| 6-30-2006 |
| Study
Calls Phone Use Risky as Driving Drunk |
| Appeals
Court Won't Postpone August FCC Wireless Auction |
|
New Microwave Licenses for the Olympics? |
| VoIP
Over Wi-Fi is an Added Threat to Roaming Revenues |
|
Polysilicon Shortages Seen Curbing Semi Growth |
|
Silicon Laser Harnessed |
|
Microsoft Pushes Back Office 2007 Release |
|
Rotten to the Core: Apple Uncovers Stock Options Irregularities |
| Light Generated by Sawdust (I can
do it with a Bic lighter!) |
|
Saturday Launch Marks Quarter Century For Shuttle |
| Man Sues Creator of Web Site That Lets Women Post Dirt on Exes |
| 6-29-2006 |
| Asteroid Near-Miss Set to Happen July 3 |
|
Senate Panel Backs Telco Bill, No Net Neutrality |
| EU Adopts
New Telecom Rules That Anger Incumbents |
| Breakthrough in Silicon Photonics Devices |
| Mobile
Advertising Worth $10 Billion by 2010 |
|
Korea Seeks to Bolster Economic Status |
| Google
Debuts Checkout Online Payment System (RF Cafe
might offer as an alternative to PayPal) |
| Feds Recover Stolen Laptop With Veterans' Personal Info |
| Coffee Intake Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk (vindicated again!) |
|
NASA Engineer Angrily Quits 5 Days Before Launch |
|
Providing In-Flight Wi-Fi Still a Struggle |
| 6-28-2006 |
|
U.K. Sticks to RoHS Deadline |
| Silicon Valley Start-Ups Want to Resurrect Electric Cars |
|
No Royalty Cut, Qualcomm Says |
|
Nokia Sues Two Chinese Rivals for Product Copying |
|
Fuel Cell Developer Raises $16.2 Million in London IPO |
|
EU Readies Controversial Telecoms Regulation Plans |
|
Scientists Precisely Track Short Term Earth Wobbles |
| NASA Aims for
Quick Hubble Fix |
|
Google Online Payment System Could Take on PayPal |
|
Dell Says Investigating Exploding Laptop Incident |
| Study Shows In-Building Wireless a Great Investment |
| 6-27-2006 |
| USPTO to Give Patent Filers Accelerated Review Option |
|
Stealth Radar System is Developed |
|
Printable Chips Make Their Debut |
| High-Tech Thieves
Use Laptops to RFID Steal Codes for Cars |
|
DoD Funds Neah's Fuel Cell Technology |
| Criminals Follow Ordinary Citizens onto Internet |
|
Vitesse Says Stock will be Delisted - Options Scandal |
| Chinese, English Speakers Use Brains Differently to Tackle Math |
|
Today's Computers Break Down Less Often |
| Visa and MasterCard Plan RFID/NFC Tests in the UK |
|
Shuttle Countdown Begins Wednesday |
| 6-26-2006 |
|
Data Brokers and Buyers Anger Congress |
|
EE Times Extends its Reach in Europe |
|
Cell Phone Signals Excite Brain |
|
600,000 High Tech Jobs to Be Created |
|
Startup Develops Optical Magnifying Sheets |
| Wi-Fi Company to Sell Routers for Five Dollars |
| French Unveil Own Answer to Google Earth; Site Quickly Swamped |
| Device Burns Fuel with Almost Zero Emissions |
| Scientists Work
on Mind-Reading Computers |
| One Wireless Laptop per Child |
|
Iridium Expects Threefold Increase in Alaska-Based Traffic This
Summer |
| Azimuth
Systems Announces Industry's First Power Consumption Tester For Mobile Wi-Fi Devices |
| 6-25-2006 |
| Reports of Death of Dial-Up Internet Greatly Exaggerated |
| GAO Finds that H-1B Visa Program Undercuts U.S. Workers |
| Cyber Yearbooks Gaining Popularity in U.S. |
|
Hubble Telescope's Main Camera has Stopped Working |
| Canadian RFID Privacy Guidelines Issued |
| IEEE-USA President says Permanent Immigration Better than Expanding
H-1B Program |
| Help
Philips Electronics Rename its Company |
| Feds Hit by
Rash of Data Breaches |
| 6-23-2006 |
|
CEOs Earn 262 Times the Pay of Workers (yow!) |
|
Mobile Phone Users Warned of Lightning Strike Risk |
|
WiFi User Charged for Not Buying Coffee |
|
Boeing May Dump In-Flight Internet |
|
Wireless USB Finally Coming Out of the Labs |
| HSDPA
to Take 65% of Mobile Broadband Market |
|
France Unveils National Rival to Google Earth |
|
Xilinx Receives SEC Inquiry on Stock Options |
| Magnetic Fields Could Make Computers 500 Times Faster |
|
U.S. Army Contracts DRS Technologies for Thermal Weapon Sights |
|
Simulators Help Train Power Grid Operators |
| 6-22-2006 |
|
China Still Leads Pack in IP Theft |
|
VoIP Internet Phones Must Pay into Subsidy Fund |
|
Altera to Restate 10 Years of Earnings Due to Stock Option Issues |
|
RoHS, WEEE Leave Casualties |
|
Motorola Leads Bluetooth Headset Market |
| One-Third of Europeans Found to Be Computer Illiterate |
|
Startup for Aims Solar-Cell Plant in California |
| More
Than Half a Billion Mobile TV Subscribers by 2011 |
| Pluto's Newly Discovered Moons Finally Named |
|
Webb Telescope Mirror Backplane Prototype Delivered for Testing |
| Top 100 Sweatiest Cities in America |
| 6-21-2006 |
| Robo-Cop Takes to the Skies |
|
Samsung Launches Ultra-RAZR-Thin Phones |
|
Riken Builds 1-Petaflops Supercomputer |
| Preemptive Spark Helps Find Intermittent Electrical Short Circuits
in Airplanes |
|
AMD to Build $3.5B Fab in NY |
| 17-Year-Old Entrepreneur Develops GPS Teen Driving Monitor |
|
Putin Calls for Russian Tech Investment (to better outfit terrorists worldwide) |
|
ZigBee-Based Home Automation Lags Industrial and Commercial Adoption |
|
Microsoft Sees Future in Robots |
|
U.S., French Power Companies Sign MoU for Evolutionary Power Reactor |
| China Wants Man on Moon by 2024 |
| 6-20-2006 |
|
IBM, Georgia Tech Processor Breaks Moore's Law |
|
Engineering Groups Allege 'U.S. Workers Need Not Apply' |
|
House approves $32 billion for Department of Homeland Security in
2007 |
|
Spatial Abilities Key to Engineering (men/women actually different!) |
| First Pilot Project in Europe for NFC Mobile Payments |
| Chinese Students Riot Over Diploma Changes (Communist Party officials mum) |
|
DSL to Overtake Cable Internet |
| Alaska GPS Project Devoted to Reducing Moose-Vehicle Collisions |
|
Cellphone Start-Ups Struggle in U.S. |
|
Digital Camera Blocking Technology Created (bad news for spies) |
|
Looming Energy Crisis Requires New Manhattan Project |
| N. Korean Threat Activates Missile Defense Shield |
| Peregrine 50Ω RF Switch Offers Ultra-linear DC–6GHz Operation |
| 6-19-2006 |
|
Review of IEEE Qualcomm-Favored Technology on Hold |
|
Nokia, Siemens to Merge Equipment Units |
|
Two Words to Remember About Bill Gates: He Won |
|
Neah Extends Patented Fuel Cell Technology to Military Sensor Market |
| Northwestern Team Develops 'MRI' For Fuel Cells |
|
Governments Accounted for Over Half of New Satellite Business in
2005 |
| New Form of Living Protection for Copper and Other Metallic Surfaces |
| Molecule-Sized Switch Could Control DNA Machines |
|
The Phone Booth Returns - Sans Phone |
| North Korea Fuels ICBM for Test Firing |
|
Web Auctions, the New Jackpot for Middle Americans |
| 6-16-2006 |
|
IEEE 802.20 Working Group Declares 'Cooling Off' Period |
| U.S. Trade Deficit Posts Surprising Improvement |
| 3rd Consecutive
Month on Top for Motorola Razr |
|
China Reportedly Calls for Chip Cooperation With U.S. |
|
Bill Gates to Leave Microsoft in 2 Years |
| HSDPA
to Take Off in 2008 |
|
Quantum Dot Device Counts Single Electrons |
|
Blu-Ray Disc Hits Stores Next Week |
| Covering Your Tracks: Fail-Safe Techniques for Erasing Magnetic
Storage Media |
|
Boost Phase Blues Impact Missile Shield Developments |
|
Microsoft Readying Apple iPod Rival |
| 6-15-2006 |
| Handset
Theft Amongst Adolescents Reaches New Heights |
|
Semtech Comes Under Stock Option Fire |
|
450-mm Shift Will Disrupt Industry |
|
Lockheed Martin, EADS to Cooperate on Satellite Navigation Standards |
|
China Applies for World Semiconductor Council Membership |
|
BAE Delivers F-22 Digital Electronic Warfare System to Lockheed
Martin |
| Giant Camera Ready to Take World's Largest Photo |
| In-Car Electronic System Warns Drivers They're Speeding |
| Compact Tidal Generator Could Reduce Cost of Producing Electricity
from Flowing Water |
| Researchers Use Laser Beams to Pluck Nanowires |
|
U.S. to Respond if North Korea Tests Missile |
| 6-14-2006 |
| VHF Communications
Magazine Q2/2006 Edition Due End of June |
|
RFMD Announces LNA Product Family for Cellular Infrastructure and
WiMAX |
|
EBay Signs up 200 Millionth Member
(it's a great place for TE & accessories) |
| State
Regulation Leading to Increased Costs for Wireless Users |
|
Pressure Builds to Crack Down on Stock Options (see my
options) |
|
RoHS Directive Turmoil as Loophole Stays Open |
|
Rohde & Schwarz Combines Spectrum Analyzer and Phase Noise Tester
in FSUP |
| Corporate R&D Cuts: Bad News for the Nation |
| Google Building Its Own Supercomputer Network |
| Stephen Hawking Urges Human Colonization of Other Planets |
| Labs Compete
to Make New Nuclear Bomb |
| Coffee Drinking Associated with Lower Risk for Alcohol-Related Liver
Disease |
| 6-13-2006 |
|
USPTO: Conference on Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace |
| China, India Aren't Far Ahead in Engineering After All |
|
RFMD Introduces GaN High-Power Transistor Product Family |
| Bullpen Phones Go Wireless at Chicago's Wrigley Field |
|
National Semi Rewards Employees with iPods as "Employee Communications"
Tool (yeah, right!) |
|
NASA Detector Sees Infrared Light in Colors |
|
Saab Acquires Ericsson Microwave Systems |
| Wisconsin Law Bans Forced RFID Implants |
| Motorola
RAZR Tops the List of Most Researched Wireless Phones |
|
Sharp Broadband Growth Seen as Dial-Up Shrinks |
|
Google Expands Satellite Imagery |
| 6-12-2006 |
| IEEE Starts Work on Low-Frequency "RuBee" Standard |
|
Qualcomm and Nokia Fight Over Patents Again |
| 100 Million
3G Users |
| Cellphones
Lead to al-Zarqawi Hiding Place |
| New York Schoolkids Use Cell-Phone Ring Tone Teachers Can't Hear (clever!) |
|
Japan Quake Causes Little Damage at Fabs |
|
SEC Looks at Broadcom Re Stock Options |
| Chinese Delegation Storms Out of Wireless Encryption Standards Meeting |
|
General Dynamics to Design first Segment of U.S. Nationwide Integrated
Wireless Network |
|
NASA Firm on Discovery Launch in July |
|
Famed Microsoft Blogger Leaves for Start-Up |
| 6-10-2006 |
|
Sensus Metering Systems Acquires Assets of AMDS |
|
EchoStar, DirecTV to Resell Broadband |
| High-Tech Cheating in Asia's High-Stakes Exams |
| Windmill Projects Stilled for Now |
|
Wi-Fi Set to Reshape France Phone Market |
| 6-9-2006 |
|
U.S. Drops Plan to Restrict Foreign Researchers |
| Record Meteorite Hit Norway |
|
Wireless Boom Gets Gadget Makers Buzzing |
| RIM Targeting
Consumer Market, Expanding Internationally |
| Physicists Probe
the 5th Dimension (cool animation) |
| Circuit Board Materials May Like It Hot (or Not) |
|
Maxim Targeted by SEC for Stock Options Scheme |
| Physicists: Glass May Have No Liquid-Solid Transition Point |
| Engineers in
Alabama to Build Next Lunar Rocket |
| "Expect an Explosion of Connectivity" |
| 6-8-2006 |
| RFID to Be Woven into Euro Notes? |
| Scientists Resolve 60-Year-Old Plutonium Questions |
| Vermont Governor Signs Amateur Radio Antenna Bill |
|
Study: Web is the No. 1 Media |
| U.S. Lawmakers' Ire Grows Over Lax Chinese Copyright Rules |
|
FCC Chairman Believes Net Neutrality is Too Soon |
|
What's Next for Solder? |
|
Gartner Sees IC Slowdown, Consolidation |
| IEEE-USA President Says Permanent Immigration Better for U.S. Work
Force than Expanding H-1B Program |
| Do Angry Men Get Noticed? |
| 6-7-2006 |
|
Fuel Expenses Fuel Increasing Interest in Telecommuting |
|
NFC Forum Unveils Technology Architecture |
| New Nanofabrication Technique Developed |
|
first CloudSat Images Wowing Scientists |
| China's Military
Space Power Growing |
|
Chip Market Growth in Europe to Lag Other Regions |
|
PC Makers Bet on Super-Sized Laptops |
|
Griffin Welcomes Russian Help in Future Space Missions |
|
U.S. Astronauts to Fly New Space Ship by 2014 (finally) |
| Data Theft Hit
80% of Active Military |
|
Study: Daily Alcohol Helps Men, Not Women (by the W.C. Fields Health Center) |
| 6-6-2006 |
|
Matsushita Touts Air-Gap Interconnects for Ics |
|
LCDs to Finally Dethrone CRTs |
|
Google Tests Web-Based Spreadsheet |
|
Boeing Tests Active RFID Tags on MD-10 |
|
Wind Energy Research Reaps Rewards |
| Poor 'PC Posture' Can Cause Bodily Harm, Experts Warn |
| NASA Shifts Mission Work to Ohio, Alabama Space Centers |
| Self-Mutilation
Rampant at 2 Ivy League Schools |
|
Griffin Defends NASA Space Exploration Vision |
|
22 Million Phones Sold in China in Q1 |
| 6-5-2006 |
|
Copper Prices Spike as Shortage Looms |
|
Samsung SDI Unveils New 3D Display Technology |
|
Cellphones Drive Semiconductor Sales Rise |
|
MicroTEC Offers New Chip-Cooling Heat Pipes Solution |
| Microsoft to
Boot Acrobat Out of Office |
| Your Scrapped Hard Drive Could End up in Someone Else's Computer |
|
Galileo Spacecraft Picks up GPS Satellite Signals |
|
Publish Your Technical Works With Print-on-Demand |
| Semiconductor Brain: Nerve Tissue Interfaced With a Computer Chip |
| China to Publish RFID Development Plan This Month |
| Team Invents Way to Mass Produce Microscopic Plastic Components |
| 6-4-2006 |
| Revealed: Robot Spy Planes to Guard Europe's Borders |
| WiFi Distance Record Inspires Rural Venezuelans |
|
China to Build Nuclear Fusion Device |
| WLAN Equipment Sales Expected to Top $2.5 Billion This Year |
|
New Cruise Missile Successful in First Flight Test |
|
JetBlue Wins Air-Ground Wireless License |
|
QinetiQ Joins Galileo Development Team |
|
GPS-Guided Parachutes Increase Safety in Resupply |
| 6-2-2006 |
|
High-Tech Visa Cap was Reached in Late May (hint: just sneak across
the Rio Grande) |
| Cellphone
Companies Beefing up Systems for Hurricane Season |
|
Kansas Cell Phone Ban Would Be Strictest |
|
Penn State Great Valley Offers Systems Engineering Degree at Philadelphia
Navy Yard |
|
Physicists Persevere in Quest for Inexhaustible Energy Source |
|
April Chip Sales up Year-to-Year, Flat Sequentially |
|
University of FL Makes Electronic Liquid Crystal Lens |
|
New Horizons Crosses the Asteroid Belt |
|
Where in the World Am I? Your Phone Might Know |
| 6-1-2006 |
| Taking Work Home a Huge Security Risk |
|
Boeing to Develop New ICs for Extreme Space Environments |
|
U.S. Army Orders $9.2 Million of Comtech Satcom Transceivers |
|
Online Jobs Index Rises to Record High |
|
Sun Microsystems to Cut up to 5,000 Jobs |
| Ofcom Studies Ways to Advance License Exempt Spectrum |
|
China Goes High-Tech to Stop Exam Cheats |
| New Orleans Is
Sinking - And Fast! |
| North Pole Was Hot 55,000,000 Years Ago - Did Alien SUVs Cause It? |
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