Technical Headline News Archive - May 2008
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5/11/2008
Method for Integrating Nanowire Devices Directly onto Silicon Developed
Stupid Consumers Plague CE Industry
Pure-Play Foundries Comprise 84% of IC Market
NASA and JAXA to Conduct Joint Research on Sonic Boom Modeling
5/9/2008
Light/Matter Interaction to Improve Semiconductor Interfaces
FCC Looks to Raise Vanity Call Sign Fees
Students to Call Long Distance to the ISS
Modern Ceramics Help Advance Technology
India's BSNL Invites Bids for $6.5B GSM Expansion Contract
USPTO Embarks on Listening Tour on Design Protection of Automotive Parts
Indian Semiconductor Ecosystem Poised for Takeoff
Haze, Still Misunderstood, Costing Semi Industry $1B a Year
Why Earth Needs Lunar Property Rights
Energy-Efficient Ethernet Standard Gains Traction
Radio 'Recession-Resistant, Not Recession-Proof'
Fees for '.org' Domain Names to Increase 10%
Over 550 Million GPS-Enabled Handsets Will Ship by 2012
Japan Looks to Space for Military Use
'Speed Racer' Super-Car Faces Reality Check
NASA Satellite Images Burma Cyclone
Tech Tools Bring Big Success for Small Businesses
5-8-2008
New WiFi Devices Warn Doctors of Heart Attacks
FCC Denies Two Amateur Radio Petitions for Rulemaking
'Kill Switch' in Globally Outsourced ICs Feared by Pentagon
Wireless Reselling Business on Decline
Nano-Designed Transistors with Disordered Materials, But High Performance
Cambridge-Based Firm Set to Double Battery Life in 4G Mobile Phones
No Sense of Urgency in Washington Re Technology
Chip-Laden Cars Still Opportunity for Semiconductor Companies
GAO: DOD Wastes Billions on Weapons Contracts
New Wireless Network Could Benefit Customers
Keithley Releases CD of Semiconductor Device Test Applications
WJ’s Losses Rise, Despite Rising Gross Margin
The Candidates on Technology
Touch Screen Market to Reach $3.3B by 2015
Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner, Bright House Invest $3.2B in Combined Sprint, Clearwire Mobile Broadband Company
Mathematicians Make Three-Dimensional Images of Music
Trojan Infects More Than 500,000 PCs
Cleaner Air to Worsen Droughts in Amazon (d***ed if you do, d***ed if you don't)
5-7-2008
Spectrum 'Spaces' Hold Allure for Technology Companies
RF Micro Devices to Cut 350 Jobs
Sprint, Clearwire Form WiMax Venture
General: EU, NATO Need Better Tech Cooperation
Up to 12% of DSL Broadband Users to Transfer to Fixed WiMAX Within 5 Years
Tomorrow’s Wireless World: Ofcom Report on Future Communications Technology
Gloom Deepens in European Chip Market
Qualcomm Ramps up MEMS Display Production
Home Nets in the Fray
Smiths Detection's X-Ray Checkpoint Deployed in U.S.
Microsoft Makes Spy Tools for Big Brother
Record-Setting Laser May Boost Search for Earthlike Planets 100x
HP Labs Calls for University Proposals
Robobug Goes to War: Troops to Use Electronic Insects to Spot Enemy
NASA Kepler Mission Offers Opportunity to Send Names into Space
Entrepreneur Floats Ad 'Clouds' in the Sky (USA Today must have seen my current Cool Products feature - I covered it first!)
Wall Street Rebounds as Traders Shrug Off Fannie Mae Losses, Record Oil Price
5-6-2008
Ericsson Opens R&D Centre in Silicon Valley
Ethernet Alliance Honors Paper by Florida Student
Nearly Half of New Zealand Children Use a Mobile Phone
Hams Breathe Sigh of Relief - Newspaper Reports "BPL Plan is Dead in Dallas"
RFID Testbed Can Measure Multiple Tags at Once
5-5-2008
Consulting Firm Settles H-1B Discrimination Case
Triquint and AWR Launch Incentive Program for GaAs-MMIC Designs
Veteran Wireless Operators Association Honors Two Hams
GSA Contends Fabless is More
Semiconductor Inventory Situation Worse Than Thought
Deutsche Telekom Bid for Sprint Would Face Obstacles
Tesla Rolls out Its Long-Awaited Electric Sports Car
Google, IBM Join Forces to Dominate 'Cloud Computing'
EU Economy Set for €95 Boost if TV Spectrum Used for Mobile Broadband
Smarter Electric Grid Could Be Key to Saving Power
Quantum Mechanical Con Game: Winning Every Time
Auction-Style Site Aims to Thwart Grey Market
Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Launch Pad
White Spaces Strike Out with Sports
Two-Thirds of Girls Put Off Tech-Jobs Due to Lack of Role Models
April Sees The Loss of 20,000 More Jobs in U.S. (meanwhile, Illegals continue to pour over the border)
5-4-2008
Engineers Harness Cell Phone Technology for Use in Medical Imaging
Hubble Trouble: Shuttle Mission Pushed Back
Send Your Name to the Moon on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Microsoft Drops Bid after Yahoo Rejects Higher Offer
5-2-2008
Asia/Pacific Dominates Mobile Growth
WiMAX Forum Endorses USA Testing Center
U.S. Entrepreneurs are Educated, Experienced
Graphene-Based Gadgets May Be Just Years Away
Calgary Tragedy Exposes VOIP Phone Flaws
Computers Go on Sale to General Public in Cuba for 1st Time
Broad-Spectrum QCLs and GaAs Nanoneedles
Sun Microsystems Announces 2,500 Jobs to be Cut
Walmart.com Using Wii Fit to Boost Mother's Day Sales
IC Packaging and Testing Industry to Move into Stagnation in 2008
Senate Panel Pads Bush '09 Spending Request
Security Slackness: Pentagon Inspector Faults U.S. Oversight of BAE
AXT's 57% Year-on-Year Growth Driven by SI GaAs and Ge
Airlines Slow Down Flights to Save on Fuel
Si Shortage That Has Kept Solar Electricity Expensive is Ending
Saudi Arabia in 'Golden Era' (your gasoline money at work)
Instant Messaging: A New Language?
S. Korea's First Astronaut Suffers Back Injury
5-1-2008
HP Engineers Claim 'Memristor' Breakthrough
High-Temp Superconductor Power Hits Long Island
National Semi Cuts 130 Jobs, Expects $10M Charge
Transportation App Offers Significant Revenue Opportunities for RFID Technology
Global Oscilloscopes Market Projected to Inch up to $1.25B by 2010
Samsung Mobile Installs New Recharging Points in Airports
MPs Say Funding Cuts Damage UK's Science Prestige
Spirent Communications Leads in Certification Testing of Assisted GPS Devices
Top 5 Handset Vendors See Shrinking Profits
Scientists Develop New Type of Memory Circuit
High-Flying Electrons May Provide New Test of Quantum Theory
Time Warner to Shed Remainder of Its Cable Unit Amid Investor Pressure
Volvo's 2020 Vision: The Injury-Proof Car
3 Chinese Banks Now in World's Top 4
How to Measure a Carbon Nanotube
Microsoft's Board Fails to Decide on Yahoo
Good News: U.S. Economy Not Officially in Recession; Bad News: It Doesn’t Matter
Parachute That Da Vinci Drew Made to Work... After 523 Years
China Now #1 CO2 Offender