Technical Headline News Archive - June 2008

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6/30/2008

Siemens Prepares to Slash Its Workforce - by 17,000

Lending a Mobile Phone in Qatar Can Lead to Jail

NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment

100 Years Later, Tunguska Remains Mysterious

Ex-Intel Head Grove: Electric Transportation 'Has to Be Done'

Quantum Computing Breakthrough Arises from Unknown Molecule

BAE Systems, Micromem to Develop Nanosensor Technology

USPTO Independent Inventors Conference Set for August 8-9

Pregame SatCom Problems May Spill over to Beijing Olympics

Anadigics Launches First Programmable Gain Amplifier Optimized for DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modems

How the Evolution of CISPR Standards Continues to Shape the Requirements for Anechoic Chambers

President Bush Appoints 2008-2009 Class of White House Fellows

Researchers Peer into Water in Carbon Nanotubes

SBE Seeks 100 kHz for EAS Communications

Component Distribution Alive in China

LEDs Moving in on CFLs in General Lighting

Wireless Company to Allow Other Carriers' Devices

Tiny Magnet Allows Disabled People to Operate Wheelchairs with Tongue

Using a Grating with a Grade, Engineers Trap a Rainbow

Microsoft Stops Selling Windows XP

6/29/2008

Tickets Soar in N.J. for Cell-Phone Talkers

California to Drivers: Drop the Cell Phone, Dude

Chip Companies All Charged Up over Smart Meters

Wi-Fi 802.11n Standardization Remains Elusive

First Exciton Integrated Circuit Built

Fabless Semi Revenue Up 16% y/y in Q1

Buzz Aldrin: U.S. Risks Falling Behind in Space Race

6/27/2008

IBM's "Noise Free" Nano Lab

Semiconductor Industry Dynamics Will Get Worse Before Getting Better

German University Apply Carbon Nanotubes to Flexible Electronics

Sony Ericsson Issues Profit Warning

MEMS Market Tops $6 Billion

Filling the SATCOM Gap

Nanomirrors Could Enhance Telescopes and Semiconductor Chips

Umicore to Double Germanium Substrate Capacity

Video: 60 GHz, Wi-Fi, UWB Face Off at Panel

Nearly Quarter of European Homes Have Cut Their Landline

Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Folds into LiMo Foundation

NBC4 Offers Commuters Real-Time Traffic-Cam Views on Their Mobile Devices

Next Spacewalk Will Have an Explosive Twist

FCC Opens Inquiry on Embedded Advertising

Americans Conducted Nearly 7,000,000 Web Searches for the iPhone in April

Martian Soil Good Enough for Asparagus

Threats to GPS

New Satellite Will Provide Early Warning System of Dangerous Asteroids

Avalanche Photodiodes Target Bioterrorism Agents

StopBadware Cites Malware's China Syndrome

Oil Reaches $142 on View Dollar Will Keep Falling

Garmin Introduces Astro GPS Dog Tracking Collar

6/26/2008

Consumer Satellite Broadband to Overtake Broadband VSAT

China Orders Phone, Internet Moratorium to Focus on Olympics Preparation

Chrysler Will Offer Wireless Internet Access in 2009 Models

Cambridge Radio Frequency Services to Map Radio Environment Across the UK for Ofcom

RoHS Report Comes Under Scrutiny in Brussels

NASA Develops Highest Resolution Visualization System to Date

Transoceanic Building Boom is Fueling Internet Growth

FCC Should Reserve 100 kHz of 700 MHz Band for EAS Communications

44% of Internet Traffic is Peer-to-Peer

Excitonic Transistor Switches Optical Signals

ITT Wins $44.9M Contract to Upgrade Sweden's Air Defense Radar

Wireless Backhaul Via Satellite Worth $4.3B Through 2017

Air Force Cyberwar Headquarters Staff to Operate Virtually

Man-Made Tornadoes Could Power the Future

Evidence of Massive Asteroid Impact on Mars

Updated European Risk Assessment Concludes Bisphenol is Safe for Continued Use in Consumer Products

Texting Letter Combo on License Plates Offensive - Free Replacements Offered

Transportation Researchers Calculate Number of Crashes Due to Bad Weather

The Quiet Little Pop of the Mac Security Bubble

U. S. Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban Declares That the Second Amendment Guarantees an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms

6/25/2008

High-Technology Brain Drain Takes Heavy Toll on U.S. Military Projects

Father of FM and TV Stereo, Eilers Dies at 83

EPA Issues Energy Star Specs for TV, Video Boxes

RFID Devices Interfere with Medical Electronics

Advances in Wireless Systems Increase Their Reliability in Industrial Applications

Broadcom Co-Founder Samueli Admits Lying to SEC

Streaming Royalties May Affect Terrestrial Radio

Group Aims to Manage Boom of Devices

Metallic Glass Could Revolutionize Aircraft Structure (maybe Scotty's transparent aluminum isn't so fantastical after all)

A Record-Breaking Optical Chip

2007 ARRL Annual Report Now Available

Physicists Develop 'Impossible' Technique to Study and Develop Superconductors

Apartment Guide Launches Mobile Phone GPS Apartment Search Application

iSuppli Calculates BOM for iPhone 3G

Unencumbered AWS-III Spectrum Worth $2.8B, Phoenix Center Analysis Finds

More States Say Cellphones and Driving Don't Mix

How Will Microsoft and Google React to Nokia?

British Police May Get U.S. 'Pain Ray' Guns

Haley Makes 'New Case for Radio' at NYSBA Event

American Airlines Testing In-Flight Internet Access

Moon-Bound NASA Spacecraft Passes Major Preflight Tests

6/24/2008

'Shake-Up' for Internet Proposed

1 CCTV Camera Per Every 14 U.K. Citizens

Single-Digit Growth in Semiconductor IP Market Pushes Consolidation

Nokia and Vodafone Lead Move for Single Mobile Standard

Darpa Hunts for Mad Science Chief

Home Net Chip Does UWB, Coax, Ethernet

Tech Sector Shows Strong Growth in U.S. Cities

Nokia Siemens Wins Iraqi GSM Contract

Cisco: Mobile Data Traffic Could Double by 2012

Scientists Reveal Why Glass is Glass

Teleco Industry to Make $1T Promoting Environmental Improvements

Anadigics Launches Family of Active Splitters Designed for Set-Top Boxes with Multiple Tuners

The Car that Reads Road Signs and Tells You the Speed Limit

Faster Optical Switching

Wireless HDTV Technologies to Gain Popularity

Supercomputer Explores Biochemical Landscape to Find Memory Switches

NASA: Fewer Employees to Lose Jobs with Shuttle Program Demise

New Solar Dish Could Transform Energy Production

Global Space Industry to Meet in Scotland

Earth Will Not Be Gobbled Up by Black Hole During Big Bang Experiment, Reassure Scientists (...and if they're wrong, well...)

6/23/2008

FCC Encourages Broadcasters to Test Analog Shutoff

Fujitsu Develops First Impulse Radio Transmitting at Over 10Gb/s in Millimeter Band

Bleak Prospects Seen for Mobile WiMax

AMR Research Study Finds U.S. and China Are the Riskiest Geographies for Sourcing and Manufacturing

FDA Answers Questions About CFLs and UV Radiation

Sen. McCain Offers [taxpayer-funded] $300M prize for New Auto Battery

Fewer Students Pursue Computer-Related Degrees

Experimental Phone Network Uses Virtual Sticky Notes

Sprint Asks FCC for Delay in Vacating 800 MHz Spectrum

PicoChip Unveils Low-Cost Femto Chip

Bike-Loan Schemes Flourish with RFID

Telenor Takes Action to Stop Russian $3.8 Billion Lawsuit

Exciton-Based Circuits Eliminate a 'Speed Trap' Between Computing and Communication Signals

House Sends Pro-Space Message to Next President

35 Million Computers Headed for Landfills

Google Android Plans Hit Delays

Frozen Water Confirmed on Mars

Radio Gets Busy after Midwest Floods

1,000,000 Names to the Moon... and Counting

6/22/2008

IC Insights: What to Watch For in the Second Half

Internet Addiction is a 'Clinical Disorder'

Falling Exam Scores Blamed on Wikipedia: 'Littered with Inaccuracies'

Destruction Therapy Promises Workplace Peace by Sledgehammer

6/20/2008

Panasonic Claims Record Gain of 22 dB at 26 GHz in GaN ICs

Loran Update Recommended for GPS-Replacement Backup over Jamming Fears

Office Workers Now See Less Sunshine Than Coal Miners

RF Modules Key to New Mobile Designs

German Ham Claims First DXCC on 432 MHz

Sharper Satellite Images

North American Semi Equipment Bookings Decline 37% Y/Y

New Technique to Optimize Computer Speed

House Overwhelmingly Approves NASA Reauthorization Act

Moto Stock Sinks to New 5-Year Low

Exciton-Based Circuits Eliminate a'Speed Trap' Between Computing and Communication Signals

South Africa Bans Long Contracts and SIM Locking of Handsets

White Patches Found in Mars Trench Are Ice

California Takes a Slide in Tech Rankings

Wi-LAN Sues Motorola, RIM and UTStarCom

Electronic Instruments on NASA Phoenix Mars Lander Working Effectively

Astronomy Without Borders on Show in China

High Gas Prices Drive U.S. Consumers to Find Deals on the Internet

Life in Outer Space? Astronomers Hunt Aliens

Scientists Discover a New Mathematical Formula...for the Perfect Cheese Sandwich

6/19/2008

Survey Suggests Scientific Sins are Common

Hams Ready to Respond to Iowa Floods

IEEE Seeking Nominations for Awards & Recognitions

Brazil, Russia, India and China Set for Mobile Boom

Wireless Sensor Nets Seek "Killer" Application

Sweden Adopts Law Allowing Official Eavesdropping

Video Resumes: Lights, Camera, You're Hired

Photonics and Nano Particles Brighten LEDs

California Hands-Free Law to Go into Effect July 1; Ham Radio Not Affected

Engineering Students Launch Record-Breaking Balloon

Harris Selected for Potential $58M Contract for New NASA Space Suit Comms System

Picowatt Chip Sets Low-Power Record

Gadget Buyers Seen as Assertive, Even Arrogant

Radio Still Important to Young Listeners

DOD Reassures Users About Privacy

Chinese-Born Engineer 1st to be Sentenced for Espionage Under New IP Law

Opportunity is Busting Loose and Going for It on Mars

Low Cost Quantum Dots for Biological Research Produced Through Microwave Synthesis

In Weak Economy, Forgoing $4 Lattes for Home Brews

California Teenagers Face 38 Years in Prison for Hacking into School Computers

1 in 3 IT Staff Snoops on Colleagues

6/18/2008

University of Nottingham Develops Technique to Grow Bulk Cubic GaN

Silicon Valley Engineer Testifies Before Congress on Need to Retain Talented High-Tech Students and Professionals

Some Employees Buy Own Laptops, Phones for Work. Employers Too Cheap

UK Online Ad Spending to Overtake TV This Year

Worldwide Semi Equipment Billings $10.56B

Firefox 3 Browser Released

Science Books Fetch Astronomical Prices

Lower Costs Drawing Users to Mobile Internet

49 Million European Notebooks Will Have Mobile Broadband by 2013

FAST-DOT Ultrafast Laser Project Kicks Off

Mentor Says Cadence Offer Too Low

NASA Phoenix Lander Bakes Sample as Arm Digs Deeper

Philadelphia Revives Citywide Wi-Fi Project

Perfecting a Solar Cell by Adding Imperfections

Intel Runs Most of World's Fastest Computers

Windows for GPS

NASA Competition Winners Announced

Al Gore's (aka Mr. Green) Personal Electricity Consumption up 10% Y/Y

Nanotechnology, Biomolecules and Light Unite to 'Cook' Cancer Cells

Harris to Supply More Multiband Terminal for U.S. Navy Satellite Program

6/17/2008

Alcatel-Lucent Wins $1 Billion Chinese Contract

Breaking Phone-Call Encryption

First Image from CUTE-1.7 +APD II Amateur Radio Satellite

Cadence Bids to Buy Mentor Graphics

Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Billings $10.56B

Digi-Key Corporation and TriQuint Semiconductor Announce Worldwide Distribution Agreement

Broadcom Sock Up After ITC Patent Ruling

Acoustic Cloak Designed

U.N. Telecoms Body Urges Global 911

Mobile Web Becoming More Affordable, Will Boost Advertising

Motorola Receives WiMAX Forum Certification for WiMAX WAP 25400 Access Point

Global Uranium Supplies Sufficient for Nuclear Needs with New Generation Technology

FCC's Martin Says OK to Sat Radio Merger

Corporate Mergers Affected by Leaks to the Media

Coffee Drinkers Have Slightly Lower Death Rates

The Spy in Your Mobile: Shops Track Customers by Tapping into Phones

Parents Fear Accompanying Students on Trips After Accidental Death Award

Toyota Hybrid Battery Outpaced by Demand

Intel Spins off Solar Unit

SegaMakes Robot Girlfriend for Lonely Men

Lockheed Martin Program Director Inducted into GPS Hall of Fame

6/16/2008

RF Remote Spec Planned for Consumer Devices

Research Finds U.S. Mobile Internet Users Ready for 2D Barcode Technology

Future Phone Memory Could Be Made from Plastic

NAB Report Scopes Broadcast Opportunities from FM-Capable Cell Phones

Boeing Likely to Throw Its Hat into Galileo Ring

Designing Microchips that Contain Multiple Selves (IC ID?)

The Coming of the Nerdettes and Linux's Big Chance

Honda Rolls Out Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car

Bandwidth Hogs Face Limits on Internet Usage...

Europeans May Have to Pay to Receive Phone Calls

Government Agencies Represented More Than 1/2 of New Satellite Business

USPTO: Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives...

Cleantech, Photovoltaics Shine in VC Scoreboard

Radio Tester Handles FM and SINCGARS Radios

High Gas Prices Boost Interest in Segway Scooters

Nokia Unveils Two New Business Phones

Motorola Cuts 150 Jobs from R&D

GE Takes Majority Stake in PrimeStar Solar

Airplanes of the Future Could Be Self-Healing

World-Record Supercomputer Mimics Human Sight Brain Mechanisms

6/15/2008

To Support Emergency Efforts, Verizon Wireless Launches Broadband Network in Iowa City

Motorola Cuts 150 Jobs from R&D

U.S. Space Shuttle Lands Safely after Installing Japanese Lab

1780 British Warship Found in Lake Ontario

6/13/2008

500-Year Historic Flood Levels in Cedar Rapids, IA (home to many RF/Microwave companies: RFMD, Skyworks, Rockwell Collins, etc.)

WiMAX Forum Establishes U.S. Testing Base

University of Florida Professor Designs Plasma-Propelled Flying Saucer

Unstable and Uncertain World Drives Trends in Defense Spending

Quantum-Entangled Images Show Hidden Details

Doubling Laptop Battery Life

Cree Launches First Catalog GaN MMIC Amplifiers

BMW Builds Roadster Made from Cloth

Designing Microchips that Contain Multiple Selves

Goodbye to Batteries and Power Cords in Factories

Russia to Launch Its First Weather Satellite

Israel Serves as Testbed to Californian Solar Energy Project

Clearwire: We're Ready for Primetime

Launching the World's Fastest Cellular Modem

Get Your First Look at NASA's Next Spacesuit

Targeted Ads Designed for Your Cell Phone

Qualcomm Ups Forecast with Strong 3G Sales

Ariane 5 Lofts Twin Birds for European Defense and Turkish TV

Broadcasters Facing Hurdles Shipping Equipment for Olympic Games

Exxon Dumping Stations, Says No Money in Selling Gas

Delphi Team Awarded $5M DOE Funding to 1/2 Size and Cost of Electric Propulsion Inverters

6/12/2008

Engineers' Salary in India Growing Fast; China, Not So Much

Silicon Wafer Revenue up 22.5% in 2007

Commercial Satellite Industry Revenues Jump 16% in 2007

China Earthquake Blamed for Reduced Cellphone Demand

Toshiba to Ship 160GB 1.8-Inch HDDs

Phoenix Lander Has an Oven Full of Martian Soil

North America - Slowest Ever Annual Growth, but 3G Development is Positive

Web Site Offers Insiders' Look at Major Employers

Intel Continues to Work on Tera-Scale Chips

FCC Adopts $6 Million in DTV Enforcement Orders

Rice Expected to Sign Czech Radar Deal

ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration

Electronics Sales Turn Cautious, IPC Reports

EOS/ESD Symposium Set for September

Cell Phone Company Spared Government, Not Consumers, from Costly Fees

Arecibo Joins Global Network to Create 6,000-Mile Telescope

STOVL Stealth Fighter Makes Debut Flight

£355m Telescope Launched to Discover Black Holes and How Speed of Light Works

Sergey's Big Adventure: Earth Isn't Enough

6/11/2008

Makers of Rad-Hardened ICs Strive for Smaller, Lighter, Less Power

SIA Cuts 2008 Sales Forecasts, Projects Future Expansion

That 'Cheaper' iPhone Will Cost You More

Security Hole Exposes Utilities to Internet Attack

EU Mobile Data Market Growing Rapidly Driven by Spread of Mobile Broadband

Worldwide Study Indicates Strong Consumer Demand for a Better Mobile Web

Physicists Reveal Secrets of Newest Form of Carbon (graphene)

Underwater Communication with Robotic Fish

Student-Led Project Deploys Community Wireless Network Across Southampton

Pollution Kills 10,000 a Year in Southern China (the poor souls need to walk the streets with masks and respirators on!)

DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for May 2008

Lockheed Martin, NASA Ames Team Selected to Design New Solar Mission (they'll be going at night to avoid heat problems J)

SA Manufacturing Output Rebounds

'Super Paper:' New Nanopaper More Break-resistant Than Cast Iron

U.S. Could Face Glitch in TV Converter Box Program

A Moon-Based Telescope - Built In Situ

The Mobile Phones That 'Cook' Popcorn - A Hoax?

6/10/2008

USA is Sole Wealthy Nation in the Top 10 of High Growth Wireless Markets

Canada Happy with Wireless Auction ... So Far

Intel, Samsung, Others Form WiMax Patent Pool

GM Shows off Safety Technology Using 5.9 GHz DSRC

Six Top Firms Announce WiMax Patent Alliance

New ARRL Extra Class License Manual Now Shipping

INPUT Reports $1T in Active Federal Contract Opportunities

TSheets is First to Allow Users to Clock In and Out With Mobile Phones

U.S. Cell Phone Sales Down 22% in Q1 2008

Apple Confirms 3G iPhone Launch

Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots (uh-oh, could spell trouble for the religion of Global Warming)

Ships Face Loss of Broadband Cover

USPTO to Publish New Rules Regarding Ex Parte Appeals Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Thin-Film Solar Market to Reach 9GW in 2012

Roadrunner Breaks Computer Speed Barrier

Perfect Night Vision? New Superlattice Structure Enables High Performance Infrared Imaging

World's First Bionic Hand Wins Britain's Top Technology Prize

Diodes Completes $176M Acquisition of Zetex

IEA Cuts World Oil Demand Forecast

6/9/2008

Health Risk of Long-Term Mobile Phone Use to be Studied by Scientists (again)

Excessive Mobile Phone Use Affects Sleep in Teens

Minneapolis Limits Vehicle Idling to 3 Minutes (there will be a lot of cold Minnesotans waiting in their cars next winter)

Military Spending Up 45% in 10 Years

Supercomputer Sets Record

New ARRL Extra Class License Manual Now Shipping

In-Flight Broadband Service Revenue to Approach $1B by 2012

Astronauts Complete Third Spacewalk at Space Station

Surprising Graphene: Precise Measurement Reveals Strange Properties

Teen Drivers Ignore Cell Phone Restrictions

Man on Skydiving Trip Dies After Jumping Without Parachute

Giant Telescope Mirrors for the Moon Could Be Made with Carbon, Epoxy and Lunar Dust

As Analog Shutdown Nears, Antenna Reality Emerges

Small TV Stations Struggling with Digital Conversion

Thermoelectrics Cool Night Vision Goggles

House Committee Approves NASA Funding Bill

Stinger Systems Stun Waveform Radically Different than Taser's

6/6/2008

Navy Missile Intercept Successful

Broadcom Co-Founder Nicholas Indicted on Drug, Fraud, Conspiracy Charges

British Police Switching to BlackBerry Smartphones

A New Superconductor - FeAs

FCC Chief's Free Broadband Plan Delayed

Global Smartphone Sales Up 29% in 1Q 2008

Balloon-Based Solar Energy Project Seeks Funding, Partners

Canada Lagging Behind G8 in Space Capabilities

Comcast Pledges Speedier Internet by 2010

Google's Larry Page Lobbies for Access to White Spaces

New 'Quasiparticles' Discovered; May Pave Way for New Quantum Computer

Boeing Fires New Thin-Disk Laser Achieving Solid-State Laser Milestone

UK Regulator Consults on Further Radio Spectrum Sales

Goodbye to Batteries and Power Cords in Factories

Toyota Develops New Fuel Cell Hybrid

Buzz Lightyear Finally More Than 'Just a Toy' (To infinity and beyond!)

Hong Kong's Websites the World's Riskiest

6/5/2008

Researchers Secretly Tracked 100,000 Cell Users Outside U.S. for Six Months

Instant Messaging Helps Tardy Employees

Confirmed - Verizon Wireless Buys Alltel

Mobile Linux Gains Stature in U.S.

U.S. Marine Corps Awards Harris Corporation $118M in Orders for Falcon II(R) Multiband Manpack Radios

NASA, Google Expand Relationship with 40-Year Agreement

WiMax Field Trials Set for Taiwan

Devices Help Improve Indoor Cell Phone Coverage

TomTom GPS Completes $4.3B Buy of Tele Atlas

Farnell is Positive About European Component Sales

Nano-Tech Process Produces Plastics That Are 10x More Stretchable

Spansion Cut 500 Jobs, Expands in Asia

Skyworks Qualifies WIN for GaAs pHEMT Foundry Services

Nokia Siemens CEO Slams 'Silly Pricing'

DOJ Says Appeals Court Was Wrong to Reject FCC Indecency Policy

GM Shelves SUVs, Prepares to Roll Out the Volt

Xilinx Cuts 250 Jobs

Are Microbes the Answer to the Energy Crisis?

A NonoSensor Simply Made

6/4/2008

Starbucks Overwhelmed by Demand for Free Wi-Fi

Hidden Messages Buried in VoIP Chatter

Morse Code Returning to MARS Toolbox

Wi-Fi, PAN Clash at 60 GHz

How to Make Microwaves on a Chip to Replace X-rays for Medical Imaging and Security

Freescale's East Kilbride Fab Closing, R&D Remains

DoD Weapons Procurement Broken, Auditor Warns

TriQuint Moves up in Power Amp Rankings

Hemlock’s $1.5B Polysilicon Expansions Coming Online for Solar, Semi Industries

Proposals for Operation of New Zealand's Managed Spectrum Park at 2.5 GHz Band

U.S. Unmanned Systems Market Demand Increasing in Near Term

Key to Optical Illusions Discovered

South American Mobile Data Revenues to Rise to $23B by 2013

Knocking Back Rocks from Outer Space

Opto Market to Grow at 12% to $31B by 2013

Wind Power Moves into Deep Waters (except off Cape Cod, where notable wealthy politicians do not want to look at them)

Small Telco CEOs Ask FCC, Congress to Deny Qwest Bid

Half of Internet Users Pay a Monthly Bill Online

Flying Squirrel Man Smashes Distance Record as He Beats Local Plane to Airport

Space Shuttle Blastoff Damaged Launch Pad

6/3/2008

USPTO: Revision of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2009

DoD Launches Engineering Research Program

Oklahoma City Gets World's Largest Municipal Wi-Fi Mesh Network

Discovery Shuttle Docks, Brings Hope to the ISS

Hams Head into Space

CDMA Subscribers Passes 450M Mark

Canadian Spectrum Auction Passes $2B Mark

Germany to Earn €1B from CO2 Rights Sales

Wireless Vision Implant Lets Patients Perceive Visual Images

U.S. Census Bureau Releases TV Stats

Measuring Quantum States Could Yield New Chip Cooling Scheme

DOE Report Says More Wind Than Coal Planned for US Grid

Europe Again Lags in Global Chip Sales

30th Anniversary of Packet Radio

Phoenix Finally Digs up a Scoopful of Martian Soil

EU to Promote Standardized Emergency Phone Number

Time Warner Cable Tries Metering Internet Use

Micro-Robots Dance on a Pin's Head

ARRL Welcomes Yaesu as Principal Sponsor of Logbook of The World Web Site

Engineers Whip up First Long-Lived Nanoscale Bubbles

6/2/2008

Prototype Fuel Cell for Handsets Eyes 5x Run-Time Boost

E. Coli Bacteria Computer Solves Complex Math Problem

Startup to Take on Bluetooth

Nanotech Pioneers Win Kavli Prize

April Semiconductor Sales Up 6% Year-on-Year

Phyworks Demos 10G Copper Interconnects

China Unicom Buys China Netcom in $56B Stock Swap

The Digital Revolution is Over - Claims New Research

Talking Distractions: Why Cell Phones and Driving Don't Mix

New Unifying Theory of Lasers Advanced by Physicists

Phoenix Mars Lander Has Short-Circuit Problem

WiMAX Summit: Don’t Believe (or create) the Hype

Businessman Drops 100M Rupiah ($11,200) from Plane

Discovery Shuttle Nears Space Station After Flawless Launch

Hacker Changes Mars Lander's Web Site, Redirects Traffic

Optoelectronics to Show Good Growth Through 2013

Mac Hits Record 7.8% Market Share

Why Are Senior Female Scientists So Heavily Outnumbered by Men?

6/1/2008

Space Shuttle Discovery Carries Japanese Lab "Hope" into Orbit (a perfect launch!)

Satellite Companies DISH, EchoStar Sue TiVo

SEC Investigates Insider Trading Scheme Concerning Freescale, ATI

Femto Forum Lays Down Femtocell Law

BlackBerry Leads, iPhone Follows U.S. Smartphone Sales