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10/31/2011
"Spin Lasers" Could Transform High-Speed Data Transmission
Zinc Oxide Microwires Improve the Performance of LEDs
Electronic Device Theft Rate Increasing
Spy Satellite Engineer's Top Secret is Revealed
Global Chip Sales Show September Growth
Graphene Grows Better on Certain Copper Crystals
"Continent Killer" Asteroid on Possible Collision Course with Earth
Number of LTE Smartphones Trebled in Past Three Months
Zuckerberg: Silicon Valley's Too Interested in Quick Flip
New Hybrid Technology Could Bring "Quantum Information Systems"
Nature's Laws May Vary Across the Universe
Apple and Microsoft File Patents for Touchless Controls
Motorola Mobility Announces 800 Job Losses
(result of Google buyout?)
Life's Extremes: Smart vs. Dumb
China Builds Petaflop Supercomputer with Homegrown CPU
Rendering Radioactive Water Safe Through New Technologies
Massive Hack Hit 760 Companies
Taxpayer-Funded Flywheel Energy Storage Company Goes Bankrupt
(only $43M this time)
10/30/2011
The Crisis That Hit Physics 100 Years Ago
USPTO Launches Small Business Innovation Research Pilot Program
LightSquared is Jilting Taxpayers Out of Billion$, GPS Industry Claims
Hacks Make Large-Scale Sabotage Possible
Russian Cargo Ship Launched to Space Station
10/28/2011
Figures Show Slow Growth in Engineering Apprenticeships
San Francisco Cell Phone Warning Law Fails Science, Judge Says
FCC Tightens BPL Interference Rules -- But Not by Enough
Electronics Manufacturing to Grow 10.2% This Year in N. America after
2010 Market Turnaround
Sprint Will Deploy LTE-Advanced in the First Half of 2013
52% of Kids Under Age 8 Have Access to Mobile Media
Chinese Military Suspected in Hacker Attacks on U.S. Satellites
FCC Adopts Universal Service and Inter-Carrier Compensation Reform Order
Massively Parallel Computer Built from Single Layer of Molecules
Samsung Overtakes Apple in Smartphone Shipments
China's ZTE Overtakes Apple in Handset Sales Rankings
Apple Patent Uses 3-D Gestures to Control an iPad
Lady Liberty Getting High-Tech Upgrade for 125th Birthday
Toyota, Ford Lead Vehicle App Integration with Smartphones
Mobile Phone Market Growth Slows As Smartphone Purchases Soften
Massive Hack Hit 760 Companies
A Solar Industry Smackdown
Nanoparticle Imaging: A Resonant Improvement
Suspected U.S. Satellite Hacking Attacks: Reaction
China Could Play Key Role in EU Rescue
10/27/2011
Scottish iPhone Users Are Lost in Translation
RIM Faces Compensation Lawsuits over Blackberry Outage
(I believe the news outlets have been
gunning for RIM for a loooong time)
Researchers Use New Approach to Overcome Key Hurdle for Next-Gen Superconductors
Ericsson to Stop Making Mobile Phones
Recession is Good for Acquisitions and New Products Say Executives
Invisibility Tiles Can Cloak Any Shape
Broadcom Supports Moves for an 'NFC Inside' Mark
FCC Meets, Rules for Rural Broadband Fund Expected
Magnetic Nanoswitch for Thermoelectric Voltages
Erasable E-Paper Saves Trees, Cuts Costs
(how long until the gov't outlaws
Fenerty paper?)
Cher Wang: The Most Powerful Woman in Wireless
USPTO and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office to Partner on Patent
Prosecution Highway Pilot
Teens Would Give Up TV over Their Mobile Devices
LightSquared and Pctel Protect High Precision GPS Applications
Taking a Page from Nature to Build Better Nanomaterials
NSA is Feeding Wall Street with Hacker Information
Nokia to Bring NFC to New York Commuters
Tablet Users Are Rich, Educated, News-Loving
(OMG, how racist!)
Starlight Study Shows Pluto's Chilly Twin
10/26/2011
Nokia Bets on Windows Phone Future
(see all the new Nokia jobs posted
on RF Cafe Forums)
Cooperative Communications When Collaborators Are Not Synchronized
Apple Accused of Selling Second-Hand iPhones as New
N. American Orders of Circuit Boards and Flexible Circuits Drop for
Three Straight Quarters
Stretchable Graphene Transistors Overcome Limitations of Other Materials
MRAP Crews to Get Radios for Satcom on-the-Move
Colored Laser Sources Produce Amazing White Light
Tantalum Stack Capacitors Use Organic Polymers for First Time
Geothermal Potential Reaches Coast to Coast
(hmmm... sounds interesting - cheaper
than solar, wind)
Mobile Payments Arrive on BlackBerry Phones
Itron to Showcase Innovative Smart Grid Technology at Metering Latin
America
Researchers Couple Printed Logic with Printed Memory
This Angry Bird Will Fly All the Way into Space
Texas Instruments Sees Q3 Profits Plummet
2011 ARRL CW Sweepstakes -- Are You Ready?
Google Gets Nearly 6,000 Data Requests from Uncle Sam
(better watch where you visit, 'cause
Big Bro is)
Radio Business Gaining Momentum
UK Urged to Research Pilot-Free Planes
America's Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled
(we're disarming while the Muslim Brotherhood
gains strength worldwide - yea!)
Coffee Linked with Decreased Risk for Skin Cancer
(score again!)
10/25/2011
Thieves Steal 2-Ton Copper Bell from St. Mary's Garden
Artificial Intelligence Community Mourns John McCarthy Passing at 84
RIM Announces BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office
365
Wired Textiles for a Phone as Useful as the Shirt on Your Back
NASA Sting over Moon Rock Terrifies Woman, 74
Material Scientists Create Super-Hard Form of Carbon
(isn't that called a diamond?)
Reports Examine Mobile Patent Wars
iPhone 4S First Phone for Low-Power Bluetooth
Free Femtocell Offers Driven by Competitive Markets
Magnetic Nanoswitch for Thermoelectric Voltages
WD2XSH Experimental Stations to Be Active on November 3
Computer Scientist Cracks Mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'
Will the Air Force Go Facebook-Style for Next-Gen Comm?
(let us hope not)
Scientists Bring Mysterious Magnetic Process Down to Earth
UK Politicians Ask Networks Not to Profit from Stolen Phone Calls
Bluetooth 4.0 Becomes 'Smart': What It Means for You
Netflix Loses 800,000 Subscribers
2011 LTE Goal Reached, Verizon Continues Expansion
Rare Northern Lights Paint Skies Deep-Red Across N. America
U.S. States
Facing Total Debt >$4T (this
is where bailout $$$ is going - to fund pensions)
10/24/2011
Security Flaw with iPad 2 Lets Anyone Break Into Your Device
Chip Counterfeiting Case Exposes Defense Supply Chain Flaw
AT&T Wi-Fi Usage Soars with 302M Connections Made in Q3 2011
Researchers Develop Fluoride-Based Rechargeable Batteries
[eliminates charge cavities ;-)]
150 Years Ago, a Primitive Internet United the USA
DARPA Hopes to Retrieve, Reuse Components from Dead Satellites
Microsoft Claims Android License Patent Milestone
Research Finds GaN is Nontoxic, Biocompatible - Holds Promise for Implants
More Jobs Predicted for Machines, Not People
Giant Flakes Make Graphene Oxide Gel: Discovery Could Boost Metamaterials
Why Video Games Are Key to Modern Science
Unexpected Magnetic Excitations in Doped Insulator Surprise Researchers
(hey, who wouldn't be surprised?)
German Satellite Must Have Crashed into Asia
Mechanical Switches Can Be Flipped Using Light Alone
Windows Phones to Get NFC in 2012
Old Time Radio Convention Shuts Down
(too bad, I listen to old shows sometimes)
Falling Meteorite Sparks Panic in Britain After Pilot Mistakes It for
a Plane
187M Mobile Broadband Devices to Be Sold on Shared Data Plans in 2015
Berlin: The Birth Place of the Next Facebook?
(suggested name: NarcissistBook)
10/23/2011
1 Clock with 2 Times
USPTO Meets or Exceeds its FY2011 Goals
(well, which it it - met or exceeded?)
Google Mulls European Fibre Network
U.S. Cyber Command Chief Opposes U.N. Net Control
No Reports Yet of Debris from Falling Deutsche Satellite
10/21/2011
Europe's First Galileo Satellites Liftoff
(video - hear countdown in French)
Raytheon, Boeing Seen Likely to Weather Defense Cuts
iPhone 4S Supports Russia’s Glonass Navigation System
Steve Jobs Vowed to Spend Apple's Entire $40B Cash Pile to Destroy Android
Researchers Develop Microchip to Transport Magnetic Beads
ARRL Executive Committee Examines BPL Issues, Regulatory Matters, Electronic
Balloting, More
Has Ericsson Plateaued in the U.S.?
Electric Car Company Gets U.S. Taxpayer Loan, Builds Cars in Finland
(backed by AlGore VC group!)
10 Million More Australians to Use Smartphones by 2015
Mobile Phones Don't Cause Cancer, New Study Concludes
(stay tuned for study showing they
cause cancer)
Researchers Create Two-Segment Nanotubes with Distinct Semiconducting
Domains
7 Gadgets That Won't Be Around in 2020
'Microring' Device Could Aid in Future Optical Technologies
Shoot Now, Focus Later
MIT Develops Devices to Produce Both Energy and Heat
Ammonium Sulfide Vapor Passivation for InGaAs
Magnets Fix Superconducting Plate in Levitation
$3.2B in Overpaid Tax Credits by IRS
(waste and fraud in gov't is immense)
Strong Office Sales Boost Microsoft
GE Profit Soars 57% (mine would
soar about 25% if I didn't pay any taxes like GE)
10/20/2011
Pi Enthusiast Calculates Its Ten Trillionth Digit
(huh? my
cat only has 18 digits)
China Rare Earths Supplier Suspends Production
Military Avionics Spending to Increase, Become More Specialized Through
2015
A Pinch of Salt Makes All the Difference in Nanoscale Process for Hard
Disks
Microsoft Founder Bill Gates to Testify in Billion-Dollar Lawsuit
The Trend for Choosing Operating Systems over Handsets Accelerates
Key Property of Potential 'Spintronic' Material Measured
ARM Chip Promises Cheaper Smartphones
Windows Phones to Get NFC in 2012
In-Stat: LTE Growth Will Overtake EV-DO in 2012
IQ 'Can Change in Teenage Years'
Europe's Galileo Sat-Nav Launch Delayed
AVX Claims Device Has Fastest Response to ESD Spikes in Cars
Nokia Records a Net Loss on Weaker Smartphone Sales
Giant Space 'Bubble' Floats in Stunning Skywatcher Photo
(this is cool)
Google Rolls Out Android 4.0 with Samsung
Service Blackouts Threaten Cloud Users
A Long,
Steep Drop for Americans' Standard of Living
Florida Man Arrested After Yelling 'You're all going to die' on Southwest
Flight (also yelled something about
somebody being great)
5 Foreign Nationals in Custody After Attempted Break-in at Texas Courthouse
(move along folks, just a few more
Amish terrorists)
10/19/2011
Thieves Stealing X-Ray Film from Area Hospitals for Silver Content
Airspan Completes Mobile Broadband Trials in UHF Radio Spectrum
UK Electronics Firms Receive Invite to Apply for Funding
Mobile Handsets to Comprise 50% of $6.4B GaAs Device Revenues in 2015
iPhone Keylogger Can Snoop on Desktop Typing
Venture Investments Grow in 3Q from Last Year
Diamonds, Silver and the Quest for Single Photons
Scientists Detect Unusual 'Quasiparticles' in Tri-Layer Graphene
Rise of the Machines: America's Jobs Challenge
(those evil
ATMs stealing jobs!)
I Still Love You, Blackberry!
Motorola's Droid Razr Aims to Slice Into iPhone 4S
Brazilian Chip Maker Announces EPC UHF Chip
The LTE Signaling Challenge
SideBySide Projection System Enables Projected Interaction Between Mobile
Devices
Nano Funnel Used to Generate Extreme Ultraviolet Light Pulses
Postage Rates to Increase in January
Spitzer's Latest Big Name to Keynote Forecast 2012
(Client
#9)
Why Do Ice Trees Grow on Frozen Droplets?
Cubesat: a Satellite in a Box
Heavy Snow Disrupting GSM Services in Eastern Bulgaria
(dang global warming again)
10/18/2011
Brothers Steal 50' Bridge to Sell for Scrap
Woman Shocked by $201,000 Cellphone Bill
DeLorean Goes Electric: Company Plans New Model of Iconic Gullwing Car
(didn't
Doc already build one that runs on garbage?)
Magnets Without Rare Earths?
Ford Vehicles Will Read You Text Messages While You Drive
China’s First Major Highway LED Lighting Project Lit by Over 1M Cree
LEDs (I like it)
Taiwan's HTC Loses Apple Patent Infringement Case in US
Smart Phones Could Hear Your Password
Six Savvy Law & Technology Resources
MIT Radar Can See Through Walls
Britain Would Strike First in Cyberwar, Government Says
China Growth Slows to 2-Year Low
Analyst: Chip Market Downturn to Be Brief
DOD Axes Ground Mobile Radio Portion of JTRS Program
IBM Shares Fall as Tech-Spend Worries Loom
UK Space Agency Invests in Mars Research Projects
2D Nanoscopy Achieves Direct Imaging of Nanoscale Coherence
Dark Matter Mystery Deepens
TOTUS Kidnapped! - President Speechless
Is Coffee in Danger of Extinction?
(fortunately it's just a question asked
by a moonbat)
10/17/2011
Apple Gets Rare Downgrade
BlackBerry Freebie: RIM Apps to Placate for Outage
Fewer Road Accidents During BlackBerry Outage
Wireless Users Will Get Alerts on Excess Use
Samsung Seeks iPhone4S Sales Ban in Australia and Japan
LightSquared, GPS Industry Spar over Proposed Interference Fix
New Method of Growing High-Quality Graphene Promising for Next-Gen Technology
Dead German Satellite Will Fall to Earth This Week
Clear Channel Brings NFC to London’s Oxford Street
Apple Looking to Simplify Bluetooth Power States to Conserve Battery
Life
Through the Looking Glass: Physicists Solve Age-Old Problem
Interest in Mobile WiFi Hotspots Fuels New Solutions
Laser Analysis Betrays Diamonds' Origins
Self-Replication Process Holds Promise for Production of New Materials
Could a Computer One Day Rewire Itself?
BSNL Offers to Hand Back BWA Spectrum - Wants Refund on License Fee
Murata to Buy MEMS Firm for $260M
Smart Grid Investment in UK
Memory Trick Could Speed Up the Web
10/16/2011
Another Genius Electrocuted Trying to Steal HV Power Line Copper
Pyramid LED Arrays on Amorphous Glass Offer Low Cost, Large Size
Physicists Offer Mundane Explanations for Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos
Sony Ericsson Sees Weakening Demand in Western Europe
World Population to Reach 7B in Next Few Days
(literally breaking the bank)
10/14/2011
UK's Analogue TV Signals to End in October 2012
AMSAT to Celebrate 50 Years in Space at Annual Space Symposium
Verizon Admits to Tracking Your Location and Habits to Sell Info to
Advertisers
Army Hones In on Tactical Edge Communications
Dennis Ritchie, C Programmer and Unix Co-Creator, Has Died
Gov't Cameras in Your Car? E-Toll Patent Hints at Big Brotherish Future
Graphene: Boron Nitride Sandwich Unveils Electronic Potential
Murata to Buy MEMS Firm for $260M
40% of Tablet and Smartphone Owners Use Them While Watching TV
Thousands Around the World Line Up to Buy iPhone 4S
Space Companies Hatch Plans for Reusable Rockets
U.S. Amateurs Radio Operators Now 700,000 Strong!
Body Patch Transmits Health Information Using Bluetooth
Sony Ericsson Quarterly Revenues Flat as Phone Shipments Decline
Chinese Military Mobilizes Cybermilitias
Google Revenue Surge Sets Record
(OWS hippies protesters not mentioning
Google - certain billionaire$ OK)
With BlackBerry Service Resumed, RIM Focused on Winning Back Users
New Bluetooth v4.0 Solution Helps Blood Banks Monitor Blood Usage and
Quality
Costs Up at India's R&D Centers
Iran Failed with Space Monkey Launch
(anyone see PETA heroes protesting
in Tehran?)
10/13/2011
Get Ready for the 6th Annual ARRL On-Line Auction
Blackberry Says Services 'Fully Restored'
Gulf Air Takes Delivery of First Connectivity-Enabled Aircraft
Time Cloaking Achieved at Cornell University
RFID Guides Employees at Company Parking Lots
Robert Galvin, ex-Motorola CEO, Dies Aged 89
Experimental Mathematics: Computing Power Leads to Insights
Best Buy, Microsoft Join FCC in Bid to Boost Broadband
U.S. Navy's 'UFO-Like' Stealth Drone Takes Flight
Apple's iOS 5 Upgrade Causing Problems
Silicon Valley Can No Longer Save California -- Or the U.S.
Imec Says mm-Wave SiGe:C Devices Are Ready for Volume
Space Taxi Test Flight Next Summer
Adapting Mobile Phone Barcodes for Use by Existing Red-Laser Barcode
Scanners
Mineral Found in Colored Glass Absorbs Toxic Heavy mMetals
Small Defects Mean Big Problems for Industrial Solar Cells
Do Volunteer Programmers Produce Better Code?
Cheaper Yet Efficient Thin Film Solar Cells Created
Return of the Pink Slip? Risk of Layoffs Rising
10/12/2011
Metal Shortages Alert from Leading Geologists
New SuperB Factory Particle Accelerator Project Launched in Italy
Sony Recalls 1.6M LCD TVs Worldwide
Phone Makers Outlook in Focus in Grimmer Economy
Einstein's Theory May Put Brakes on Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos
(still right after all these years)
OSHA Slaps ERI with $91k Fine for Tower Deaths
German Satellite's Doom Looms Sooner
BlackBerry Problems Spreads to the USA on 3rd Day of Disruption
Mexican Telecom Sector Grew 11.2%
Erasing History? Temporal Cloaks Adjust Light's Throttle to Hide an
Event in Time
Radioactive Decay Anomaly Finally Explained
Broadband Availability Focus of India's New Telecom Policy
Cellphones Are Servers and Servers are Cellphones
Increasing Mobile Threats & Attacks Target Android Growth
iPad Dominates 97% of Tablet Traffic
Court Appoints Damages Expert in Oracle v. Google
Solar Changes Help Create Cold Northern Winters
(and yet can't also cause global warming?)
College Radio Day a Huge Success
Google Unveils Dart Web Programming Language
Illegal Immigrant Parents Rely on Kids for Help Online
10/11/2011
California Gov. Moonbeam's Veto Allows Warrantless Cellphone Searches
Street Lights Repossessed from City that Cannot Pay Utility Bill
The $1.2T Revenue Opportunity for Mobile Operators by 2020
The Need for More Rare Earth Elements Increases
New Deposits Found at Rare Earth Mine in U.S.
EE Times: Where Are the Jobs?
NYSE.com Suffers Blips as Anonymous Takes Aim
Today is 'College Radio Day'
Wired Petri Dish Gives Real-Time Updates
(that's 'wired,' not 'weird')
Graphene's 'Big Mac' Creates Next Generation of Chips
More Cell Phones in the USA Than People
Competition Will Bring Space Technology to Earth
Germany Spyware: Minister Calls for Probe of State Use
The Wizard and the Mortal: Two Sides of Genius
(yes, another S.J. tribute)
India Unveils Draft National Telecom Policy 2011
SEMICON Europa: Plastic Electronics Should Follow ARM's Way
CMOS Integrated Poly-SiGe Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor Demonstrated
PatientID+ Uses NFC to Speed up Medical Administration
Yahoo Shares Rise on More Takeover Speculation
Secret Space Plane Could Evolve to Carry Astronauts
10/10/2011
Suspect’s Cell Phone Dials 911 During Burglary
How the iPhone 4S Reaps Benefits of Defense Research
(just like with space program)
Apple Says iPhone 4S Orders Top 1 Million in First Day
(1 million phones = megaphone?)
White Space Radio Firms Launch Systems This Year
Blackberry Services Down in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Ofcom Delays 4G Mobile Auctions
How Many Gills in a Cubic Dekameter?
U.S. Government Issues New Classified Information Protection Policy
Samsung Researchers Announce Breakthrough in Growing Gallium Nitride
LEDs on Glass
European Mobile Satellite Services to Be Coordinated by the EU
Semiconductor Inventories are Rising
Are Carriers About to Lose All Profits from Texting?
Why 60 GHz Matters for Small Cell Backhaul
Google's Android Market Blocked in China
Physicists Localize 3-D Matter Waves for First Time
Chinese Lanterns Cause UFO Scare in Tiny Utah Town
Designers Claim Island-Like Vessel is Future of Yachting
(I'm holding off on buying a yacht
until this is available)
New EPA Regulations Will Close at Least 28 GW of Generating Capacity
(these fools are purposely crippling
American workers)
10/9/2011
KickSat: Send Tiny DIY Satellites into Space
Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet
Sprint to Unveil LTE Network, Stop Selling WiMAX Devices
Myers Predicts Strong 2012 Growth for Broadcast Radio
How a Physicist Sees the Universe: Messy and Sublime
(one of my favorite photos - 100s of
galaxies)
Time-Zone Database is Taken Offline After Legal Action
10/7/2011
Satellite Shuts Down Some Canada Communications
FCC to Revamp $8B Phone Subsidy to Expand HS Internet Access
(yet another tax on paying
customers!)
Middle School Students Reach for Space with Ham Radio
Top DoD Brass Warns Against Sequester Cuts
Sony in Talks to Buy Ericsson out of Handset Venture
Greece to Track Citizens' Purchases to Solve Tax Evasion Problem
(βιγ βροτηερ)
Analyst Sees 1% Chip Market Growth for 2011
Motorola Sued over Patents Used in Android Phones
RF IDIC Claims Smallest Low-Frequency Package
Obituary: Lee Davenport / Pitt Grad Enhanced Radar in WWII
(thanks to Joe B. for this)
Satisfaction with Australian Mobile Networks Dropping
Moving Forward, Spin Goes Sideways
What the Wireless Industry Owes to Steve Jobs
VoIP Services Market on Track to Top $76B by 2015
Bluetooth 4.0: What Is It, and Does It Matter?
Physicists Learn More About Sun by Measuring Elusive Neutrinos Flowing
Through Earth
Smart-Home Systems Go Mainstream
GRAIL Probes Complete Flight Correction Maneuvers
"World Facing Worst Financial Crisis in History," Bank of England Governor
Surprise: Another Saudi Student Tries to Bring Down Airplane over U.S.
Soil (passenger subdues him)
10/6/2011
 Steve
Jobs Dead at 56 Years Young
Laser Used to Cool Object to Quantum Ground State
Tablets and Smartphones Transforming How Retailers Interact with Consumers
Missile Defense System Hits 2 Targets over Hawaii
Women Entrepreneurs Succeeding in a "Man's World"
India to Issue Notices to 5 Telcos for Revenue Misreporting
European Proposal for Amateur Secondary MF Allocation Clears Important
Hurdle
Advances in Satellite Terminals Improve Their Reliability
Virtual Institutes to Support Scientific Collaborations of the Future
Bluetooth Innovation World Cup Closes with Record Number of Submissions
Price Cited as Top Challenge in 3-D IC Stacks
Secure Updates for Navigation Systems
Japan Looks to Austin for Guidance in Building Smartgrid
New Light Shed on Mysterious Structure of World's Water-Air Interface
Small Business Hiring Drops as Economic Optimism Fades
Stocks Shift After iPhone 4S Announcement, Microsoft and RIM Comeback
Imminent
Halliburton Wins Software Patentability Appeal
Watching Out for Falling Stars, with a Smartphone in Hand
Announced Job Cuts Rise 212% from Year Ago
Nearly ½ of U.S. Lives in Household Receiving Government Benefit
(only ½ pay income tax - probably strong
correlation)
10/5/2011
Freescale Chooses Scotland for Global R&D Centre
Samsung Seeks Order Banning Sales of Apple's Newest iPhone 4S
Apple's Big iPhone Disappointment
BoM for 32-GB iPhone 4S Estimated at $203
JTRS Radios and Waveforms Stretch the Battlefield Network
Microsoft, Google Tussle over Android Phone Patents
Israeli Scientist Wins Nobel Chemistry Prize For 'Quasicrystals'
CEPT Committee Approves Proposal for Secondary MF Allocation in Advance
of WRC-12
Taliban Shutting Down Cell Towers
3M Invents Transparent Film That Turns Windows into Solar Panels
Weather-Proof Satellite Capable of Imaging Any Spot on Earth
Siemens Lobby Is Lined with RFID-Enabled SKIN
Cellular Industry Fighting New San Francisco SAR Legislation
Slovakia Planning Radio Spectrum Auction in 2012
Improving Etch Process Control in InGaN Laser Diodes
Galileo Satellites Fueled for October Launch
Sulfur in Hollow Nanofibers Overcomes Challenges of Lithium-Ion Battery
Design
Electricity from the Nose: Engineers Make Power from Human Respiration
Nobel Prizes and American Leadership in Science
Physicists Move One Step Closer to Quantum Computer
Global Ad Revenues From Social Networks to Reach $5.4B in 2011; $10B
in 2013
10/4/2011
October 10: Anonymous Threatens to 'Erase NYSE from the Internet'
(that's next Monday)
Electric Plane Wins $1.35M NASA Prize
Fifth iPhone Expected to Be Launched by Apple
India Drafts New Electronics Manufacturing Policy
Three Americans Share 2011 Nobel Peace Prize in Physics
New Space Venture Could Bring Every City on Earth Within Two Hours Travel
'Mirage-Effect' Helps Researchers Hide Objects
Freescale Has Sub-1 GHz Ultra-Low-Power Smart Radio
NXP and Landis+Gyr Demo NFC Smart Meters
Trilayer Graphene Exhibits Quantum Effect
Chip Trade Group Spends $310k on 2Q Lobbying
Nokia Windows Phones Launching This Quarter
Helsinki Airport Puts RFID 'Guidance Display Card' to the Test
'Subconscious Mode' for Smartphones Could Extend Battery Life by Over
50%
Chip Delivers Bluetooth from 0.8V
Amazon's Cloud Gives Its New Browser an Unfair Edge
New Way to Store Light Could Prove Useful for Optical Communication
NASA Now Hiring Astronauts (proudly
hitch a ride on Russian & Chinese rockets!)
Moon's Shadow Makes Waves in Earth's Atmosphere
How North Dakota Became Saudi Arabia
(we could trash terrorist-funding OPEC
in a few years)
10/3/2011
DoJ Document Shows How Phone Firms Treat Private Data
Nobel Prizes: Asian Scientists Set to Topple America's Run of Wins
(another nail in the coffin)
First Use of Atom Interferometer to Measure Aircraft Acceleration
Senator Demands to Know Who Will Pay for LightSquared GPS Retrofit
BT Suffers Major Broadband Outage
iPhone App to Fly Drones in the Works
AT&T Begins Sending Throttling Warnings to Top Data Hogs
Researchers Find World's First x-Ray Laser Produces Most Coherent x-Ray
Radiation Ever
ARRL Briefs White House Staff on Amateur Radio’s Capabilities During
Emergencies
Indian Telecom Minister Announces Plan for Spectrum Allocation
Osborne Announces UK Science and Engineering Investment
August Chip Sales Show Surprise Growth
(why are the analysts always 'surprised?")
Air Force Wants Industry to Streamline Space Programs
Europe to Study Telecommunications Leasing Charges
Android Getting Close to 50% of UK Smartphone Market
Eight NFC Products Reach Finals of Sesames Awards
Assessing the Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Theory
Unmanned Vehicles Push Wireless, But Lack in Multicore
Amazon Opens Fire, Sells Nearly 100,000 Tablets on Day One
New Funding for European Extremely Large Telescope
10/2/2011
How Graphene's Electrical Properties Can Be Tuned
Google's Chrome Will Overtake Firefox by 2012
DOE Announces Round 3 Funding Opportunity for SS Lighting U.S. Manufacturing
Support (another Solyndra debacle
in the making?)
UK Ad Watchdog Updates Rules on Broadband Speed Claims
14 Epic Tech Fails That Will Live in Infamy
(I had a ZIP Drive for backup)
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