| 2-29-2008 |
|
Taliban Blow Up Afghan Phone Tower |
|
Scientists Measure Force Required to Move Individual Atoms |
| OFCNFOEC: The Increasing Demand for Bandwidth |
| TELUS Completes $100M Broadband Rollout in Western Canada |
|
High-Tech Insulator Created from Rice Husks |
|
CDMA Worldwide Subscriber Base Reaches 431M |
|
Magnetic Atoms of Gold, Silver and Copper Have Been Obtained |
|
Chip Execs Expect Growth, Profit Volatility |
|
EU's DOTFIVE Project to Boost SiGe HBTs from 300 GHz to 0.5 THz |
|
The 2007 Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance Survey |
|
Data Transmission Reaches 16.4 Tbps Over 1,500 Miles |
| U.S., Canada Seize $76M in Fake Cisco Hardware |
|
China to Carry Out First Spacewalk in Late 2008 |
|
Harvard Scholars to Explore Net Safety |
|
Pentagon Hoping No Sore Losers in Aircraft Bid |
| NASA Chief Warns of Possible Job Cuts at
End of Shuttle Program |
|
Students Slow to Embrace Text Alerts |
| 2-28-2008 |
|
ETSI Pushes Standards for NFC with Mobiles |
|
SOHO to Give Early Warning of Radiation Storms that Disrupt Communications |
| ARRL, FCC, DoD Review New Developments in PAVE PAWS Interference Mitigation |
| USPTO Director Testifies in House Subcommittee Oversight Hearing |
|
Sprint Nextel Losses Nearly $30 Billion in Q4 |
|
New Electrodes May
Provide Safer, More Powerful Lithium-ion (Li-ion) Batteries |
| NASA to Smash Moon With Double Sledgehammer |
|
Embedded World - Showcasing Embedded Electronics |
| Sun to Guide IC Curriculum Development
for China’s Universities |
|
Criminals Find Easy Way to Crack Chip and PIN Security on Bank Cards |
|
Motorola's Handset Woes Continue |
|
AXT Grows 31% as SI GaAs Market Share Passes 20% |
|
U.S. House Panel Questions DoD Spending Estimates |
|
iPhones for Freshmen at ACU |
|
U.S., Czech on Cusp of Missile Shield Deal |
|
Arctic 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens Doors for 100 Million Seeds |
| The End of an Era - Polaroid To Stop Making Instant Film |
| 2-27-2008 |
|
Silicon Valley Losing Its Middle Class |
| 500 kHz Distance Record Broken Again |
|
Computer Spying Unconstitutional in Germany |
|
USAF Seeks 'Battlespace Infosphere' |
|
O2 Faces Sanction Over Failure to Meet 3G Coverage Requirements |
|
Temperature Monitors Report Wide-Scale Global Cooling |
|
NASA Adds Technologies Web Feature |
| NICTA’s New Chip Promises True Wireless Revolution |
| Sci-Fi Tech Toys & Gadgets |
|
Chinese Online Auction Site to Offer Wireless Service |
|
With Chip Hopes Fading, India Looks to Systems Manufacturing |
|
2007 Not a Brilliant Year for European Components Distribution |
| Cal Test's Mini Passive Voltage Probes Work at 500 MHz |
|
Special Coating Greatly Improves Solar Cell Performance |
|
Europe Sets a Course for the ISS |
|
EU Fines Microsoft Record $1.35 Billion |
|
Crystal Bells Stay Silent as Physicists Look for Dark Matter |
|
Expert: Robots Used for War Are Threat to Humanity |
| 2-26-2008 |
|
New Study Confirms That Living Tissue is Affected by Mobile Phone Radiation |
| Hackers Decrypt Computer by Freezing (literally) Memory Chips |
|
UK Spectrum Goes for a Song |
|
Tightened Power-Efficiency Regulations Force Power Supplies to Keep Up |
|
Tech Firms Paid Lobbyist $500,000 |
|
Siemens to Refocus Telecom Equipment Unit on Software Solutions |
|
Directed Self-Ordering of Organic Molecules for Electronic Devices |
|
Group With Google Building Underwater Pacific Cable |
| FCC Says Will Act on Web Neutrality if Needed |
|
Security System Calls Your Cell |
|
Pakistan Causes Worldwide YouTube Outage |
|
Exclusive iPhone Deal Could Be Illegal in Australia |
|
Snow Cover Over N. America, Siberia, Mongolia, China Greater Greatest Since 1966 |
| ARRL Field Day 2008 Webpage Up |
|
U.S. Certifies Satellite Shoot-Down as a Success |
|
Move Over Wii, Here Comes HP's GPS-Based Platform |
|
North American Army Created w/o OK by Congress |
| 2-25-2008 |
|
Nokia Shows Off Nanotech Mobile Phone Concept |
|
Taliban Threaten Phone Companies |
|
Silicon Carbide Ready for Prime Time |
|
Thousands of Jobs Under threat at Siemens Telecoms Unit |
|
From Tips to Clicks: Restaurants Try eMenus |
|
Electron Gets Film Debut in First-ever Video of Its Kind |
|
IMEC Claims Record 24.7% Efficiency for Single-Junction GaAs-on-Ge Solar Cell |
|
Nanoparticles Could Make Hydrogen Cheaper Than Gasoline |
|
New Submarine Communications Technology Underway |
|
Astronomy Technology Brings Nanoparticle Probes into Sharper Focus |
|
100,000 SMSs Sent to Order Taxi Cabs in London |
| Internet Users in the Philippines to Reach 24M This Year |
|
Airports, Borders Drive Security Technology Spending in Asia Pacific |
| Pakistan Blocks YouTube for 'Blasphemous' Content |
|
Need to Spy on Employees? |
| Internet Ads Up 25% in 2007 |
|
'Cult of Death' Hackers Use Google to Find Website Vulnerabilities |
| 2-24-2008 |
|
New Electron Microscope
Identifies Individual Color-Coded Atoms |
|
Hobbyists Track Secret Orbits of Spy Satellites |
|
US, EU Crack Down on Counterfeit Components |
|
Japan Successfully Launches High-Speed Internet Satellite |
|
Flawless Data Reception for Internet and Other Fiber-Based Telecommunications |
| 2-22-2008 |
|
EU Wants RFID Tags Turned Off |
|
BBC Apologises Over Wi-Fi Safety Scare TV Show |
|
TriQuint Faces Dip in Q1 After Record 2007 |
|
Techie Law Professor Could Be Your Next Congressman |
| ARRL Homebrew Challenge Winners Announced |
|
IBM Unveils Atomic Memory Advance |
|
U.S. Telecom Growth Seen Slower than Global Industry |
|
RFID and the University of Washington's Human Tracking Pilot |
|
North American Semi Equipment January Book-to-Bill Reflects Reduction in Capital Spending |
|
BMW Shows How Electronics Improve Fuel Effectiveness |
|
China Nearing Final Touches on Telecoms Makeover |
|
BAE Systems Had 45% Profit Slump in 2007 |
| Private Race to the Moon (and Money) Takes
Off |
|
Intel Chair Says No Chance to Reply Before EU Raid |
|
Secure Internet Transactions at Internet Cafes Possible with Tiny Security Device |
|
Gates Sees Diminished Role for Keyboards |
| Computers Stumped by Apostrophes in Names |
| Top 5 Most Anticipated Games of 2008 |
| 2-21-2008 |
|
A Direct Hit on the First Shot!!! |
| Warning Given to 'Techno Addicts' |
|
Boeing Wins $49M Air Force Contract to Develop Advanced Laser |
|
3Com's U.S. Roadblock Seen Deterring China Investors |
| ARRL Handbook Designated a "Must-Have" for
Broadcast Industry |
|
FCC Ordered to Study Bird-Tower Collisions |
|
'NMR on a Chip' Features NIST Magnetic Mini-Sensor |
|
2009 Defense Budget Plan a Crowd Pleaser For Now |
|
Cobra Creates First Bluetooth CB Radio |
| Kansas Hams Working to Get Antenna Bill Passed |
| Nominees Sought by USPTO for National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
|
Record Growth in Sales of GPS Tracking Devices to Police |
|
Shuttle Launch Postponed Due to ET Delays and Solar Energy Shortage |
| Mind-Reading Headsets to Be Released |
|
Electronic Taster Has a Nose for Coffee |
|
Chinese Youth Push Political Expression Online |
| 2-20-2008 |
|
ETSI Sounds Out Reconfigurable Radios |
| Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight at 10:00 pm EDT |
| Vubiq Announces Availability of World’s First 60
GHz Integrated Radio on a Chip – Smaller Than a Dime |
|
Virginia Tech Grad Creates Gravity-Powered Floor Lamp |
| Shuttle Atlantis Lands Safely in Florida |
| ACMA Set to Transform Spectrum Management in Australia |
|
U.S. Not Set up to Trace Nuclear Terrorist Device in Aftermath |
|
Internet Censorship Won't Succeed Says Bill Gates |
|
Harris Provides Tactical Radios to Brunei MoD |
|
U.S. Navy Could Try Sat Shoot-Down Today |
| How Satellite Shoot-Down Will Work |
|
YouTube Brings Life, Weirdness to Spain Election |
|
How Technology Makes Your Children Dim |
| 63% of Americans Use Roughly the Same
Password for Different Online Accounts |
| 2-19-2008 |
|
Navy to Shoot Down Failed Satellite Thursday |
|
Investor Coalition Pledges $10B for 'Cleantech' |
| How to Hack Into a Boeing 787 |
|
Solar Cell Directly Splits Water to Produce Recoverable Hydrogen |
|
Innovation Challenge Grant Competition Sponsored by Homeland Security Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Center |
|
Motorola and RIM Sue Each Other |
|
Laser Beam Believed to Set Record for Intensity |
|
The Home Base Station: Too Much of a Hard Cell? |
|
Semiconductor Firm Makes PyroElectic Detectors |
|
Atlantis Leaves Space Station After Making it More European |
|
Polish Police Use Jamming Kit to Block Protesters Phones |
|
Wall St. Banks Confront a String of Multi-$B Write-Downs |
| Amateurs Visiting Australia May Operate Under
Class License |
|
Microsoft Giving Away Developer Software to Students |
|
LED Market Growth to Accelerate to 12% in 2008 |
| High-Pitched Teen Deterrents to be Installed in Australia |
|
Over 400,000 IPhones Reported in Use in China |
| 2-18-2008 |
|
MIT to Lead Development of New Radio Telescope Array on Lunar Farside |
|
India's Fab City Investment to Top $7B as Focus Moves to Solar |
|
HDTV Coupons Are in the Mail (my tax dollars at work again) |
|
Toshiba Signals Retreat in High Def DVD Wars |
|
Nanotube Wires Made to Operate At Speed of Commercial Chips |
| Electronic Component Orders Dip in January, but Outlook Still Bright |
|
DoD RFID II Contract Extended by a year; Spending Ceiling Raised by $60M |
|
NAB Wants National-Only Rule for Satellite Radio |
| Colombia, Jamaica Linked by Underwater Fiber Optic Cable |
|
Big Science's Big Day
Coming |
|
Sharp, Tokyo Electron to Tie Up on Solar Cells |
|
"Rock-Bottom" Mobile TV Companies Looking Up |
|
Piezoelectric Zinc Oxide Nanowire Fashions for Spring |
|
Silicon Wafer Costs Have Bigger Impact on Solar Apps |
|
Britain Considers Manned Space Missions |
|
10 Things the Next President Should Do About IT |
|
Worldwide Hunt to Solve the Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts |
|
Russia Becomes Malware Czar |
| 2-17-2008 |
|
Superconducting Breakthrough: Better Understanding Could Bring 'Endless Applications' |
|
China's Telecoms Hit Hard by Recent Storms |
|
Winners, Losers in Digital TV Transition |
|
Heavy Cell Phone Use Linked to Cancer |
|
Is the Party Over in China? Massive Unemployment Looms |
| 2-15-2008 |
| U.S. to Shoot Down Crippled Satellite |
|
Imperial College Makes Terahertz Advance |
|
GPS for the Prostate: System Keeps Radiation Therapy on Target |
|
Motorola's Decline Seen as Cautionary Tale |
|
Wireless Monitoring of People and Things: Future of Social Networking? |
|
Brit Robots to Put Phone Mast on Moon |
|
Hittite Continues Growth, but Profit Falls Short |
|
WENR to Launch First Surveillance Airship in March |
|
Vietnam's First Satellite Ready for Launch |
|
Chartered Buys Hitachi Fab in Singapore |
|
WiFi Coming to Trains in India |
|
Nanofibers in Unlimited Lengths Now Available |
|
Wireless Entrepreneurs are 'Connecting the Unconnected' |
|
Graphene Holds Promise For Spintronics |
|
MySpace Could Merge with Yahoo! to Scupper Microsoft’s Takeover Bid |
|
Bluetooth for Ham and 2-Way Radio |
|
Cell Phone-Cancer Link Claimed by Israeli Scientist |
|
Regular Cellphone Use May Affect Male Semen Quantity (it was only a matter of time) |
|
Two New Exoplanets
Discovered |
| 2-14-2008 |
| Panel Set to Identify Engineering 'Grand Challenges' |
| HP Settles Journalist Spying Lawsuits |
|
Combo Wi-Fi-WiMax Technology Gains Ground |
|
Intel Sees $10B Mobile Web Chip Market |
|
E-mail Addresses Changing Design of Japanese Business Cards |
|
Anadigics' Record Sales Boosted by 3G and WLAN/WiMAX |
|
Mobile Industry Sees New Security Risks |
|
Mobile Search Proves Invaluable During Airport Strikes |
|
STS-122 Spacewalkers Complete 6-hr 45-min Mission |
|
Carbon Capture Strategy Could Lead to Emission-Free Cars |
| House Bill Bars ISPs from Controlling Internet Content, Traffic |
|
Japan Delays High-Speed Internet Satellite |
|
A Radio in Every Portable within 5 Years |
|
Use of Rogue DNS Servers on Rise (RF Cafe immune due to new service) |
|
Shear Ingenuity: Tweaking the Conductivity of Nanotube Composites |
| Swiss Car Lets Motorists Drive Underwater |
|
DOJ Requires Clear Channel to Divest in Four Markets to Complete Buyout |
| 2-13-2008 |
|
Lockheed Wins FBI Contract Potentially Worth $1B |
|
ST Readies Integrated SoC for Near Field Communications (NFC) Applications |
|
Disney Revives 'House of the Future' |
|
Fortress Europe Prepares Sci-Fi Borders |
|
Gearing Up for World's Largest Rocket Contest |
|
Major Yahoo Investor Urges Microsoft to Raise Offer |
|
Woman Sues Best Buy for $54M Lost Laptop |
|
EU Columbus Module Installed in New Home on ISS |
|
Service Outage Gives BlackBerry a Black Eye |
|
Barely 1/3 of Consumers Would Accept a Femtocell in Their House |
|
Users Face Being Cut Off from the Internet for Downloading Films and Music Illegally |
|
Communications, Networking Holds Great Potential in Defense Industry |
|
Nanosieves Save Energy in Biofuel Production |
| Under Secretary of Commerce Announces FY 2009 Budget Proposal for USPTO |
| U.S. Could Place Another Anti-Missile Radar System in Europe |
|
HP and Qualcomm to Deliver Options for Worldwide Internet Access |
|
Human Skin Cells Reprogrammed into Embryonic Stem Cells |
| 2-12-2008 |
| BlackBerry Outage Frustrates Users Again |
|
EU Conducts Antitrust Raid on Intel, Retailers |
| DoD Analyst, Former Boeing Employee, 2 Chinese Immigrants, Arrested in Two Spy Cases |
|
Motorola Promotes WiMax Ecosystem |
| GM Posts Largest-Ever $38.7B Annual Loss, Offers Buyouts to 74,000 Workers |
|
Microsoft Scrambles to Explain Prototype 'White Space' Device Failure |
| U.S. Air Force Chief Unveils Plans for Next 20 Years |
|
Google's Android Prototypes Struggle to Compete with Nokia |
|
Cray to Upgrade Sandia Red Storm Supercomputer to 284 Teraflops |
|
Next-Generation Music: Deepening the Musical Experience |
|
Arrow Acquires Defense, Aerospace Component Distributor |
|
Bad Breath? Your Phone Can Tell You! |
|
New Hybrid Vehicle
Given Its First Test Drive in the Ocean |
|
Lawyer Sentenced in Scheme Involving Class-Action Lawsuits (finally, some good news) |
| Scientists Develop 'Gecko-Foot' Adhesive |
|
Senate Heads Toward Approval of Phone Immunity |
|
UK P2P Clampdown to Fuel Wi-Fi Hijacking |
| 2-11-2008 |
|
Injured NJ Policeman Makes History as First to Have Medical History Read by RFID Implant |
| NFL Awards Anritsu Spectrum Analyzer Contract |
|
Bluetooth to Piggyback on Wi-Fi |
|
ITT Wins $18M Navy Radar System Upgrade Award |
|
Why >182,420 Mobile Subscribers a Day Left Service Providers |
| Nokia to Launch Touchscreen Cellphones Later This Year |
|
Shuttle Atlantis Docks with Space Station |
| Field Day 2008 Rules and Forms Now Available |
|
'T-ray' Breakthrough Signals Next Generation of Security Sensors |
|
EU Emergency Phone Number Rings No Bells with Citizens |
| N. Korea Suspected of Misusing Oil Aid for Military Trainings |
|
Wholesale Price of GPS-Enabled Handsets to Fall Under $200 by 2010 |
|
Broadcom Puts LiMo Linux in Mobile Handsets |
| Yahoo Formally Rejects Microsoft Offer |
|
Wireless Industry Meets in Barcelona |
|
Rubik's Cube in Center of Earth? Computer Simulations Support New Model of Earth's Core |
|
Hospitals Install 'Wii'habilitation Gear |
| 2-10-2008 |
| UMass Student Invents Bicycle Helmet That Calls 911 When Rider is Down |
|
U.S. Government Increasing Commitment to Semiconductor Research |
|
Sick Astronaut Delays First Atlantis Spacewalk |
|
Audit: 39% of Mobile Calls Don’t Meet Minimum Voice-Quality Standard |
|
Organic Solar Cells: Electricity from a Thin Film |
|
Volvo's Crash-Resistant Car with Laser-Controlled Brakes |
| 2-8-2008 |
|
Clearing the Air About Traveling with Batteries |
| Woman Shoots Others, Self at Louisiana Technical College |
|
ARM Google Phone Platform Demo Due Monday |
|
Hybrid Electric Vehicles Not as Green as They are Painted, Analysts Contend |
| Sun's 'Disturbingly Quiet' Cycle Prompts Fear of Global Cooling |
| Rohde & Schwarz Appoints New President and COO |
| Electronic Manufacturing Capacity to See Global Rebalancing |
|
European Roadmap for Photonics and Nanotechnologies |
|
France's President Sarkozy Sues Over Fake SMS |
|
Chinese Cell Phone Shipments Expected to Slow |
| Microsoft Shatters $900 Million Global Software Piracy Ring |
|
NEC Reconfigures Analogue Baseband IC for Software Defined Radio |
|
Patent Court Affirms Kodak Digital Imaging Win over Ampex |
|
Human Dynamo: How Energy from Your Knees Could Power an iPod |
|
Organic Solar Cells: Electricity from a Thin Film |
|
ISSCC: Engineers Should Seek 'Design for Environment' |
|
First Chevrolet Vehicle to Offer XM NavTraffic Service |
| 2-7-2008 |
|
Graphene May be Best Conductor Ever |
| Watch the Space Shuttle Launch Live 2:45 pm EST |
|
ISSCC Shrinks 11n, Wimax and Bluetooth |
|
Rewritable Holograms Could Appear in Mobile Phones |
|
Intel, ST Claim Phase Change Memory Prototypes |
|
64-bit RFID Tag Could Replace Bar Codes |
|
European Operators Slash Mobile Data Roaming Rates |
| 2-6-2008 |
|
Fujitsu Presents First 77 GHz CMOS-Based PA |
| "Source" Disavows Inflated NTIA BPL Figure |
| Robot Pumps Gas at Dutch Filling Station |
|
Rugged SIM Cards for Rough Conditions |
|
Harris Corp. to Provide American Forces Network with Broadcast Communications System |
|
NASA Plans to Launch up to Six Space Shuttles in 2008 |
|
Single-Molecule Sensing Breakthrough: Optical and Electronic Measurements Made Simultaneously |
| Key to Fusion Power May be Found in Space |
|
Ultralife Receives $4.4M in Military Battery Orders |
|
Ticket Scalpers Thrive in China's Frozen Transport Chaos |
|
$1M Adds a Letter "S" to an Internet Address |
| 2-5-2008 |
|
Commerce Department Slams Patent Reform Effort |
|
Wireless Front End Remains an Integration Challenge |
|
New Way to Kill Viruses: Shake Them to Death with a Laser |
| Teardown TV - Product Teardowns Come to a Screen Near You |
|
South Dakota Warns About Unexpected Bills for Ringtone |
|
National Semi Lowers Sales Outlook on Wireless Shortfall |
|
Fewer Than One in 10 U.S. Consumers Recycled Their Old Mobile Handsets in Q4 |
| DoD 2009 Spending to Top $651B |
| Atlantis Launch Countdown Begins |
|
| TV Migrates to Cell Phones |
|
Nanotechnology: Entirely New Way of Storing Gas Created |
|
Son of Concorde: New Hypersonic Airliner |
|
Women Take Almost 50% More Short-term Sick Leave than Men |
|
Bush Sets Out 2.9% Rise in Space Budget |
| Consortiums Compete to Build World's Biggest Telescope |
| 2-4-2008 |
| Researchers Report Breakthrough for Inkjet Printed Circuits |
|
Government Crackdown on Staff BlackBerry Usage |
|
Campaign Coffers Light on Tech Contributions |
| NTIA Report on Broadband in America 2007 Inflates BPL Figures |
|
Energy-Efficient Microchip Could Result in Cell Phones Staying Charged 10x as Long, Self-Charging Electronics |
|
Freescale to Pay $100M for SigmaTel |
|
Price Wars Cost the Semiconductor Industry $23B in Lost Revenues |
|
Industry Could Pay in Advance for University IP |
| Iran Launches Research Rocket, Unveils Space Center |
|
Scientists Stabilize Platinum Electrocatalysts for Use in Fuel Cells |
|
4th Telecom Cable Taken Out in the Middle East |
|
Mobile Phones, Coffee Found Unlikely to Cause Cancer |
| 2-3-2008 |
|
Researchers Create Gold Aluminum, Black Platinum, Blue Silver Using Tabletop Laser |
|
Wireless Phone Headsets Insecure |
|
Third Undersea Internet Cable Damaged in Mideast |
|
Daytime Nap Can Benefit a Person's Memory Performance |
|
Whale-Shaped Floating Hotel Set for Flight |
| 2-1-2008 |
|
Ericsson May Lay Off up to 4,000 Workers |
|
India Internet Capacity at 80% After Cables Break |
|
Repair Ship to Start Work on Severed Undersea Cables Next Week |
|
Motorola Considering Separation of Mobile Devices Unit |
|
With a Jolt, 'Nanonails' Go from Repellent to Wettable |
|
MEMS Mix up the Silicon |
|
RFMD Loss Follows Dip in China GSM/GPRS Demand |
|
Bids Top Minimum Set in U.S. Auction of Key Airwaves |
|
Airwaves Auction Collects Record $15.6B |
| Microsoft Offers $44.6B for Yahoo |
| Asustek Pushes 'Eee' Linux Desktop PCs |
| Dell Closes Edmonton Call Center, 900 Jobs Lost |
| Navy Tests High-Powered Electromagnetic Railgun |
|
Norsat Awarded $1.1M in Irish Department of Defence Contracts |
|
Columbus Set for February 7 Launch Aboard Atlantis Shuttle |
|
This is Your Pilot Speaking... and Crying and Swearing, and Demanding to Talk to God! |
| French Army Chief Raps Equipment Cuts |
|
Winter Freeze Sends Shockwaves Through China as Cash and More Run Short |
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