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5/31/2010
Semis on Longest Quarterly Growth Streak Since '04
It's "Quit Facebook Day," Are You Leaving?
FCC Reminds Consumers of June 12, 2010, Transition for 700 MHz Wireless Microphones
China Aims to be Become Supercomputer Superpower
Panasonic Aims to be Japan's #1 in Solar Business
4G Wireless: It's Fast, But Outstripped by Hype
ITU Guidelines for DTV Released at World Telecommunication Development Conference
Wi-Fi IC Shipments Set to Grow 33% in 2010
Era of Anonymous Prepaid Cell Phones May End
'Space Laser Tech Needed' to Measure Volcanic Ash
Location-Based Service Revenues in Europe to Reach $515M by 2015
Liquid Method: Pure Graphene Production
Google Has Mapped Every WiFi Network in Britain
Rural Broadband Passes Space Test
Radiation-Hardened Electronics Technology Remains Stable amid Steady Demand in the Space Market
World Science Festival Explores 'Humans as Holograms'
Landline Loss Leads to Layoffs at SureWest
"Top Kill" Procedure Fails - BP in Trouble
Japan Plans a Moon Base by 2020, Built by Robots for Robots
5/30/2010
China Telecom Launches 3G Tablet PC 'LifePad' to Boost User Growth
iPhone 4G Coming to AT&T in June
Comparing Income with Peers Causes Unhappiness
(comparing to mine would make you feel pretty good)
Long Lines in Europe, Asia to Buy iPad
Electric Ash Found in Eyjafjallajokull's Plume
Invention Regulates Nerve Cells Electronically
5/28/2010
Fastest Integrated Circuit Doubles the Previous Record, Getting Close to 1 THz
Foxconn to Raise Workers' Wages by 20%
(trying to reduce suicides)
Ofcom Unveils Anti-Piracy Policy
Mobile Data: A Gold Mine for Telcos
Telecom Carriers Weathering Storm Better Than Many Expected: Capex Down 5.9% in 2009
Deutsche Telekom Joins Rush to WiFi Offload
Smart Grid Standards Expected by Mid-2011
Protecting the Smartphone from Malware
Electron Spin in Silicon Will Lead to Revolutionary Quantum Chips
Up to 5 More French Cities to Launch NFC Services within a Year
Applied Physicists Create Building Blocks for a New Class of Optical Circuits
European Micro Robots Win at IEEE Games
Radiation-Hardened Electronics Technology Remains Stable Amid Steady Demand in the Space Market
Don't Count on a Verizon iPhone
Samsung on Pace for at Least $30B Semiconductor Sales in 2010
Air Force Launches First Next-Gen GPS Satellite
Scientists Detect Huge Carbon 'Burp' That Helped End Last Ice Age
(what, not anthropogenic?)
NASA Revives Voyager 2 Probe at Solar System's Edge
If You Rent, Census Workers Can Enter Your Home in Your Absence
(freakin Nazis)
5/27/2010
IP Addresses in Short Supply
Short-Range Gigabit Radio Poised for Rapid Growth
New Zealand’s Radio Spectrum Management Cites Ham for Transmitting 3100 W
More British Children Own Mobile Phones Than Own Books
Cisco Makes Opening Play in Major Smart Grid Push
Ink-Jet Printable Nanotube Transistors Made Easy
Mobile Internet Usage Booms in South Africa
Fujitsu Claims C-Ku Band Power Record
Professor Blasts Research on H-1B Visa Workers Earning Higher Wages
Analyst Sees chip Market Uptick over Next Decade
(well duh!)
Apple Passes Microsoft as #1 in Tech
CEA-Leti and Nokia Develop RF Front-End for Remotely Powered Memory Tag
Massive GPS Upgrade Under Way
Nokia Uses UWB for High Speed Wireless Tags
Air Force 'Hypersonic' Jet Sets New Speed Records
Cobham to Provide AN/ALQ-99 EW Systems for Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B and E/A-18G
Scientists Prove Even the Thought of Money Spoils Enjoyment
(not for anyone I know)
Vienna Tops 'Quality of Living' List
U.S. Money Supply Plunges at 1930s Pace as Obama Eyes Fresh Stimulus
Macho Men a Liability on Roads
(huh, study done by a woman - on a whopping sample of 22 men - will likely earn Ph.D)
5/26/2010
RFID Chip Implanted into Man Gets Computer Virus
(audio will play)
OK Legislature OKs Reduction in Wireless Tax
SShuttle Atlantis Makes Final Touchdown at Kennedy Space Center
6 Million to Flee AT&T for Verizon iPhone? /a>
Researchers Print FETs with Nano-Infused Ink
UUK-Japan Push for Spintronics
Widespread Outage for AT&T's Digital Phone Lines /a>
Location-Based Services Poised for Rapid Growth
Powerline Backers Spar over Smart Grid Market
Analysis: The Not-So-Smart American Grid /a>
Why Using Your Phone in Another Country Costs so Darn Much
FCC Begins Review of Regulations on Media Ownership
(Genachowski is a long-time Fairness Doctrine advocate)
EU Digital Agenda Delivers a Timely Boost to the Broadband Economy
Despite Challenges, Heady Growth Seen for 3-D TV
Quantum Communication in Random Networks
FCC Upholds Decision to Revoke Amateur License of Convicted Indiana Ham
Breaking the Logjam: Improving Data Download from Outer Space
China Tech Campus in Damage Control after Suicides
Researchers Cast Graphene into Quantum Dots
Ford Makes Electric Investment
5/25/2010
Private Pay Shrinks to Historic Lows, Gov't to Highs
Inventor Proposes New Language for Cell Phone Messaging -- Using Hieroglyphics
Congress Prepares to Completely Overhaul Telecom Law
Yankee Stadium Bans the iPad
Amateur Community Needed to Assist Japanese Amateur Interplanetary Satellite
ITU Calls for Broadband Internet Access for Half the World's Population by 2015
(guess who will pay for it?)
Wireless Industry Goes Prospecting for Spectrum
Physicists Build Quantum Amplifier with Single Artificial Atom
Web Science Institute Funding Halted by New Government
Nextgen Laser Weapons Present Formidable Thermal Management and Cooling Issues
Soldiers Need Better Communications Training
Nuclear Reactor Aims for Self-Sustaining Fusion
Mistakes in Silicon Chips to Help Boost Computer Power
Researchers Claim Quantum Teleportation Record
Microchip Sells Back Some SST Product Lines
Wal-Mart Cuts iPhone 3GS Price in Half
Chemists Report Promising Advance in Fuel-Cell Technology
U.S. Cable Service Unhurt by Rogue Satellite
World Stocks Sink on Renewed Europe Fears, DOW Sinks 225 at Opening Bell
Australia's Broadband Minister Describes Google as 'Creepy'
5/24/2010
Integrated Baluns Shrink Bluetooth Antenna Connection
Seven Atom Transistor Sets the Pace for Future PCs
Nokia and Yahoo Confirm Mobile Internet Services Partnership
Fastest Ever 12-bit ADC
UNITEC-1 on the Way to Venus
Potential Threat for Wireless Networks Discovered
Visible Light Illuminates a New Approach for Wireless Comms
U.S. Appoints First Cyber Warfare General
China Presses U.S. to End Tech Export Controls
Small Miracle as Australian Experts Make Atom-Sized Switch
Homo Interneticus?
(great new term!)
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technique Holds Promise for Solar Energy
TriQuint Wins USAF Contract to Design, Build GaN Modules for New Drone Aircraft
(hmmm... drones are meant to be shot down by friendlies)
FCC Creates 'Casino Environment,' Former Commissioner Charges
Google Rolls Out Encrypted Web Search Option
Instant Messaging Losing Ground
Cable & Wireless to Boost Submarine Cable Links Between Caribbean Networks
Skydiver Preparing for 120,000-foot Supersonic Fall
(human body re-entry)
U.S. Military Told to Get Ready in Korea Standoff
Climate Change Wiped Out Woolly Mammoths
(damn those
Flintmobiles!)
5/23/2010
Industry Study Shows Brain Tumor Link to Heavy Mobile Phone Usage
Google TV Could Be in UK by 2011
Cisco Takes Wraps off Home TelePresence
AT&T Early-Termination Fee Nearly 2x for iPhone, Smartphones
USPTO Expands Green Technology Pilot Program to More Inventions
Invention Regulates Nerve Cells Electronically
5/21/2010
9th Foxconn Worker Commits Suicide in China
Venture Capitalists Fight a Tax Increase
(great, another penalty on productivity)
Why Smart Phones Might Become the Army's Secret Weapon
Lasers Make Measurement Einstein Called 'Impossible'
India 3G Auction Nabs $15B, But No National Carrier
High-Performance Electronics Without the High Price
FCC Finds Less Wireless Industry Competition
Paper Supercapacitor Could Power Future Paper Electronics
Seeing Moire in Graphene
UK 'Radio Amnesty' Promotes Digital
April IC Shipments Weaker Than Expected
Naples Police Break Up Phony iPhone Ring
Nano-Patterned Silicon Substrate Gives Higher Output Power Nitride LEDs
Japan Launches Venus Probe and Solar Sail
2011 Mars Launch Date Driven by Geometry
Google Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit over Wi-Fi Snooping
Laser Steam-Cleaning for Buildings Possible
Internet Blockade in Pakistan Continues
(Neanderthals)
With Patent Chaos and Financial Crisis, Can the EU Pursue its 'Digital Agenda?'
Google Unveils Its 'Multimillion-Channel' TV
(sounds like failed Microsoft TV redux)
5/20/2010
Samsung Invests $22.6B in R&D, Capex, to Add 10,000 Jobs
HP Developing a 'Dick Tracy' Wristwatch
EU Fines Chip Makers $403M
German Spectrum Auction Tops €4B Wednesday
Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over 16 km
India's 3G Auction Concludes - Totaled at $14.6B
Annoyed by Cellphones Chats? Scientists Explain Why
New Transistor Bridges Human-Machine Gap
Findings About Helium Could Lead to More Accurate Temperature
Asian Moms Hooked on Internet for Children, Selves
New Method to Make GaAs Solar Cells
How to Build an Atomtronic Computer
FTC to Look into Copy Machine Privacy Breakdown
Ofcom Leaves People in the Dark on Future of Open WiFi
German High Court Declares All Software Patentable
BBC License Fee 'To Fund Superfast Broadband' Roll-out
New Nanoscale Electrical Phenomenon Discovered
Mobile VoIP Poised to Become the Principal Transport for Various Technologies
U.S. 'Congresscritters' [LOL] Lists Worst P2P Offenders
Mysterious Ball Lightning: Illusion or Reality?
5/19/2010
NASCAR Keeps Races Safe with RFID
Firms Urge EU to Restrict Hazardous Substances in Electronic Products by 2015
Intellectual Property Shifts Hands with Move to 4G
Quantum Method Generates Faster Random Numbers
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Grew 17% in Q1 2010
EDS Points to Good Economic Times
FCC Again Denies Amateur’s Petition Regarding Station Identification
Nanotech Discovery Could Lead to Breakthrough in Infrared Satellite Imaging Technology
Search-and-Rescue Dogs Fitted with GNSS
Google Scrambling Our Perception of Science Reality
One in Five U.S. Adult Consumers Now Using Mobile Commerce
Using Ice to Cool Down the Grid
WiMAX Forum Initiative Should Boost Consumer Electronics Products
Britons Spend More Than 'One Day a Month Online'
Verizon Dismisses $18k Cell Phone Bill
Spacewalking 'Superhero' Untangles Cable on Boom
Giant Solar-Powered Yacht to Circle Globe
Award for Developing High-Speed Wi-Fi
Scientists Find Evidence for Significant Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry
Google Beats Microsoft in Smartphones, Catching Apple
5/18/2010
The 9-Year-Old Microsoft Genius
Will 4G Fix Wireless Voice Quality?
Vodafone Quarterly Profits Jump 180% Despite Indian Impairment Charge
The Top 10 Awfully Bad Passwords People Use
Survey Highlights Jobs Concerns
Can Wi-Fi Smash the Data Dam?
Japan to Launch Solar-Powered Spacecraft
5 Ways to Reduce Cellphone Radiation
RFID to be a $Billion Market in Health Care
STMicro, Micropelt Demo 'Perpetual Energy' Thermoharvesting Power Supply
Looking for Critical Behavior in Graphene
Air Force: Tests Didn't Include Troubled GPS Unit
60 GHz Groups Face Off in Beijing Over Wi-Fi's Future
DOT Wants Cell Phone Limits on Railroad Operators
Experts Say New Broadband Minister 'Urgently Needed'
The Telepresence Robots are Coming
Maker Faire to Feature Amateur Radio Again in 2010
Air Force Wants Its Rockets Back
YouTube Now Streams 2 Billion Videos Every Day
Caffeine May Slow Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, Restore Cognitive Function
(at this rate, I'll live forever)
5/17/2010
WHO Study Has No Clear Answer on Phones and Cancer /a>
New British PM Bans Mobile Phones at Cabinet Meetings
GPS Glitch Hit Some Military Systems in January
FCC Seeks Comments on Newly Proposed Rules for Amateur Radio Operators Using Spread Spectrum Communications
Changing of the Guard in Cell Phones: RIM and Apple Displace Motorola
Hack Attacks Mounted on Car Control Systems
Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Install Antenna
Why Universities Should Hate the iPad
The Second Coming of Bluetooth
Samsung Starts Building $11B GigaFab
GCS Announces THz Diode Foundry Process for mm-Wave Transceivers
Top U.S. Carriers Plot Faster Gadgets, Services
Silicon Wafer Shipments Up
Cell Phones Could Double as Night Vision Devices
FCC Gives Go-Ahead on Piecemeal Public Safety Network Construction
Top 25 LTE Operators Will Reach over 200M Subscribers by 2015
Study Fails to End Debate on Cancer, Cell Phone Link
Teens Learn Dangers of Texting While Driving
Trouble Sleeping? Maybe It's Your iPad
Scientists Forecast Decades of Icelandic Ash Clouds
5/16/2010
New Energy-Efficient Insulation for Electrical Wires
Google Says It Mistakenly Collected Data on Web Usage
Students Win Big at Intel ISEF 2010
Apple’s Jobs Asked Gizmodo to Return ‘Stolen’ IPhone Prototype
Google Grabs Personal Info off of Wi-Fi Networks
5/14/2010
5 Cell Phone Tower Workers Killed in 5 Russia's Dagestan
Transistor-Laser Breaks Kirchhoff's Law, Rewrites Textbooks
Armageddon, Brought to You by the FCC
Defense Industry Needs Standards for COTS Component Obsolescence
Samsung Tipped to Reveal $18B Chip Capex
Mathematicians Solve 140-Year-Old Boltzmann Equation
Wireless Users Opt for Service Without Commitment
Wanted: Technology to Curb Mobile Phone Use in Prison
Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls
Will Net Neutrality Drive Up Internet Access Prices?
(only for people like us that pay for everything)
DOD Struggles to Define Cyber War
Researchers Hijack a Car's Brakes and Engines
Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook
How Radiations Promote Cancer Development
T-Mobile Signs on 3G Customers, but Starts Losing Them in 2G
Cadence to Buy Denali for $315M
Technology CFOs Sound Optimistic About Economy, Hiring
University Students Give Kindle E-Reader an F
'Star Wars' meets reality? Military testing laser weapons
5/13/2010
Technology Linked to Happiness
More U.S. Homes Going Mobile Only
Sales of Smartphones to Total 2.5B During 2010 to 2015
Peregrine and IBM Co-Develop 180 nm RF CMOS
Redefining Electrical Current Law with the Transistor Laser
Clearwire's New 4G Handsets May Have a VoIP Twist
Emergency LTE Broadband Networks Approved for Construction in 21 Markets
New Material Can Keep Electronics Cool: Few Atomic Layers of Graphene Reveal Unique Thermal Properties
Android Outsells iPhones, Opens Processor Market
Quantum Move Toward Next Generation Computing
Flying 12-Gauge Shotgun Enables Soldier-Carried Small UAVs to Find and Destroy Enemy Snipers
Sony's Annual Loss Shrinks to $439M
(oh, well that's better)
Navy Plans Preferred Contractor Program
Secure Your Wi-Fi, or Face a Fine - Germany
IEEE Hosts Maxim Resource Library
Qualcomm Joins Venture to Provide Wireless Alerts for the Elderly
Revamped Microsoft Office Will Be Free on the Web
Good Heavens! Jupiter Has Lost a Stripe
(climate change on Jupiter?! damn those SUVs!)
For Sale: Thousands of Hacked Twitter Accounts
FCC Forum at Dayton Hamvention to Feature FCC Emergency Communications Expert
BP Says Oil Spill Costs $450M So Far
(real cost is ∞ due to new restrictions & regulations that will now be
imposed for everyone!)
Artificial Gravity Could Solve Space Problems
Neil Armstrong Renews Attack on Obama Space Vision
5/12/2010
Another 'iPhone 4G' Leaked in Vietnam
New Way to Calculate the Effects of Casimir Forces
First MEMS Gyro Smartphone to Ship in June
Additional Orders for AMS JTRS SDRs for MMUMA received by LM
;-)
European Chip Sales Index Continues Rise
Moscow Fusion Reactor Agreement
Counterfeit Electronics Trade is Killing the Industry
Messy Standards Fight Looms for Wireless Video
Canadian Hams Make Use of New Privileges
T-Mobile USA Loses 77,000 Subscribers in Q1 2010
Navy Gets Help with Integrated Communications
MEMS Startup Sand 9 Lands Additional $12M in Funding
U.S. Fixed-Line Market Stabilizing Despite Moves to Mobile
10% of Operator Roaming Revenues at Risk From Poor Network Quality
Caffeine Reduces Mistakes Made by Shift Workers
Hamburg's Rail Operator Continues to Roll Out RFID
Lack of Customers Killed Office 2010 Upgrade Pricing
Drifting Satellite Threatens U.S. Cable Programming
Gold Tops $1245 per Ounce
5/11/2010
Internet Approaches Addressing Limit
Automotive Project Shows a Single RFID Tag Can Carry Data Encoded by Multiple Users
IC Foundry Industry to Grow Nearly 40% in 2010
WiGig Publishes 7 Gbps Wireless Home Networking Spec
Infineon Passes Freescale in Automotive ICs
Graphene Transistor Could Advance Nanodevices
Nokia Shakes up Leadership to Tackle Rivals
Verizon Customers Suffer from iPhone Jealousy
ARRL Foundation Awards 66 Scholarships in 2010
Telecom Watchdog Wants Operators to Pay for Unused Spectrum
(it's the end user - you - who always pays, not the middle man)
Anti-Tamper Technologies Seek to Keep Critical Military Systems Data in the Right Hands
Samsung Outlines $20.6B Investment Plan
DOE Funds Solar-Power Development
New Broadband Stimulus Funding Targets Satellite Service
USB 3.0 Falls Short in New Laptop Tests
Euro, Stocks, Commodities Wipe Out Gains as Bailout Optimism Ebbs
Lining Up "Nanodot" Memory
People Refusing Job Offers to Collect Unemployment
(no surprise - people love their welfare)
Atlantis Shuttle to Soar for Final Time Friday
Mandatory Insurance Coverage for 26-year-old Children Will Raise Company Premiums
5/10/2010
Wi-Fi to Come in a Much Faster, Short-Range Flavor
MEMS Oscillators Cracking Mass Market
Wireless Infrastructure Sharing Saves Operators 30% in Capex and 15% in Opex
Delphi Uses RFID to Link Phones and Cars
FCC Study Estimates $23.5B Needed to Bring Broadband to Unserved Areas
(no problem - just raise taxes)
EU to Evict Broadcasters from Upper End of Spectrum
Nokia Sues Apple for 'Patent Infringement'
Electricity-Generating Shock Absorbers
WiGig Group Teams up with SiBeam, Wi-Fi Alliance
Declining Benefits Keep Older Men in Workforce
Messy Standards Fight Looms for Wireless Video
FCC Proposes Additions, Changes to Amateur 5 MHz Allocation
Wi-Fi Groups Say 60 GHz Can Conquer Data Congestion
Silicon Nanohole Solar Cells Aim to Make Photovoltaics Cost-Competitive
Sizing up the Indie Telcos
Electrically-Charged Water Found in Dust Cloud
Raytheon BBN to Provide Precise Timing for Surgical EW Jamming System
Some Examples of Internet "Hjackings"
Tell-All Generation Learns to Keep Things Offline
Obama Bemoans 'Diversions' of IPod, Xbox Era
("none of which I know how to work" - hmmm)
5/9/2010
Italian Telcos Launch €2.5B Broadband Plan
FCC Allows Blocking of Set-Top Box Outputs
Trapping Giant Rydberg Atoms for Faster Quantum Computers
Secretary Gates to Slash Pentagon Budget in Search of $10B in Savings
Australian Research: Not Bad, But Not Stellar
5/7/2010
FCC Attempts Strange 'Title 1.5' Broadband Reclassification
Computer Tech Pioneer Max Palevsky Dies at 85
Smartphone Market Grows 56.7% Y-o-Y in Q1 of 2010
FCC Chairman Wants Broadband Transmission Regulated as Telecom Service
(smells like another way to tax the Internet - look at the surcharges on
your phone bill)
M/A-Com Buys Mimix Broadband
Pioneer of the CMOS Image Sensor Dies at Age 56
America's Behind the World's Mobile Calling Curve
New Recycling Bins with RFID Tracking Chips Coming to Virginia
USAF Starts Full-Scale Development of MALD Air-Defense Decoy and EW System
A Look at Cable, Satellite TV Earnings for 1Q
U.S. Regulators Maps 'Third Way' for Net Access For All
Chip CEOs Join European Competitiveness Committee
Sprint Announces $25 Unlimited Data Plan, New Pay-By-the-Minute Network
Telstra Role Uncertain in Australia Broadband Plan
Wireless Hold-Up Stunts GaN Microelectronics Market Growth
'Underwater Kite' Aims to Turn Energy Tide
(kinda cool)
Telecom New Zealand Profits Down 39%
U.S. Jobless Rate Rises to 9.9%
UK Budget Deficit 'To Surpass Greece's as Worst in EU'
DOW Plunge: Algorithms or Human Error to Blame?
NASA Tries to Unscramble Voyager 2 Signals
(V'ger to Trekkies)
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