski
• GM, Ford Embrace iPod; Satellite Radio Dead
• Taking Stock: The Unfolding Stock Option Investigation
• Can High Wi-Fi Boost Space Elevator?
• Philips Sells Semiconductor Unit to Equity Firms
• A Bit of History for Global Warmers: Look at 1930
• Flexilis Claims New RFID Passports are Security Risk
• Senate Ratifies Treaty on Cybercrime
• 'Framing Effect' Influences Decisions
• New X-Ray Microbeam Answers 20-Year-Old Metals Question
• UAVs Performing Well In Strategic Plans
• 8-3-2006
• Los Alamos Lab Develops Radio That Works Underground
• Semi Sales Up; Record Year on Track
• Bluetooth Chips Get Big Boost from Mobile Phone Market
• Hypres Receives $800,000 to Develop A/D Converter for Defense Communications
• Apple, PC Notebooks Vulnerable to Wireless Attack
• Getting Closer to a GPS in Every Handset
• German Ministry of Science Purchases a $6M ROV from Schilling Robotics
• Connecting PC's to 3G Phones
• Rare Snowfall Across South Africa (see all the global warming on the ground!)
• U.S. to Create Bioenergy Centers
• Mobile Music Market to Shift From Ringtones to Full Track Downloads
• Researchers Make Strained Silicon Stick
• Autonomous Lenses May Bring Microworld Into Focus
• 8-2-2006
• 108 Year-Old Telcom Tax Repealed
• Hamming It Up Aboard Space Station Earns Ransom Top Astronaut Award
• Users Find SmartPhones More Valuable than PDAs and Laptops
• Engineers Plan Vertical Nanoelectronics
• Raytheon Booms on Missile Defense Contracts
• Technology is a Girl's Best Friend
• New Radar Technique Locates Storm-fueling Moisture
• Some Motorists Turn to Creative Tire Inflation to Save Gas
• Boeing Laser Communications Demonstration Validates Critical Element of TSAT Network
• Cleaning Event Boosts Power On Opportunity
• Manfred von Richthofen Not Such a Hot Shot? (Snoopy is vindicated)
• 8-1-2006
• Lockheed Martin Set to Make Seed-Sized Spy Plane
• Cingular to Raise Prices for Users of Older Phones
• Shifts Coming for Top 15 Semi Supplier Rankings
• Chinese Air Pollution Reaching U.S. Mainland
• Nonprofit May Run Boston Wi-Fi Network
• Modularity Enables Military Fuel Cell Systems
• Fingerprints Replacing Credit Cards at Retail Stores
• History Without Books Gets a Test in CA Schools (easier to re-write that way)
• Rare Cloud Formation Seen in Antarctica
• Missile Defense Element Successfully Flight Tested
• Oil Recovery Process May Reduce Foreign Dependence