1-31-2008 |
Nokia
Facing Massive $17.7B Patent Lawsuit |
Top 5 Superbowl
Advertisers |
Stock Price Correlated to Likeability of Super Bowl Ads |
UK Defense Ministry May Sell Radio Spectrum |
Companies Team for Sub-$100 3G Linux Phone |
Siemens Extends Amnesty Offer in Corruption Probe |
Airlines
to Install 4,000 Picocells for Passenger GSM and Wi-Fi Services by 2011 |
Capacitor Maker Closes Two European Plants (another move to China) |
3-D Laser May Help Find Roadside Bombs |
Future of UK Digital Radio May Be Bleak |
Surprises Stream Back from Mercury's Messenger |
Cell Phone Directory
Rings Alarm Bells |
Study: US Broadband Goal Nearly Reached |
Screen-Printed Solar Cells in Many Colors and Designs, Even Used
in Windows |
Shell's 'Obscene' £13.9B Profit is Biggest Ever by British Company |
Ramping Up for
Bluetooth's Second Decade |
Confusion Reigns Over TV Transition |
GSE Reaches 10%-Efficient CIGS Production on Flexible Substrate |
Personal Navigation Devices will be Complemented, not Replaced,
by Handset-Based Navigation Solutions |
1-30-2008 |
U.S. Top Tech Early Adopter List |
Four
Arrested for Stealing iPhone Shipment |
Wireless Auction Concerns Rise as Some Airwaves Languish |
New Kind of Transistor Radios Shows Capability of Nanotube Technology |
Damaged Cable KOs Internet in Middle East |
USPTO to Administer National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
Study
Shows Deficiencies in the Use of Communications Technologies |
SEMI Creates Solar Group |
'Bluetooth Bandits' Charged in Bank Robberies |
IBM Union Group Petitions Against "Pay Cuts" |
HP Leads TI in Top 30 MEMS Ranking for 2007 |
Magnetism Loses Under Pressure |
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Surpasses Expectations, Establishes
Delivery Record in 2007 |
WJ Raises Revenue and Profit Estimates Again |
U.S. Military Prepares to Handle Crashing Spy Satellite |
Astronauts Go on Risky Spacewalk to Fix ISS Power |
Lithium, Beryllium May be Bondable |
HI-MEMS: Control Circuits Embedded in Pupal Stage Successfully |
1-29-2008 |
Get Paid for Your Next Interview (if you are really good) |
It Missed Us - NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby Asteroid |
ARRL Board Authorizes New Section Positions, Adopts Budget |
USPTO Expands Patent Prosecution Highway Network to Canadian, Korean
Patent Offices |
Could a Nanotube-Based Drug Prevent Radiation Injury? |
Intel Becomes Largest Purchaser of Green Power in the U.S. |
ITT to Upgrade Precision Approach Radar Systems in Brazil |
Agilent 2008/09 T&M Catalog Now Online |
SkyCross
Announces iMAT Antenna for MIMO Apps |
Apple
Lost Up to $400 Million in Revenues from Unlocked iPhones |
China's Weapons Exceed Self-Defense Needs: U.S. Military (What is the DoD complaining about? We sold
China all the technology they were willing to pay for.) |
Broadcast Radio Unlikely to Return to Past Growth |
Man Arrested in eBay Sale of Historic Documents |
Chemists Find Way to Make Highly Pure Carbon Nanotubes |
Russian Re-entry
Glitch Caused by Faulty Cable |
LEDs to be Common in Office, Garage, Residential by End of 2008 |
Problem of Quantum Dot 'Blinking' Solved |
1-28-2008 |
Veteran Double Amputee Walks Again Due to Bluetooth |
Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29 |
VC Investing
Hits 6-Year High in 2007, Semi Funding Declines |
Scientists Create Material That Doesn't Reflect Light |
Arkansas Health Department Sponsors Amateur Radio Training |
Microchips Everywhere Could Mean Total Loss of Privacy |
Cell Phone Can Read Documents for Blind |
Research Aims to Develop DNA-Based Electronic Devices |
Micro Systems Wins $3.5M Contract to Supply Avionics for USAF Aerial
Target |
Eurofighter to Cost Several More Billion Euros |
South Korea Research Institute Forges Ties with NASA |
Engineering Schools Strive to Serve up Pinter with Planck |
Handset Shipments Up in ‘07, but ‘08 Forecast Cut |
4-Year-Olds Pump up Mobile Phone Sales |
Study Shows eBay Buyers Save Billions of Dollars |
Has Microsoft Disavowed Vista? |
Dental Tooth Fillings Containing Mercury Don't Affect Children's
Brain Development (another
flip-flop?) |
New Techniques Create Butanol, A Superior Biofuel |
1-27-2008 |
The 700 MHz Race |
Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29 |
Defunct Spy Satellite Falling from Orbit |
Tech Firms Weather Recession Storm Clouds |
2007 Was 10th Warmest for U.S., 5th Warmest Worldwide |
1-25-2008 |
Russian
Firm Offers Funeral Service for Mobile Phones |
China Now Rivals United States in Technology Competitiveness: Georgia
Tech Report |
High-Tech Gadgets May Be Hazardous to Your Love Life |
Top Bids $2.4B as Wireless Auction Opens |
Malware Spreading in Cell Phones, Security Firm Warns |
Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation to Thwart Nuclear Terrorism (while cooking your brain) |
White House Wants Immunity for Electronic Surveillance |
Air Force Adds More Repeaters to California PAVE PAWS Problem List |
FCC Proposes New Localism Requirements
(a back door Fairness Doctrine revival? |
IFI Extends
2007 Sale Prices One More Week |
Angry Employee Deletes All of Company's Data |
Scientists Succeed in Storing Quantum Bit |
Panasonic Semiconductor Invests $93.6M in Second China Factory |
Oil Company Claims Radio Broadcast Endangers Fuel Depot Workers |
ICs Cooled with Sound Waves |
India, France Tighten Defense Relations |
2008 National Electrical Code® (NFPA 70®) Now Available |
1-24-2008 |
Methode Plans to Move Work out of U.S., Cut 700 Jobs
(the drain continues) |
IBM Responds to Overtime Lawsuits with 15% Salary Cuts |
Global Market for Large and Advanced Batteries Worth $11.35B by
2012 |
Mandatory Federal Wall-Wart Regs Preempt Hodge-Hodge at State Level |
Digi-Key Corporation to Carry Wurth Electronics Midcom Product Line |
World's Best Microscope Can Produce Images Less Than Diameter of
Single Hydrogen Atom |
Mobile Phone Shipments Head for 1.2B in 2008 |
Wi-Fi for Airline Passengers Moves Closer to Reality |
ST, Moto, Qimonda, Spansion Record Significant Losses |
Counterfeit Grey Market Struggles in 2008 |
Google Ties up with Japan's DoCoMo to Grow Abroad |
Tech Comes to
the Rescue in Winter Sports |
Ulysses Spacecraft Flies over Sun's North Pole |
Rumsfeld: U.S. Needs Online Strategic-Communications Agency |
Student Fined for Attack Against Estonian Website |
eBay to Lower Auction Fees |
Mystery May Be Solved for Texas Town Abuzz Over UFO Sightings |
1-23-2008 |
FCC Bids out 700 Megahertz Spectrum Licenses; AT&T, Verizon
Top Bidders |
Electronics Skills Shortage a Focus for House of Commons |
Global
W-CDMA Base Doubles as CDMA Decline Gathers Pace |
Navigation Systems Uses Nearby WLANs |
ARISS Team Looking for Ground Stations |
IBM Riles Employees with Base Pay Cuts |
China Starts Hearing on Mobile Roaming Charges |
SIM Cards Help Solve Crimes |
U.S. Details Export Reforms |
Motorola's 4Q Income Tumbles 84% |
STMicro Reports $477M Loss in 2007 |
TriQuint Unveils Optical Lithography Foundry Process for High-Volume,
Millimeter-Wave Products |
Thousands Protest Nokia Plant Closing |
China Electricity Supplier Warns of Power Crisis |
Nanotech Retrofit Sharpens X-Rays |
Industry to Pay for Right to Pollute Under EU Plans |
Japanese Astronaut to Throw Boomerang in Space |
1-22-2008 |
Wall St. Nose-Dives, Dow Briefly Down over 460 Points |
National
Semi Lays Off 200 |
Harrison Re-Elected ARRL President at January Board Meeting |
Call for Presidential Candidates to Tackle Tech Issues |
Paper Aeroplane to be Dropped 240 Miles from International Space
Station to Earth |
The Unseen Benefits of a Slowdown |
EU Official
Says IP Address is Personal Info |
CIA: Hackers Have Shut Down Foreign Power Grids |
Radio Revenues Will Remain Weak in Q1 |
Yahoo Expected to Cut Hundreds of Jobs |
Site Charges Flat Rates for Semiconductor IP |
Modernization of North American Joint Forces to Increase Military
Power Supplies Market |
Ion Engine to Propel Spacecraft to Mercury |
Snow Falls (along with stock prices)
in Silicon Valley |
Couple to Sue Subway over Leaked Kiss Video |
1-21-2008 |
World Markets in Largest Crash Since 9/11 |
Patent Reform Debate Heads to U.S. Senate |
Recipients of First-Ever Yasme Excellence Awards Announced |
Fujitsu Reorganizes Semiconductor Operations |
EU Considering Halting State Subsidies to Foreign Investors |
GPS Devices and Systems Will Surpass 900 Million Unit Shipments
by 2013 |
Sanyo
to Sell Cellphone Business to Kyocera on April 1 |
Mobile Phone Radiation Wrecks Your Sleep |
T&M Industry Trends Toward Software-Defined Instrumentation |
Vodafone
to Spend US$6 Billion Over 3 Years in India |
Overseas Investors Buy Aggressively in U.S. |
European,
Asian Markets Plunge Amid Pessimism over U.S. Stimulus Plan |
New Standards to Protect U.S. Power Utilities Against Cyber Attacks |
<$1/W:
A Solar Panel on Every Building |
Boy Pupils Scolded 5x as Much as Girls |
1-20-2008 |
Chess Master Bobby Fischer Dies at 64 |
Economy to Impact Global Tech: Wall Street Needs to Take off Rose-Colored
Glasses |
What Are the Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices? |
FCC Resumes Testing of Internet Devices |
Sears First to Test 2-D Bar Codes |
1-18-2008 |
Contact Lenses with Circuits, Lights a Possible Platform for Superhuman
Vision (very cool) |
Dell Laptops Give You Jolt |
Lunar Echo Experiment
looking for Amateur Radio Participants |
Skyworks Grows Quarterly Revenue a Higher-than-Expected 11% |
Techs Could be Slipping into Gloom |
Kyocera Positions Indian Center for Wireless Development |
German Industry Says EU Pollution Plan Threatens a Million Jobs |
EU May Cut Cost of Texting, Mobile Data |
Sprint to Slash 4,000 Jobs after Subscriber Losses |
Materials' Crystal Properties Illuminated by Mathematical 'Lighthouse' |
A Revolution in Batteries |
Electronics Failure Cited in Heathrow Crash |
Classroom Scientists Shoot for Space |
Microsoft Accused of Patent Violation in China |
1-17-2008 |
Physicists Create World's Tiniest Trophy, to be Awarded on Super
Bowl Sunday |
Companies
Launch Gadget Buyback Services for Frequent Upgraders |
Bluetooth Turns 10, Pushes Spec Enhancements |
Germans Urged to Boycott Nokia |
Jet Propulsion Lab's
Amateur Radio Club Marks 50 Years in Space |
European
Regulators Report on Roaming Tariff Reductions |
Pizza Hut rolls out Nationwide Mobile Ordering |
Web Hosting Firm Overcharges 600,000 Domain Users $7.5 Million |
Arizona Space Industry Generates Over 250M Dollars Annually, Creates
3,300 Jobs |
Solar Industry Faces More Supply, Falling Prices |
Will Global Recession Hand the Equipment Industry to China? |
Microsoft Warns of Excel Zero-Day Attack |
Sweden Military Calls for End of Conscription |
Researchers Convert Coconut Oil to Power Cars |
Norway Aims to be Carbon Neutral by 2030 |
U.S. Teens Confident in Their Inventiveness |
1-16-2008 |
Nokia to Close Germany Plant, Lay Off 2,300 |
FCC Chief Says Economy Could Hurt Wireless Sale |
Telecommuting has Negative Impact on Workers in the Office |
ARRL Co-Founder Hiram
Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72 |
Los Alamos Chief Calls for More U.S. National Science Efforts
|
Pushing the Limits of Computer Chip Miniaturization |
Eutelsat oo Drive Satellite Broadband to New Frontiers with First
Full KA-Band Satellite Infrastructure |
Cobham Buys SPARTA for $416M |
'Hybrid' Semiconductors Show Zero Thermal Expansion; Could Lead
to Hardier Electronics |
USPTO to Hold National Trademark Expo |
Booming Mobile Business Data Growth Likely to Slow |
Intel to Reveal 2 Billion Transistor Chip at ISSCC |
Raytheon Wins $232M Army Precision-Guided Projectile Development
Contract |
Two Chinese Auto Makers Ready Plans to Invade U.S. Market |
Wholesale
Prices Rise 6.3 Percent in 2007 |
A New Face of Mercury Revealed as Messenger Speeds By |
1-15-2008 |
Tesla Motors Mass Firings - Apply Within |
RFID Tags to be Implanted in UK Convicts |
Beefing up Magnets for Electric-Drive Cars |
Applied Materials to Cut 1,000 Jobs |
Be Cautious
of Non-Quantitative 2008 Forecasts, Researchers Say |
Motley Fool: XM the 'Worst Stock of 2008'? |
Cheap Phones Bring Chip Opportunities |
Scientists Create Darkest Material (no, it's not a report on U.S. high tech job losses) |
EADS to Build Planes in U.S. if it Wins Tanker Contract |
In-Car Electronics Now ‘Critical’ to Vehicle Design |
Britain's Fastest Supercomputer Unveiled |
IBM's Very Good Year |
UK Agency Warns British Schools to Avoid Windows Vista |
Plugs to Become Thing of the Past, Device Unveiled that Sends Electricity
Through Air |
Ferrari Unveils Ethanol-Powered Sports Car
(ahem... RF Cafe accepts donations) |
Odds Growing for U.S. Recession |
Europe Plans 10 Space Missions for 2008 |
GM Betting on Driverless Cars |
1-14-2008 |
Jealous
Spouses Track Their Partners by Mobile Phone in Hong Kong |
Motorola Mobile Phone Powered by Fuel Cell |
Hurdles Still Loom as TV Stations Start Mobile Field Trials |
2-D Bar Code to Hit U.S. in April |
IEEE Conference Follows CES into Future |
Keithley
Takes on Auto, Aero Challenges |
Helping Nanotechnology Innovations Move from Lab to Market |
HP's Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headphones Approved by FCC |
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Impacts Contractors, Agencies |
Video Ads Are Planned for Grocery Carts |
Bluetooth to Invade Soccer Fields |
EU Says Costs for Galileo Satellite Project Reliable |
New Understanding for Superconductivity at High Temperatures |
China
Mobile Ends Talks with Apple on iPhone Handset |
U.S. Navy Considers Bringing Back Dormant 4th Fleet |
How to Handle
Carbon Dioxide? Lock it in Rock |
Boss Fires Non-Smokers |
1-13-2008 |
Used Semiconductor Equipment Market on the Rise |
Consumer Electronics Sales to Reach $171B in 2008 |
NASA Spacecraft to Make Historic Flyby over Mercury |
1-11-2008 |
Cambridge University Admissions Checks Applicants' Facebook |
Body Heat to Power Cell Phones? |
Researchers Claim Cloak can Render Subs Invisible to Sonar |
Security Advocates Fight Passport RFID Proposal |
Political
Text Messages Banned in Taiwan's Elections Tomorrow |
World Bank: India, China May be Immune to U.S. Slowdown |
Machinists Urge U.S. to Halt Technology Transfers to China |
NFC Uptake Forecasts Downgraded for Near Term |
South
Korean Operators Saw "Exceptional" Subscriber Growth in 2007 |
Penny-Pinching Homeowners Ditching Land Lines |
Network Solutions'
Domain Name Practice Criticized |
FCC Sets Agenda for January Open Meeting |
New Nanostructured Thin Film Shows Promise for Efficient Solar Energy
Conversion |
First Passenger Flight to Antarctica Makes Historic Landing on Glacial
Runway |
A Bed with Wireless Web, iPod, DVR, Anti-Snore System |
Climate Change Issues to Drive Increased Tech Investment in 2008 |
1-10-2008 |
Tech Stocks Crumble Under Economic Pressure |
LG Laptop Explodes |
Qualcomm, Attorneys Rebuked for Withholding Documents in Broadcom
Case |
Matsushita Becomes Panasonic |
FCC Won't Change Digital TV Deadline |
Best Buy Nervous
About TV Conversion |
RF Chip Replaces Infrared Technology in AV Control |
T-Mobile
Offers Free Wi-Fi to 3G Subscribers |
ARRL QSL Bureau Sees
Rise in Number of Cards Sent |
Hong Kong Radio Law Ruled Unconstitutional |
Northrop Grumman Team to Compete for US Army Aerial Common Sensor |
Filipinos Still Worlds Biggest Text Messagers - 1.39B Messages from
50M Phones |
Japanese Satellite Flops at Map-Making |
PLI Awarded $3.5M DARPA Contract for Single-Photon FPAs |
Lockheed Martin Selects SprayCool for U.S. Army Radar Program |
Odds of Asteroid Hitting Mars Reduced |
Tata Motors Rolls out the $2,500 'Nano' Car in India |
1-9-2008 |
Man Gets Record Sentence for Computer Sabotage |
FAA: Terrorists Could Hack New Boeing Jetliner |
Estimated
43B Text Messages Sent Globally on New Years Eve |
Automakers Ready
to Cash in on Technology |
Silver-Zinc Battery Technology Poised to Challenge Lithium for Energy
Density |
FCC Chief Promises CES a Digital America, and Higher Cable Bills |
GM Shows Cadillac Powered by Fuel Cells |
New Radios Would Provide Text Scrolling |
U.S. May Take Action on EU Electronics Tariffs |
Comcast 'Welcomes' FCC Probe into Internet Limits |
Smulyan: 'Surprisingly Upbeat' About Broadcast Radio |
First
Trojan Malware Detected for the iPhone |
Electronics Retailers Unhappy as Shoppers Cautious |
Lowest Frequency Radar Echo Detected from the Moon |
The Top Radio Magazine Stories of 2007 |
Major Upgrade for Hubble Telescope in 2008 |
1-8-2008 |
Big Trouble for Big Science |
NI Introduces USB-Controlled RMS RF Power Meter |
Solar Activity Threatens to Mash up Communications |
Mitsubishi Unveils TV with Lasers |
Professors Help Students Virtually |
Product Returns Cost Tech Industry Billion$ |
Can TI Rebound in Baseband? |
Panasonic Erects 'Life Wall' at CES |
Electric Sand Findings Could Lead to Better Climate Models |
Signal
Booster Supplier Finds Strong Demand for Signal Boosters in Cars |
Recession Fears Spoil CES |
SETI Project Looking for More Volunteers |
Combination Taser and iPod Holster - What Will They Think of Next? |
Is Your Child a Genius? The Telltale Signs that Point to Hidden
Talents |
KissPhone Misses First b y Forty Years
(nasty!) |
Blue Diamonds Have a Red Glow About Them |
1-7-2008 |
Nokia
Poisoned by Sewerage Leak |
New Sunspot is Harbinger of New Solar Cycle, Increasing Risk for
Electrical Systems |
NOAA to Ensure Global Navigation Satellite System Accuracy |
“Diamond Transistor” Clocks 120 GHz |
Electronics Makers Keep Eye on U.S. Economy |
Web 2.0
in 2008: B2B is Out, U2B is In |
Helium Supplies Endangered, Threatening Science and Technology |
Wireless is Everywhere; Ignore it at Your Peril |
GAO: U.S. Export Licenses Take Too Long (we need to expedite the sale of arms to
countries that might one day turn them on us?) |
Gates Bids Farewell to CES |
Wear and Tear Compel Equipment Replenishment for Army, Marine Corps |
40% of
Australians Drive While Talking on Their Mobile Phone |
GM: Driverless Cars Coming Within a Decade |
Al-Qaeda Uses Bluetooth to Spread Message |
JPSA Awarded LED Wafer Scribing Patent |
South Korea Confirms Contact with Satellite Lost |
New Malware Called "Ransomware" Locks up Your PC and Extorts
Users |
1-6-2007 |
UK Living Standards Outstrip US |
1-5-2007 |
GPS System Steers Idiot into Path of Train |
Experts Warn of Possible Wi-Fi Virus Outbreak |
Congestion Causes Text Message Slowdown |
Security Expert Warns Latest Firefox Browser Susceptible to Password
Hack |
EE Times: Top 10 Predictions for Semis
in 2008 |
Shielding
GPS Antennas from Space Radiation |
Switzerland Uses Radar Guns to Catch Speeding Downhill Skiers |
Suit Says IBM Dumped Chemicals in New York State |
419 Million NFC Chipsets Will Ship by 2012, Generating $406M in
Revenue |
Westinghouse Wireless HDTV Streams in at CES 2008 |
Electronics Makers Vie to Make Machines Green |
BAE to Evaluate Missile Defense System on U.S. Passenger Aircraft |
Wireless High on Top 10 Design Features of 2007 |
Hackers Force Pennsylvania's Government Web Site to Shut Down |
China Plans to Merge Aerospace Giants |
Energy-Saving CFL Bulbs 'Can Cause Migraines' Warn Experts
|
1-3-2008 |
Cell Phone Users Tie up Traffic |
WirelessHD Group Releases 60 GHz Radio Spec |
Turtle Wireless to Sell Dick Tracy Watch-Phone |
Sears' Christmas Spyware Surprise |
W1HKJ Announces Beta Test Version
of NBEMS Software |
Boeing to Build a 6th Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite |
Metal Rubber: Chemists Create Self-assembling Conductive Rubber |
Spec Signals Wireless Video Flood at CES |
U.S. Frequent Travelers Get Electronic Passports |
France Warns Against Excessive Mobile Phone Use |
Utra-Fast Fibre Lasers, Dopey Photons ... What's Next? |
Top Senator Blasts U.S. Sale of F-16s to Pakistan |
When it Comes to Metal, Smaller is Stronger |
Radar Equipment from EADS to be Deployed on TanDEM-X Satellite |
Confusion
over New York Cellphone Ban in Schools |
U.S. Army Helmets to Gather Blast Data |
1-2-2007 |
Oil Futures Rise to $100 a Barrel |
National Science Foundation Boots South Pole Research Personnel
for Barroom Brawl |
Palm-Sized 'Pico-Projector' Enabled by MEMS |
Photovoltaics Now World's Fastest-Growing Energy Source |
Some China Firms Avoid U.S. Technology Transfer Licenses |
USPTO and JPO to Implement Patent Prosecution Highway on Full-Time
Basis |
Electronics Weekly's Top 10 News Stories of 2007 |
Qualcomm: New 3G Chips Ready by March |
Global Market for Nanoparticles in Electronic, Magnetic, and Electro-Optic
Applications Slated for High Growth |
Washington
State Bans Texting While Driving |
Terrestrial Digital Radio Goes Mobile |
New Smart Plug That Will Switch off the TV if You Forget |
Asteroid Could Hit Mars Next Month: NASA |
Australia's Internet Filter Plan Under Fire |
Russia Sees ndE of Road for Space Tourism |
1-1-2008 |
Top 10 Chip Stories to Watch in 2008 |
Generation Y Looks to the Web for Answers |
Qualcomm Barred from Using Broadcom 3G Patents |
More Americans Preferred Laptops Over PCs in 2007 |
SIA: Strong
Chip Sales Needed in December to Meet 2007 Forecast |
IC Forecast up for 2008 |
Motorola and Metrologic Settle Patent Disputes |
Nokia's Thousand-Dollar E90 Communicator Cell Phone |
Life Support Cut on Netscape Navigator - Bye-Bye in 2008 |
Japan Moves to Regulate the Internet |
Marines Bring Virtualization to the Battlefield |
Nanotechnology Aids Large-Area Solar Cell |
More than
Half of U.S. Households Own a DTV (not mine) |
$40 Coupons from Taxpayers to Help Buy DTV Converters |
A Christmas Song that Only Dogs Can Hear |
Internet Opens Elite College Materials to All |
Bin Laden Says U.S. Seeks to Exploit Iraqi Oil
(personally, I wish we would
so I can afford to drive an SUV again) |