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12/31/2015
VCs Invest More
But IPO Numbers Shrink
Medium-Wave Transmitters in Germany and France Shutting down at Year's End
Potential Tesla Competitor Posts Teaser
Video of Concept Car
Android Returns to Growth in Europe's Big 5 Markets
Taiwan Neglects Supercomputing
Fairchild Semi Gets New Takeover Offer in
Escalated Bidding War
12/30/2015
5G Hurdles Gauged at DesignCon
(6G specifications coming...)
TV Remotes
Get Voice Activation with Bluetooth
N. Korea's Analysis Red Star OS Rife with Spy Tools
(U.S. gov't envious)
Spain Gets New 5 MHz Allocation for
2016
China Telecom Chairman in Corruption Investigation
Tech 2015: BBC News Biggest Technology Stories
Deutsche Telekom CEO Hits out at Regulators on Attitude to
Copper
1 Billion Cellular M2M Subscribers by 2022
Engineering
Students Fix Common Glitch in Digitization of Books Published Before 1700
Backspace Flaw
Enables Linux Zero-Day Attack
12/29/2015
Norway
Pioneers the Digital Radio Future, Abandoning FM
Techno-Skeptics' Objection Growing Louder
The 1996 Telecom Act – 20 Years Later
Quiz: Are You up to Speed on These Quirky Tech Stories of 2015?
Global Mobile Service Revenue Returns to Slight
Growth in Q3
Is Apple Running out of New Ideas?
First Processor Demoed That Uses Light for
Ultrafast Communications
Researchers Propose
Using Patterns and Icons for Passwords
Common Stock Ownership Spreads Among Start-Up Investors
Strong
Semiconductor Growth Forecast for Electric Vehicle DC Fast-Charging Stations
12/28/2015
Man Walks of Cliff Christmas Day While Using Cellphone
U.S. Christmas Lights Use More Energy
Than Entire Countries
Jefferson Lab
Accelerator Delivers Its First 12 GeV Electrons
Whatever
Happened to RFID, 3DTV?
What Finite Element Analysis Means to the Average Joe Engineer
Google Trials Phone-Based Password System
12/27/2016
Move Aside
Carbon: Boron Nitride-Reinforced Materials Even Stronger
1st Geosynchronous
Orbit Amateur Radio Payload Could Aid Disaster Communication
Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries: Providing a Safer Alternative
Hackable Toys Stress an Overworked Santa
12/25/2015
How to Have Yourself a Merry Cyber-Safe Christmas
1st Christmas Day Full Moon in 38 Years
7 Automotive Tech Vendors to Watch in 2016
Common Core Math
Problems Don't Make Any Sense (strangely, I'm not totally opposed to this strategy)
12/24/2015
NORAD's Santa Tracker on the Job Again This Year
Engineer's Holiday List: Stuff You Want But Were
Afraid to Ask
School in Remote Alaskan Village
Reaching out via Ham Radio
DISA Awards
$4.3B in Contracts for Telecommunications Support
100 µm-Thick Silicon Capacitors Designed for Smart Cards
Navy Orders 12 Advanced
Shipboard Radar Systems
MTN Seeks Court Order to Overturn $3.9B Fine
Sony Li-S Battery Targets Boosting Battery Life by 40%
Entangling Different Kinds of Atoms Could Be Way Forward for Quantum Computers
Optical Illusion Makes Objects in Plain View Disappear
12/23/2015
$12B
Electric Car Deal Signed in China
Easier Access to Spectrum for Internet of Things
Hunting for Test Gear on
eBay
FCC Proposes to Penalize
California Ham $25,000 for Intentional Interference
ARRL Education and
Technology Program Announces School Grants
Java Plug-in Malware Alert to Be Issued by Oracle
(the libation version is still safe for consumption)
Brains of Gamers Wired Differently Than Nongamers
U.S. Agrees to Sell
Military Comms Equipment to Taiwan
What's Apple Want with an Old Maxim Fab?
International
Year of Light Draws to a Close
12/22/2015
SEMI Applauds
Congressional Action to Make R&D Tax Credit Permanent
The World of Physics in 2016
ZigBee 3.0
to Include Energy Harvesting
The Technology
of 'Star Wars': 10 Real-Life Examples
Router Maker Finds 'Unauthorised' Code
IoT Revenues
to Double by 2020, Says IC Insights
'Hydricity' Concept Uses Solar Energy to
Produce Power 24/7
$100M 'Breakthrough
Listen' Initiative Starts Searching for E.T.
Lockheed Martin to Develop Smart Weapon
Seeker
New App Is a 21st-Century
Walkie-Talkie
12/21/2015
Anadigics Declares New Acquisition
Offer of 48¢/Share to GaAs Labs
Spintronics, Low-Energy
Electricity Take a Step Closer
Slow
Microscopic Changes in Magnetic Structures Revealed
Telecommunications Giant to Challenge
Nigerian Fine
California's
Proposed Rules Could Stop Google Car in Its Tracks
Time-Resolved Measurement
of the Anomalous Velocity
12/20/2015
FCC Further Delays U-NII
Device Certification Requirements
Nitrogen Can Triple
Energy Capacity of Supercapacitors
2015's Big Hacks, Attacks and Security Blunders
Harris to Provide Navy EW Decoy to Lures Enemy Missiles Away from Targets
12/18/2015
DARPA Eyes Free-Space Optical Sensor
Technology
Hybrid Material Presents Potential for 4-D-Printed Adaptive Devices
DoD Steps up
the Search for Electronic Warfare Tools
"Radar Vision"
Goes On - 2 More Sentinel-1 Satellites
MACOM Acquires Aeroflex's Diode Business
from Cobham
6 Singapore Satellites Launched into Orbit
New Metamaterial Manipulates Sound to Improve Acoustic
Imaging
A Step Towards Quantum Electronics
Hot
Hacker Targets in 2016: Fantasy Sports, Professional Services
Why Politicians Still Dream of Controlling the Internet
12/17/2015
Qualcomm Rejects
Company Break Up
SAQ to Carry on Tradition
of Christmas Eve VLF Transmissions
'Silicon City' Calculates NYC Computer History
5 Bad Marketing Habits to Stop in 2016
(lots of comments on this one)
Transparent
Metal Films for Smart Phone, Tablet and TV Displays
Avoiding Electronic
Warfare Pearl Harbor
Thai Regulator to Push Ahead with Spectrum Auction
The Trouble
with Hoverboards and Lithium-Ion Batteries
Freeze Ray! (Almost)
Chinese Nationals Charged in Plot to Steal Chips from U.S.
Navy
12/16/2015
3 Charged in Plot to Steal, Export Military-Grade Chips
EE Awarded $2.2M
for Radio Interference Research
Insulator Inside: Conductor Outside
Ford to Invest
Additional $4.5B into Electric Vehicles
ScN Buffer for GaN on Si Applications
9 Apply for Brazilian Spectrum Auction
Vandals Attack Facebook Building in Germany
Japanese
Police Deploy Air-to-Air Drone Take-down Unit
Why AM Radio Is So Fascinating
(I listen to Detroit's WJR every day from Erie)
Quantum Physics Problem Proved Unsolvable
12/15/2015
Army Tests Small Electronic
Jammers for Use in Training
Worldwide WLAN Market Shows Slowing Growth in Q3 of 2015
Cellphones
Remain Largest Driver of IC Sales
Europe Extends Reach of REACH
Regs
Text Me?
Ping Me? Communications Overload in the Digital Age
Florida Ham Agrees to $3,500 Penalty
for Failure to Identify
Design
New Readers Sound off on the Worst Inventions Ever (must have been a terrorist reader that suggested the
A-10 Warthog)
Analysts Predict CES 2016 Trends
October Chip
Market Points to Flat 2015
Akatsuki Space Mission
Orbits Venus after 5-Year Detour (congrats!)
12/14/2015
Is HP Entering the Windows Phone
Market?
Your iPhone
Is Ruining Your Posture - and Your Mood
2/3 of Tesla
Model S Drivetrains Need Replacing at 60k Miles
Shift to Value Investment to Lift French Telecom Operators'
Profitability in 2016
Tech Giants Pledge $1B for 'Altruistic AI' Venture, OpenAI
All-Ham ISS Crew Increment
Returns to Earth After 141 Days in Space
12/13/2015
Smartphone Market Will See First Single-Digit Growth Year
on Record
6 Predictions
About the Future of Digital Transformation
Walmart Prepares to
Enter Mobile Payments Business
Taiwan Joins
Pack Pursuing Qualcomm on Patents
12/11/2015
Smartphones
to Die out 'Within 5 Years'
Russia
Loses Satellite in Another Setback to Its Space Program
Is Amazon
the 800-Pound Gorilla of Electronic Component Distribution?
Google's
Quantum Computer 100Mx Faster Than Your PC'
UK to Have 'Tech-Savvy TV Christmas', Says Ofcom
Text Messages That
End in a Period Seen As Less Sincere.
The Netherlands Opens 100 kHz Band at 5 MHz
Chinese Group Bids for Fairchild
EC Starts
Anti-Trust Action Against Qualcomm
Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Fight to Protect
Christian Rights
12/10/2015
Atomically Flat Tunnel Transistor Overcomes Power
Electronics Challenges
Qorvo to Invest $25M, Hire 100 R&D
Staff in Greensboro over Next 3 Years
Can't Put Down
Your Device? That's by Design
Billionaire Says Technology Will Kill White Collar Jobs
Pai Says FCC Enforcement Bureau out of Control
Nanostructured Germanium
for Portable Photovoltaics and Battery Electrodes
X Marks the
Spot That Makes Online Ads So Maddening
FCC to Launch Redesigned Website
TV Advertising Falls Globally;
Digital Poised to Overtake by 2018
How to Not Hire Americans, the H-2
Visa Program
12/9/2015
Engineering's
Most Important Equations
FCC Expands HAC Requirements for
All Wireless Phones
IoT Will Be 1,000 Markets
Design
News Quick Poll Results: Don't Believe the IoT Hype
All the Product Reviews
Money Can Buy
Hawaiian Court
Throws out Thirty Meter Telescope Building Permit (anti-science zealots)
China Telcos' Credit Metrics to Weaken
Engineers Build Biologically Powered Chip
Company Told to Stop
Facebook Naming and Shaming Overdue Customers
Volvo's
Innovative Child Seat Concept (nice if you can afford it)
12/8/2015
Teens Know Dangers of Driving and Cellphone Use, Do It Anyway
Is
the Smartphone Age Over?
Silicon Valley's
Hometown Bank Booms
There's a New Ham in the House
Japanese Tech Giant Toshiba to Face $60M Fine
Scattered Light Measurement Focuses on 10-nm Semiconductor Features
Laser-Induced
Graphene Looks to Displace Batteries with Supercapacitors
General Dynamics
Wins $80M Air Force Communications Contract
New Stretchable,
Wearable Sensor Made with Chewing Gum
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist
Watch List (fox watching the hen house)
ISIS Plot for World Domination
Revealed in Chilling Detail (hmmm... wonder what that first 'I' stand for?)
12/7/2015
Patent Power
2015: Social Media and Smartphones Score Big
Can't Get
What You Want for Christmas? Blame the Supply Chain
Should You Buy a Smart Toy for Christmas?
Measuring Nanoscale Features
with Fractions of Light
RF Charger Taps Tiny Antenna
Rudeness at Work Is Contagious
12/6/2015
Storing Electricity in Paper
Samsung to Pay Apple $548M over Patent Row
Promise of the Future
in the Satellite Industry
Radio Amateurs of Canada
Releases Revised 0-30 MHz Band Plan
12/4/2015
Mysterious
Radio Pulses from Outer Space Detected
8-Year Leap Second
Delay Might Not Be As Bad As It Seems
15 Hot Tech Stories for 2016
Electronic
Tattoos for Payments and Healthcare
Graphene
Hybrid Interacts with Electromagnetic Radiation
Apple
Pays out After Genius Bar Worker Wipes Honeymooner's iPhone
New Access to Interior
of Electronic Components
Optical Metacage Blocks Light from Entering or Escaping
Homeland Security Will Hack
You If Asked Nicely
12/3/2015
New Method for Generating X-Rays
Top 25
Most Expensive Engineering Degrees
Russia
Flight Tests Anti-Satellite Missile
Air New Zealand Gives Children NFC Wristbands to Track Their Journey
Mark
Zuckerberg and Wife Pledge 99% of Facebook Shares to Charity ('during our lives' ... which could mean at the
end of their lives)
Russian Push Towards Spintronics
Quantum Data Bit (QBit) Data Storage Problem Solved
Ericsson and Orange Trial Internet of Things (IoT) over
GSM and LTE
Google 'Stores Children's Data' per EFF
China's
Hypersonic Weapon Capable of Overcoming Air Defense Systems
12/2/2015
FCC Cites Homeowner
for Unintentional Interference to Telecoms Provider
High Stakes in Broadband Satellites Race
Delhi Issues Face Mask Warning as Pollution Hits 'Hazardous' Levels
Mathematicians Identify Limits to Heat Flow at Nanoscale
New Phase
of Carbon Found to Make Diamond at Room Temperature
Driven by IEEE Standards, Ethernet Hits the Road in 2016
Simulation Shows
Key to Building Powerful Magnetic Fields
Sensor Predicts
Impending Cable Fires
Thermodynamic Irreversibility
in a Quantum System Confirmed
Study Highlights Role of Mobile in Delivering a Digital India
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