Engineering & Technical Headline News Archive - November 2006

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11-30-2006

Supreme Court Appears to Favor Abolition of Key Patent Standard

Regal Arms Theater-Goers with Cellphone Busters

Researchers Shine Light on Atomic Transistor

Nokia - Internet Key to Next Phase of Growth in Mobile Industry

FCC Briefing for Investors, Not the Public

Xilinx Clears SEC Stock Options Probe

Study: Single Meteorite Impact Killed Dinosaurs

Wi-Fi Blossoms as Teens Desert TV for Web

YouTube-Dot-Con

Commuters Inhale Most Harmful Traffic Fumes During Morning Rush Hour, Urban Pollution

11-29-2006

Sony Wants to Use Your Body as a Capacitor

Denmark Points Way in Alternative Energy Sources

Better Wireless Rules Needed

First ZigBee Certified Products Now Available

Xerox Invents Self-Erasing, Re-Usable Paper (a better excuse than 'the dog at my homework' - my paper erased itself)

U.S. Copyright Office Says OK to Cell Phone Unlocking, Game Emulators

Break Out the Bandwidth

Nanotechnology Comes Home for the Holidays

Study: Slouching Better for Back Than Sitting Up Straight (vindicated!)

A Wind-Powered Skyscraper in Paris

'Cyber Monday' Ain't No Christmas Myth

Huge Growth in Russian WiFi Hotspots (great, now their megaspammers can operate from Starbucks or McDonalds

Hybrid Electric Vehicle Project Announced

11-28-2006

McDonald's Files for Patent on the Sandwich (not kidding)

Mistrial Declared in $10 Billion Lawsuit Against Motorola

80% of European E-Mail Is Spam

U.S. R&D Publications Decline

7,000 Public Wi-Fi Hot Spots in Russia This Year

Venture Investors Target High-Tech Startups

Professor Devises New Form of Solar Cell

Did Russia's Top Spectrum Allocator Resign? (somebody please get him a polonium detector)

STMicro Shields Itself from Future Hostile Takeovers

Boeing Gets Another Multi-Billion Passenger Jet Order

New Games Call to Trekkies

Money Might Buy At Least a Little Happiness, Study Shows (hmmm, I'd like to test that theory)

11-27-2006

Jobs for College Grads Plentiful

Caffeine Abuse Becoming Health Problem

Nissan Plans to Sell Electric Cars in 3 Years

CyberMonday (half of all people w/WWW connections at work do shopping online)

Proposed Australian Copyright Law Blasted as Too Harsh

Hurricane Predictions Off Track as Tranquil Season Wafts Away (so much for Ph.Ds and supercomputer predictions!)

EU Warns UK Not to Overestimate Mobile Termination Rates

Analyst Sees Troubling Signs, Flat IC Growth

Australia Getting a National Bluetooth Advertising Network

Russia's Glonass System Should Cover Whole Country By Late 2007

Emerging Technology Sees Through Clothing

DARPA Awards Cray $250 Million Contract to Develop Supercomputer

Mercury Reaches Its Peak in Night Sky

Lifting the Darkness on Japan's Next Spy Satellite

11-25-2006

Wireless Technology Made Me Sick

Northrop Grumman Engineer Could Get Death for Selling Classified Tech

Japanese Planners Reveal Design of World's Tallest Tower for Tokyo (pssst...someone tell them about earthquakes)

FCC Working to Correct Error in Omnibus Rules Change Order

Ultra-Intense Laser Blast Creates True 'Black Metal'

Face-Off of 802.11n Technology Brings Disappointing Results

Wal-Mart's Site Stalls on Black Friday

The Vanishing Veg-Out Vacation

11-24-2006

U.K.'s Ofcom Legalizes Micro FM Transmitters, De-Licenses CB

Companies Join Universities for Massive Funding Bid

The Push is On for NFC Standards in Mobiles

Software Defined Radio Forum Names Contest Finalists

European Mobile Phone Market Grows 9% in 3Q06

Nation's Schools Seek Help in Disposing Radioactive Materials

China 3G Spec Wins More Handset Test Support

French Military Chooses Sagem Défense Sécurité to Study Future Joint Tactical UAVs

First Look at $100 Laptop Linux Interface

Touch Tracking Bypasses Mind Control

Genetic Breakthrough that Reveals the Differences Between Humans

China To Launch 2 Satellites For Compass Navigation System

11-22-2006

Health Fears Lead British Schools to Dismantle Wi-Fi Networks

Nations Give Green Light for Nuclear Fusion

New, Improved GPS Satellite is Launched

Control Centre for Europe's Galileo Satellite Navigation System Established

Ofcom: No to Power Boost for WLANs at 2.4GHz, Yes at 5.8GHz

Mexico Readies World's Largest Radio Telescope

The Human Side of Communication Tech is Important to Morale

In Space, Nobody Can Hear You Scream "Fore!"

Cray, IBM Picked for U.S. Petaflop Computer Effort

Digital Control Set to Revolutionize Power Supply Design

Aviation Industry Alarmed at New EU Emission Rules

11-21-2006

Worldwide Telecom Revenues to Reach $1.3 Trillion in 2007

Spend More, Get More in Tech R&D? Not Always

Applied Invests in Solar Wafer Firm

Imports Sweep List of Safest Vehicles

EU to Spend EUR9 Billion Through 2013 on IT

Wi-Fi Standards Face Patent Threat

Israeli University Develops Nano Battery as Thin as a Strand of Hair for Military Apps

Space Station Astronauts Prepare for Golf-Shot Spacewalk

US Air Force Buys Software-Defined Radios

European Company to Bring Cheap E-Mail to U.S. Cell-Phone Users

Time-Travel Physics Seems Stranger Than Fiction

Rosetta Healthy and On Target for February Mars Flyby

11-20-2006

Handset Prices at Their Highest in Over a Decade

Many High-Tech Start-Ups Have Immigrant Founders

Hittite Introduces Microwave Components for Military and Space Applications

Dedicated R&D Lab Established to Spur RFID Industry in Canada

Iraq Getting a WiMAX Network

Broadcom Receives Second Nasdaq Notice

RFMD Ramps Polaris 2 Radio Module for Edge

Space Golf Shot Might Stay in Orbit for Years

Air Force Advances Space Vehicle Development

U.S. Panel Seeks Broader Sanctions Against China Arms Dealers

11-19-2006

Global Hawk to Fly first Mission Over U.S.

Money: It's More Than an Incentive

Cellphone Inventor Talks About Impact of New Technology on Spectrum

11-18-2006

FCC "Omnibus" Amateur Radio R&O Published in Federal Register, Takes Effect December 15

Microsoft Enters the Municipal Wi-Fi Fray

IEEE RFID 2007 Call for Papers Extended

Report: Few Opportunities for WiMAX Operators to Make Strong Financial Returns

China's IC Makers Eye New Fabs

11-17-2006

Man Shot Waiting to Buy Playstation 3

iSuppli Teardown Finds Sony 'Taking a Bath' on Each PS3

RFMD Introduces GaN Power Amplifiers for WCDMA, WiMAX and PMR Applications

Man Jailed for Britain's First "Web-Rage" Attack

EU Calls for Creating Single European Telecom Regulator

SIA: Semi Industry to Reach $321B in 2009

Peregrine Chosen for European Space Agency RFIC Development

Sony Ericsson to Unveil RAZR Rival Early '07

IBM Builds Fastest Supercomputer

Mobile Sports Content & Services to Reach $3.8bn by 2011

Israel Developing Anti-Militant 'Bionic Hornet'

Seeing Money Can Change Behavior

ProtoStar Closes 210 Million Dollar Satellite Financing Deal

11-16-2006

RFMD to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell in NYC: 15 Years as Industry Leader

Address Nanotechnology Concerns, Experts Urge

'KW4' Not a Threat to Earth - At Least for a Thousand Years

New PE42612 GSM/EDGE Antenna Switch Offers Flexible Control Logic

Spectrum Conflict Stalls WiMax in India

Electronica: MEMS and Body Paint

Wikipedia Unblocked in China After Year-Long Ban

Shooting Down Satellite Radio?

Applied Profit Up 82% Y/Y

eBay Restricts Sale of PlayStation 3

'Pinball Machine' Generates Cosmic Rays

Ofcom Bullish on Dynamic Spectrum Access

Daylight Savings: Building With Natural Light

11-15-2006

The End is Nigh - for the Mobile Phone

Home Automation Net Challenges Insteon, ZigBee

Coming Soon: Power Without Cords and Plugs

WiMAX Technology to Enter Period of Rapid Growth

MEMS' Targets Consumer Market

Peak Web Spending Moves Closer to Christmas

Semi Market Overheating May End Current Cycle

Intel Rolls Out First Quad-Core Processors

Amazon Founder's Private Spaceport Launches First Rocket

Peregrine Launches Ultra-Linear DSA

East Coast, Europe Prime for Leonid Meteor Shower This Weekend

Report Reveals Space Industry At $180 Billion, Outperforming NASDAQ

French COROT Satellite to Seek New Planets

11-14-2006

Air Guitarists Rejoice: Engineers Design Wearable Instrument Shirt

Australia Faces Growing Levels of e-Waste

Men Use Phones to Flirt

Microchip Intros ZigBee Alternative

W-CDMA Goes Top in Japan Five Years After Launch

TI Targets Russia

Get Ready for 675-mm Fabs in 2021, the Post-CMOS Era

Google CEO: Free Cellphones For All, If...

iSuppli: 2006 Top 15 Semiconductor Supplier Ranking Released

Philanthropist Strives to Leave Mark on Science

Internet Ad Potential Underestimated: Yahoo CEO

Former Israeli PM Netanyahu Addresses Silicon Valley Angel Investors

New Type of Home Furnace Also Generates Electricity

11-13-2006

CEA: Holidays Full of Good Cheer

"BlackBerry Thumb" Sparks New Form of Hand Massage

Singapore Teenager Faces 3 years In Jail for Using Neighbor's WiFi

Northrop Grumman Showcases Comprehensive Suite of Geospatial Intelligence Solutions

China's Engineers Too Busy for Offshoring

Samsung Accepts Fuel Cell Deliveries

Sony Sold 88,400 PS3s in Japan In 2 Days

EE Times to Probe Industry Future at Electronica

Sun Making Java Open-Source Software

Chinese Submarine Secretly Stalked U.S. Fleet

Battery Startup Gains CIA Funding (bugs in batteries now?)

Start Me Up: The Sound of Vista (um, can you say "waste of time?")

11-11-2006

Broadcasts From Space to Be In High Definition

Breaking the Nanometer Barrier in X-ray Microscopy

Lines Around the block As Playstation 3 Hits Stores in Japan

Nanoparticle Shows Promise in Reducing Radiation Side Effects

11-10-2006

Department of Energy Awards Hydrogen Engine Contract

Survey Finds Cellphone Averages Less Than 30 Minutes A Day

GM Likely to Launch New Plug-In Hybrid

Packet Loss Problems Surface in Wi-Fi Nets

Coca-Cola Vending Machine Sales Via Mobile Phones

Japan's Shimei Grows Blue LED on Silicon Wafer

SEMI Warns of China RoHS

Shuttle Discovery Moved to Launch Pad; NASA Worries About Computer Glitch

Maoists Terrorists Ban Mobile Phones

Helio Introduces GPS Buddy Tracking on Cell Phones

'Googling' Could Help Doctors' Diagnoses

11-9-2006

Emirates Allowing Cellphone Use in Flight - Uses Power Level Controller

Lower Expectations at National Semi Paints Bleak Picture for Wireless

Sharp Increase in Online-Course Enrollment

Partnership Formed to Further Radar Modeling Systems for U.S. Army, Air Force, Marines

RFID That Respects Privacy

Tidal Energy Companies Staking Claim on Tracts of Water

Northrop Grumman Showcases Comprehensive Suite of Geospatial Intelligence Solutions

Standards Battle Heats Up in China

Sirenza Microdevices Named One of the Fastest Growing Technology Companies

Microsoft to Start Selling Vista at Retail on January 30

Free-Electron Laser Shines at Over 14 Kilowatts in the Infrared

11-8-2006

View Mercury's Transit of the Sun Today

Phone Lines Leapfrog Coax, Power Line in Home Net

Deutsche Telekom Won't Deploy WiMAX in Germany

Phone Crime Falls in UK Capital

Google Positioning for Move Into U.S. Radio

Plans to Cut Tower Bird Deaths

Stanford Shoots for the Moon

Government IDs: Smart-Card Chips' e-Passport to Growth

Missing-Helium Mystery Solved: Big Stars Ate It

New Techniques Pave Way for Carbon Nanotubes in Electronic Devices

Half of China to Be Urbanized by 2010

11-7-2006

Work Begins on Galileo Control Centers

Study Shows Chronically Jet-Lagged Mice More Likely to Die

Intel to Spend $1B in Vietnam

Putin Clears Space Pact With India

Nokia to Roll Out TV Phone in Coming Weeks

Active RFID Market to Explode by 2016

Raytheon Next-Gen GPS Receiver Tracks Live Satellite M-code for the First Time

YouTube Wins Time's 'Invention of the Year'

Aeronautics Engineers Design Silent, Eco-friendly Plane

China to Launch More Than 50 Small Satellites in Next 5 to 10 Years

Egypt One of Worst Internet Censors

11-6-2006

FCC Boosts Unlicensed Spectrum Rights

Web Sweeping Election Coverage

Carbon Nanotube Company Cracks Fab Problems

India Mulls First Manned Space Mission

Microsoft Completes Office 2007

Americans Rank Global Warming as Top Environmental Concern

Companies Eye Cell Phones as Way to Track Traffic Jams

Quantum Coherence Possible in Incommensurate Electronic Systems

NC-Based Associations Open Defense & Security Technology Accelerator

Your Guide to Mercury's Day in the Sun - November 8

Pulsating Gels Could Power Tiny Robots

11-5-2006

Power Cuts Sweep Europe

11-4-2006

ARRL: Deadline Extended to Accept Members' Input On "omnibus" Report and Order

Globalstar Prices Initial Public Offering of Common Stock

Mercury's Solar Transit Visible from Earth

Britons to Logon to Christmas Internet Shopping Boom

Sandia's Z Machine Melts Diamond Sheet Into a Puddle

11-3-2006

Growth In Commercial Wi-Fi Hotspots Accelerating

U.S. Shuts Its Own Web Site Said to Reveal Nuclear Guide

Nokia Opens Research Center in Silicon Valley

SIA Reports Stellar September for Chip Industry

Unemployment Rate Hits 5 1/2 Year Low at 4.4%

Skill Shortage, Labor Costs Challenge India Design

Over Half of U.S. Phone Users Want Music, Cingular Says

China Starts to Build Own Satellite Navigation System

Which is More Annoying, Spam or Direct Mail? Study Reveals Answer

USPTO: Changes to Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program, Final Rule

11-2-2006

Air Force to Create Cyberspace Command

Andrew Buys Antenna Vendor

Microsoft Considers China Policy - Could Pull Out

Road Warriors Leading Charge to SmartPhones

ZigBee Wireless Systems Monitor Buildings

SIA Reports Stellar September for Chip Industry

Mobile Communities and User Generated Content Worth US$13 Billion by 2011

License-Free Use of Empty DTV Channels? "Don't Hold Your Breath."

Experts: Non-Latin Alphabet Web Addresses Could 'Break Internet'

Physicists Observe New Property of Matter

Defending the High Ground

Ammonia Leak Cause Death and Mass Evacuations in China

11-1-2006

Man Dies After Cellphone is Mistaken for Gun

U.S. Signs Off on Patent Disclosure Plan

RFID for Mil-Aero Poised to Take Off

Complaints Grow About Micro-Broadcast Devices (Mr. Microphone on steroids)

U.S. Intelligence Unveils Spy Version of Wikipedia

Techs Keep Partying...for Now

UK Regulator Supports Phones on Planes - Sort Of

Excess Chip Inventory Taints Market Outlook

SLAC Claims World's Brightest X-ray Laser

Lockheed Martin Announces Experienced Team for Pursuit of ADS-B Program

Fluorescent Bulb Eater Crushes Mercury Concerns

Hinode Satellite Makes First Observations of a Spooky Sun