Engineering & Technical Headline News Archive - July 2006

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7-31-2006

Locating Cell Phones Inside Prisons

Tony Blair Seeks Secret of Silicon Valley's Success

RFMD Extends Leadership in Edge Power Amplifiers - Mass Production Orders for Linear EDGE PA Solutions

Wafer Fab Capacity to Soar in 2007

U.K. Researchers Develop 'Nano Dog' Sniffing Sensor

Samsung Announces 4-GB Solid-State Drive

Space Tourism Depends on Client Buzz

Little-Known T-Rays Could Create Revolution in Imaging

UK Watchdog Wants to Beef up WiFi

Momentum Builds for 'Revolution' to Recycle Electronic Waste

7-30-2006

Congressman, ARRL Appeal to FCC to Accommodate BPL Interference Concerns

World's First WiMAX Oil Rig Deployment

Fighting Global Warming By Injecting Sulfur into the Atmosphere

FCC Says August Auction Won't Involve Blind Bidding

Scientists Build 'Magnetic Semiconductors' One Atom at a Time

NASA May Mothball Space Station Research

European Space Agency Astronaut Spacewalks

Boeing Completes Wideband Gapfiller Satellite Ground Compatibility Tests

Eye Transmits to Brain at Ethernet Speed

7-28-2006

As U.S. Goes Mobile, Pay Phones Disappearing or in Disrepair

Prediction: Bluetooth in 30% of New Vehicles by 2012

Cost Efficient Radar Technology Created - Magnetless Circulators

BAE Systems Unveils Human-in-the-Loop Simulation for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Spintronics Research Targets GaAs

Intel Unveils Next-Gen Microprocessors

New Measures to Cut Mobile Phone Theft

Market Growing for Luxury Gadgets

Microsoft Fails to Quash Vista Fears

Russian Rocket Crash Caused by Engine

Transmission Congestion Threatens to Clog Nation's Power Grid

Subaru Telescope Spots Largest Structure in the Universe

7-27-2006

FCC: Broadband Subscriptions Up 33 Percent in 2005

Nokia Starts Tests of Wi-Fi Internet Mobile Calls

Quantum Wires Spin Holes

Global Annual Sales of Home Wireless Devices: 314M Units by 2010

China to Curb Illegal Foreign Invest in Telecoms Service

Freescale: One-Chip Mobile TV/WiFi in 2008

Navy Laptops With Information on 31,000 Recruiters Stolen in New Jersey

Scientists Image 'Magnetic Semiconductors' on the Nanoscale

Airlines Must Look at Alternative Fuels to Boost Efficiency

U.S. Army Research Labs Using Particles to Stop Billets

7-27-2006

FCC: Broadband Subscriptions Up 33 Percent in 2005

Nokia Starts Tests of Wi-Fi Internet Mobile Calls

Quantum Wires Spin Holes

Global Annual Sales of Home Wireless Devices: 314M Units by 2010

China to Curb Illegal Foreign Invest in Telecoms Service

Freescale: One-Chip Mobile TV/WiFi in 2008

Navy Laptops With Information on 31,000 Recruiters Stolen in New Jersey

Scientists Image 'Magnetic Semiconductors' on the Nanoscale

Airlines Must Look at Alternative Fuels to Boost Efficiency

U.S. Army Research Labs Using Particles to Stop Billets

7-26-2006

Man Accused of Shoving Phone Down Throat

RFMD Delivers 50% Growth in Revenue and Improved Operating Income

China Eyes Stronger Military Against 'Hostile Western Forces' (the people currently building their economy)

Missile Defense Plan Seen Ready by Fall

EURid Suspends 74,000 .eu Domains

India to Embark Upon 10-Year Digitalization Plan

Paint-On Semiconductor Outperforms Crystalline Material

Mobile Market Expanding Rapidly in India

Thieves Leave the Car, Take the Gadgets

NASA Warms up Atlantis for STS-115

Russia Launches Kosmos Military Satellite

7-25-2006

Laptops in Tow, More Americans Work on Vacation

U.S. Study Reportedly Details U.S. Chip Design Exodus

Automatic Tracking Antenna Supports WiFi Mobility

India's Wipro in Joint Venture with Motorola

Text Speak Changing Relationships: British Survey

Google Offers Live Traffic Maps on Cell Phones

Latest Washers, Dryers Go Online

Lockheed Martin Completes Fifth Modernized GPS Satellite (please, guys, don't tip it over!)

China to Test Its 'Artificial Sun'

Microsoft Confirms It's Planning Challenger to iPod

Iranian Female Ansari (as in X-Prize) Blazes Trail into Space Tourism

7-24-2006

Beep Beep - Missile on the Way

Identity Theft: Implanted RFIDs "Unique ID" Cloned

Russia to Put WiMax on Trial

U.S., Others Oppose European Chemical Laws

Companies in Northern Israel Respond to Disruption

Philips' Semi Division to Sell for $10.2B

PowerPoint Zero-Day Attack May Be Case of Corporate Espionage

Moore's Law Threatened by Multi-Core Programmability Challenge

Fuel Cells, a Neglected Clean Source of Energy

European Telecom And Space Firms Jointly Test New Mobile Broadcasting Concept

Fortress Technologies Launches Integrated Wireless Solution for Defense, Security, and First Responder Markets

Spirit Clears Away Dust and Loads New Software

ESA to Help Europe Prepare for Space Tourism

7-23-2006

Road to AC Voltage Standard Leads to Important Junction

Concerns Grow Over 'Patent Trolls'

Manassas Radio Amateur Takes Issue with BPL Interference Testing

Will LG's Chocolate Phone Hit a Sweet Spot?

U.S. Taking Hard Line on Options Investigations

Feds Rip Into Former Brocade Execs for Backdating Options

ZigBee Technology Resurgence

Add Nanotubes and Stir -- With the Right Force

India Boosts IP Rights Enforcement

Mars Mission Lasts Well Past Sell-By Date

Google: The Anti-Yahoo

7-21-2006

Researcher Developing Anti-RFID Device

Newly Listed Company Vows to Bring Broadband to Rural America

BAE Systems to Develop NextGen Wireless Tactical Networks

Nokia Profits Surge on Handset Sales

First Data Release from UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (now what is it about that name that I like?)

ABI Predicts Web Portals will Battle for the Dashboard

DoE Appoints DaimlerChrysler Exec to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Committee

A UWB-Enabled iPod: Too Cool, for School

Residential Wind Turbine Integrates Advanced Inverter

Sub-Millimetr Astronomy in Full Swing on Southern Skies

After a Strong Earnings Showing, Is Google Back on the Web Throne?

Li-ion Batteries Gain Ground In Transportation and Space

7-20-2006

E.U. Forbids Dutch Town from Building Municipal Broadband Network

Ultra-Wideband Prepares Itself for the Mobile Phone Market

Digital Radio Landscape is Mired with Patents

MMS Traffic in USA Surges

'MOMS' Boost DLP Applications

Motorola Posts Another Strong Quarter

China to Develop Deep Space Exploration in 5 Years

ESA MetOp-A satellite Launch Delayed Indefinitely

Google Tests Web Search for the Blind

JFW Announce Low Intermod Loads for PIM Testing

Qualcomm Profit Climbs 15%

U.S. Air Force, BAE Systems Testing Retrievable Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy

Pet Python Has Surgery After Eating Electric Blanket

7-19-2006

Study Calls for National Electronics Recycling Law

Siemens Communications Unit to Be Split August

Near-Flawless Shuttle Mission Gives Boost to U.S. Space Program

Group Focuses on Receivers for Galileo GPS System

Cluster Hits the Magnetic Bull's-Eye

Rise in Autism Blamed on Phone Batteries

RoHS Test Technique Comes Under Scrutiny

mPhase Presents Ultra-Sensitive Magnetometer & Nanobattery at FAA Event

Infineon Estimates Qimonda Value at €4B

Cell Phones Are the Latest "Addiction"

China Says Number of Web Users Hit 123 Million

E-mail Losing Ground to IM, Text Messaging

7-18-2006

Tektronix Launches HSPA Test Platform

China Blacklists 102 Wireless Services Companies

RFID Chips Keep Sponges Out of Surgery Patients

Small Companies Still Unsure on RoHS

Fuel Cells as Backup Power for Base Stations

Funding Secured for U.K. MEMS Research Center

Infineon Touts First UWB Transceiver

High Altitude Broadband is the Platform for the Future

Microsoft Sues 26 Companies Over Allegedly Pirated Software

New Competitors Will Threaten Established Portable Navigation Device Vendors

Virgin Galactic Plans Space Flights by 2008

A Journey of Space Discovery at the Farnborough International Air Show

7-17-2006

Water Powered Mobile Phones

HP Labs Touts Tiny Wireless Chip (new RFID?)

States Sue 7 Global Memory Chip Makers

Space Shuttle STS-121 Returns Safely to Kennedy Space Center (IFR approach)

Spectrum Sharing Test Beds to Help "Cognitive" Radio

Scientists Concoct Chocolate That Won't Melt

Yahoo Invites Its Users to Shoot Ads

Ford Goes Green for a $1.84B to Develop Eco-Friendly Cars

7-16-2006

340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000 New Web Addresses

Value of U.S. Navy SeaPort-e Contract Will Approach $47.8 Billion

Mercury Clock Has Time on Its Side

Paint-On Antenna Test Flight Paves Way for Next-Generation High-Altitude Airships

Roaring Equipment Market to Lose Steam

Motorola, Cingular Lead Off Telecom Earnings

Silicon-Based Optical Coatings Will Supplant Organics in Use Today

The Car that Drives Itself - The VW GTI '53

UFO Gathering Draws Believers and Belittlers

Internet-Based 'Phishing' Scammers Turn to Phone Lines

Judge Dismisses Page-Ranking Lawsuit Against Google

7-14-2006

States to Sue Leading Chip Makers Over Price Fixing

Broadcom Takes $750M Charge for Stock Options

Sarnoff to Design and Produce Replacement ICs for DLA and DSCC

Radio Waves Partners with Eupen Cable for Elliptical Waveguide

Pinhole Camera Photo Could be World's Largest

Private Spacecraft Successfully Inflates in Orbit

NASA Explains Puzzling Impact of Polluted Skies on Climate

Hubble Advanced Camera Back In Business

USPTO and National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation Honor Student Winners of ©®EA™ Contest

In-Flight Internet Service by Boeing Could Be Shut Down

Brown Engineers Use DNA to Direct Nanowire Assembly and Growth

7-13-2006

A Flood of New Environmental Laws

Lucent, Alcatel Deal Sheds 9,000 Jobs

Intel to Cut 10,000 to 15,000 Jobs

Motorola Aims for 1/4 of China Handset Market

Cyclists Create Their Own GPS Maps

Thermoelectric Polymers Could Heat, Cool Buildings

Paint-On Semiconductor Outperforms Chips

Few US Workers Who Could Telecommute Do So

Nature's Fundamental Laws May Be Changing

China Syndrome Cooling

Nanotechnology Risks Need Addressing

"Smart" Fitting Room Uses RFID to Suggest Matching Apparel

Sony Ericsson Surges in Q2

Wi-Fi More Popular Than iPods

7-12-2006

Public Wi-Fi Coverage to 35,000+ Hotspots in 60 Countries

EU to Slash Mobile Phone "Roaming" Charges

Tycoon to Test Space Station Technology

Singapore Braces for Electronics Downturn

China's Chip Demand is Slowing

Researchers Build Sharpest Tip

TI to Open Second Indian R&D Center

South Korea Allocates Large Blocks of "Flexible Access Common Spectrum" Above 3 GHz

Czech Republic Woos High-Tech U.S. Companies

European Commission Fines Microsoft $357 Million for Antitrust Violations

FuelCell Energy Demonstrates Safe Dual-Fuel Power Plant Operation

Competitiveness Initiative Aims to Keep U.S. Ahead of Global Trends

NASA to Use Space Age Droid Satellites

7-11-2006

Qualcomm Seeks to Ban Nokia Sales in USA

Outsourced R&D Highlights Need for IP Rules

Intel-Backed China Foundry in Limbo

Earthlink to Introduce WiFi Phones

Indian GEO Rocket Disintegrates Shortly After Lift-Off

Nanostructured Materials that May Increase Lifespan of High-Capacity Energy Systems

Google to Build Michigan Facility

Gates: Vista Likely to Be Ready in January

New Letters Shed Light on Einstein’s Love Life

New MIT Telescope to Probe Early Universe

Blogger's Quest to Trade Paper Clip For House Successful

7-10-2006

Cornell Sleuths Crack Secret Codes of Europe's Galileo Satellite

US and Japan to Lead $11.7bn Mobile TV Market

Freescale: We're Making Magnetic Memory Chips

Near-Field Communications is Picking up Steam

New DC Subway Radio Net Reportedly Falls Short

U.S. to Lead Fab Spending Surge

Boeing To Build Three More GPS Satellites

Rockwell Collins Wins Air Force Contract for Next Gen GPS

Next Generation Tracking Technology Emerging

ITC Investigates Nokia in Qualcomm Dispute

Quality of Indian Research Falling

Hacker to Release One Browser Exploit for Every Day in July

7-9-2006

Merger Creates Institution of Engineering and Technology

It's Contest Time: WRTC-2006 is Ready to Roll!

Astronauts Finish first of 3 Spacewalks

China Takes Requests for Moon Tunes

3-D Scanner Wins 2006 IEEE Presidents' Scholarship

Nano-Chips to Power Computers, Phones of the Future

Stephen Hawking Poses Question, Gets Thousands of Answers

Researchers Create Broadband Light Amplifier on a Photonic Chip

Cingular Accused in Lawsuit of Deceiving Ex AT&T Customers

Indiana to Create 'Biotown' as Source of Entire Town's Energy

Solitons Could Power Molecular Electronics, Artificial Muscles

7-7-2006

First Bluetooth Watches Released

Lumera Gets DARPA Contract for ElectroOptic Polymers

Electronics Giants Aim New Gadgets at China Market

Lack of Testers Hinders China 3G Standard

First Wireless Wrist-Worn PC Due This Month - is this a joke?

Drones Reshaping Iraq's Battlefields

DoD Awards $1.36M to Develop Carbonate Hydrogen Generating System

Solitons Might Power Molecular Electronics

Manitoba Hydro first to Deploy New Advanced Metering and Communication Technology (RF/BPL/PLC) from Itron

Indian Broadband Market Could Explode

Lexus LS-460 Earns TRG Top Technology Ranking

DoE Publishes Research Roadmap for Developing Cleaner Fuels

7-6-2006

RoHS Rules Kill Shipments of Palm Treos to Europe

WiMax Gets $900M Boost as Intel and Moto Back Clearwire

Mechanism for High-Tc Superconductivty Probed

Initial Chinese 3G Spend Could Reach $2.5 Billion

Discovery Docks With Space Station After Doing Back Flip

Desperate: AOL May Offer Free Internet to High-Speed Users

DisplaySearch Expects LCDs to Outsell CRT TVs in 2009

BAE Systems to Demonstrate Precision Guidance Kit for Army Cannon Artillery

UWB Targets 6GHz for Consumer Success

Nanomagnets in Chips and Antenna Reduce Package Size

Some Canadians Would Bet Mortgage in Poker Hand

UWB Firms Giving up on Spectrum Below 6GHz?

Illegal Downloads, Piracy Accepted in Mexican Music Market (why not? - we let them steal our social services & school space)

7-5-2006

RFMD Named to Premier NASDAQ Global Select Market

Telescopes for Mobile Phones

Shuttle Performs Perfect Fourth of July Liftoff

Wireless Sensors Could Protect US Power Grid

Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos’ Spaceship Plans Revealed

Paris Wants Total Wi-Fi Coverage

Cellular Set to Beat iPods in Handheld Media Market

European Commission's Online Consultation for RFID

India to Build Independent Satellite Navigation System

Navy to Use Less Intense Sonar in Pacific Rim Exercises

A Million Bucks in a Month

7-4-2006

Shuttle Launch Still a Go Tuesday Despite More Foam Problems (2:38 p.m. Eastern Time )

The Scientific Flash Behind the Fireworks

Saying 'No' to WiFi

Qualcomm Lost $11 Billion in Market Cap in June

Pb-Free Rules Help Drive SMT Cleaning

Wireless Cities on the Way

U.S. Attorney Requests Maxim Stock Option Records

Britain Ready to Overhall Defense Acquisition in Major Shake Up

Brain Seen Rebuilding After 19-Year Coma

New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think

Oh, say, can you see ... this Very, Very Small Flag?

7-3-2006

Second-Half Forecast: Hang on to Your Hat

Large Asteroid Makes Harmless Pass by Earth

Shuttle Launch Postponed Again Until Tuesday

Replace 25 National Regulators With one European Spectrum Agency??

May Chip Sales Grow 9.4%

Silicon Laser Harnessed

Women Dominate Mobile Phone Gaming

U.S. Firms Accuse Qualcomm of Unfair Practices in South Korea

Cities May Want to Study Tempe's Wi-Fi Effort

Solar Semi Co. Files for IPO

Airbus Announces Shift in A380 Production Schedule

Particles of Toxic Lead Solder Elude Detection in Some Water Quality Tests

7-2-2006

1/2-Mile Asteroid at Moon's Distance will Miss Earth Monday

RFID Hits a Bump

New Standard Identifies Eco-friendly Computers and Monitor

Hubble Camera Put on Backup Power

Red Cross Laptop with Donor Information Stolen