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Technical Headline News Archive: 4

• 1-24-2005
• EADS Targets Changes Over Next Four Years
• Video Trumps Voice in Cell Phone of the Future
• Raytheon Beating Global Hawk Sensor Cost Goals
• Thousands Leave Computers, Cell Phones in Cabs
• IBM, Airespace Join Mobile VoIP Group
• Single-Chip Cell Phone Promise Fulfilled, Claims TI
• Harris Corp. Builds Iraqi Television and Radio Networks
• Intelligence in Men & Women is a Gray and White Matter
• Army Readies Robot Soldier for Iraq
• Chipcon Buys Figure8, Forging One-Stop Shop For ZigBee
• Global Warming Blamed for Extinction of Dinosaurs (SUVs not responsible)
• Duet Chinese To Orbit Earth This Autumn
• 1-21-2005
• Michael Powell Steps Down As FCC Chairman Today
• Migration to 802.11i Will Be a Bumpy Ride
• HSARPA Turning To Industry For Ideas To Detect Bombs In Vehicles, Packages
• WiMAX Timeline Delayed by Six Months
• Agilent to Acquire Korean Power Amplifier Maker
• Semi Suppliers Still Reeling From Inventory, Restructuring Issues
• Rare Spate of Solar Storms Bombards Spacecraft
• 'Evil Twin' Haunts Wi-Fi Users
• Ground-Breaking Research Into Effect Of Millimetric Waveband (MMW) Frequencies On Human Skin
• Solving the Enigma of Kryptos
• 1-20-2005
• LG Denies Talks With Siemens on Handset Unit Purchase
• IDirect And Loral Skynet Demonstrate Remote Broadband Wireless Connectivity
• Tech Stocks Drop, Pressured by Ebay & Qualcomm
• A Century Later, Einstein's Theories Inspire Advances
• Russia And Europe Sign Space Agreement
• Russia Led In 2004 Space Launches
• Titan Is Europe's Latest Space Triumph
• Wi-Fi surpasses Ethernet in home networking: Survey
• Merrimac Builds Satellite Parts for Air Force GPS Network
• Antenna Firm Secures $12 Million to Support Product Development
• 1-19-2005
• Motorola Sees Record Q4
• Mobile Phone Market Seen to Reach 2 Billion Users in '05
• U.S. Air Force Excited About Near-Space Prospects
• China to Allow More Cellphone Vendors Into Local Market
• V-22 Program Grappling With New Glitch As Key Review Nears
• Federal Court Rules for Qualcomm, Against Maxim
• A380 Superjumbo Means Big Lift For Aerospace Firms
• Solar Storm Could Spark Fireworks in The Sky
• Space Race 2: Bezos And Life Beyond Amazon
• 1-18-2005
• Cell-Phone Shushing Gets Creative
• Web Sites Let Drivers Flag Road Ragers
• Race for Next Space Prize Ignites
• Commentary: China's 2first Century Management
• Tiny Robots Made of Cells and Microchips
• Air Force Orders Improved Data Security for Satellites
• Counterfeit Parts Still Flood the Supply Chain
• Vladimir Putin Calls for Tech Economic Zones
• Orthogon Raises Bar in Broadband Wireless
• 3G Demand Boosts Sony Ericsson
• DOD Seen As Close To Deciding Missile Defense Cuts
• 1-17-2005
• Qualcomm Bolsters Tgn Sync Group's 802.11n Proposal
• Electronics Production Rises Again
• Motorola, Oakley to Collaborate on Wearable Bluetooth Devices
• Analyst Fined for Spreading False Rumor About RF Micro Devices
• Intellectual Quandary
• Raytheon Delivers New Radar to Boeing Ahead of Schedule
• Amazon Founder Unveils Space Center Plans
• Advance In Transparent Electronics Could Spawn New Industry
• Diamond Dust May Make Televisions Thin
• Scientists Ecstatic At Result Of Titan Probe
• 1-14-2005
• Other X-Prize Teams Pressing On Toward Flight
• Pentagon Cuts Could Mean Job Losses at Fort Worth, TX, Lockheed Martin Plant
• Internet2 Consortium Sets New Internet Speed Record
• Korea, Taiwan Vendors Threaten Japan's Hold on Consumer Semis
• Space Watch: The Outlook For 2005
• USAF Communications Expert to Speak at Military Technologies Conference
• Planes Will Soon Fly Stacked More Closely
• Space Probe Makes Final Descent Towards Saturn Moon
• Opportunity Spots Curious Object on Flat Mars Plain
• 1-13-2005
• RF Vendor Changes Name, Upgrades ESL Tool
• Hacker Breaks Into T-Mobile Network
• Canadian Researcher Invents New Solar Cell
• Most Travelers Want to Keep In-Flight Cell Phone Ban
• U.S. Commerce Secretary Mixes Sweet and Sour Remarks in China
• Deep Impact Lifts Off On Mission To Crash Into Comet
• Infineon Issues Earnings Warning
• U.S. Missile Test Failure Caused By 'Minor' Glitch
• Nanotech Sector Needs Sturdy Business Models
• Apple's Profits More Than Quadruple
• U.S. Submarine Ran Into Apparently Uncharted Undersea Mountain
• 1-12-2005
• MIMO Set to Soar in 05
• RFID Tag Market to Reach Almost $3 Billion in 2009
• Motorola President, COO Zafirovski to Resign
• IBM Top Patent Earner Again In 2004
• Raytheon Wins $93.9 Million Navy Radar Contract
• Group targets Apple over recycling (iPod=iWaste?)
• NanoMarkets Releases New Nanoelectronics Market Reports
• Japan To Consider Joint Study On Airborne Anti-Missile Laser System
• FCC Says 35 Bidders Qualify for Wireless Auction
• Iceland's Hydrogen Buses Zip to Oil-Free Economy
• 1-11-2005
• U.S. Lost 1.5 Mln Jobs to China in 1989-2003
• Analysis: Fabless to Benefit as Foundries Face Tough Q1
• College Grads Moving Back Home
• Equipment Industry Celebrates 52% Growth
• Deep Impact Comet Probe To Launch Jan 12
• U.S. Patent Leader IBM to Give Away 500 Patents
• The Scanner You Can Take Anywhere
• Scientists Spot Biggest Known Stars
• MIMOing Your Way to Faster Wi-Fi
• 1-10-2005
• Half A Billion Dollar GSM Upgrade for Trinidad
• Companies Extend Lineup to Include WiMAX Support
• Korean Exports Expected to Slow in 2005
• Carriers Should Rethink Strategies When Launching PTT Outside the U.S. Market
• Freescale Demos UWB Cell Phone
• WiFi Drives 5-fold Sales Increase at SiGe Semiconductor
• ‘White Noise’ Focuses Attention On Spooky Sounds
• New UWB Technology Demonstrates HDTV Transmission Through A Wall
• U.S. Government Readies WLAN Guidelines
• Chip-Scale Magnetic Sensor Draws On Mini Clock Design
• 1-7-2005
• Harris provides encryption for Raytheon's IFF System
• U.S. Official: Hike in H-1B Visas to Indian Workers Likely
• Bush Plans to Boost Commercial Human Space Flight
• U.S. Schools Behind in Use of Technology
• Comet Machholz Visits The Pleiades This Friday Night
• What Was Big As a Jeep, Became Smaller Than a Penny
• Deploy First, Says FCC's Powell, Ask Questions Later
• Elements In Place For Shuttle Return To Flight
• Elegant Shape Of Eiffel Tower Solved Mathematically By U. of CO Professor
• 1-6-2005
• Harris PTP Radio Approved for Use in China
• Mobile Internet Access to get Another Player: Satellite
• Vendors Split Over Powerline Technology
• Canadian Firm Nets $154M From U.S. for Hubble Repair Deal
• Ultrawideband Shows its Potential at CES
• Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Demand To Reach 4.5 Million Units in 2013
• National Semi Cuts 550 as it Restructures Manufacturing
• Companies Team to Enable Push-Button Security in WiFi Nets
• Manufacturer Says Recreational Lasers Pose no Danger to Airplanes
• Massive Supercomputer Resources Drive Advances In Combustion & Astrophysics Research
• L-3 Communications Acquires Tactical UAV Maker
• Nanotubes Form Along Atomic Steps
• 1-5-2005
• Microwave Weaponry Means 150 Jobs in ABQ
• Tech Gives It Up for Asia
• Telecom Firms to Develop New Mobile Standard
• Las Vegas Airport Offering Free Wi-Fi Internet
• Laser Wielder Faces Big Penalties
• Motorola Plans Bluetooth Interactive Outerwear
• The State Of Weapons Proliferation In 2004
• We're All Ears: SETI Listening For ET
• Broadcasters Announce Military Channels for Cable TV
• Lockheed On The Lookout For Budget Cuts
• CEA Expects 2005 Sales to Hit $125.7 Billion
• 1-4-2005
• SAIC To Develop High Power Microwave for Air Force
• Casio Wrist Watches New Terrorist Weapons
• Students Break Electric Vehicle Land-Speed Record
• F-35 Trumps F/A-22 In Latest Defense Department Budget Battle
• Rover Hits One-Year Mark On Mars
• Boom Seen for Cellular Modems Through 2009
• 'Super 3G' Technology Proposed For Next-Gen Cellphones
• Analysis: Scientists And Engineers At War
• In-Stat Forecasts 6% Semiconductor Slump In 2005
• 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show
• Analysis: US-Russia Teamwork Unraveling
• 1-3-2005
• Tsunami Warning Failed to Get Through-Thai Expert
• SIA: Semi Sales Top $19B for November
• Terrorism Fight Prods NSA to Look Beyond Its Fortress
• Motorola Completes Field Tests of 4.9 GHz Radio
• Scaled Composites' GlobalFlyer Readied for Record Flight
• Taiwan Police Seize 60,000 Suspect AMD CPUs
• 12-31-2004
• Wireless Response to South Asian Earthquake
• FCC Plans Auction of 3G Spectrum
• 'Super 3G' Technology Proposed for Next-Gen Cell Phones
• French Spy Satellite Launched Into Orbit
• Japanese Companies Look to Integrate, Not Outsource
• China Devises First Core Router for IPv6 Networks
• Silicon Chip 'Most Influential Invention'
• Pentagon Cutting New Arms to Save $60 Billion
• 12-30-2004
• A Look at 2005 - Electronic News
• Venture Capital Goes Up
• Astronauts on Candy Diet After Previous Crew Raided Pantry
• Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers
• Cheap Cell Calls Have a Price
• Earth Impact In 2029 Ruled Out For Asteroid MN4
• Researchers Use Pentacene To Develop Next-generation Solar Power
• The Year In Technology
• China To Boost Tax Rebate On Electronic Exports
• Army Seeks Industry Ideas To Fill Gaps In Air, Missile Defense
• 12-29-2004
• M/A-Com Announces Zero-Bias Detector Diode Line
• 1 Year and 58 Minutes Between Major Quakes
• Quake May Have Made Earth Wobble - Shortened Day
• Sri Lanka: Where Are All the Dead Animals?
• Inauguration Requires Boost In Bandwidth
• Power Management Chips (PMCs) Get Empowered
• Wanted: Chief Espionage Officer
• Northrop Grumman Unveils RFID Compliance Solution
• New Technology Measures Document Intent
• Smart Transport Systems Catch on in Japan
• 12-28-2004
• 3G: Where Will It be this Time Next Year?
• Electronics Shipments Holding Steady
• Rough Seas Forecast For Taiwan
• Shots Fired At Bayonne Range Prove Smart Gun Technology Works
• Wal-Mart Says on Track With RFID Rollout
• Cell Phone Parking Lots Simplify Pickups at Airports
• Superconductors Ready to Ramp up For The Real World
• UWB: Speed the Feed
• Windows: Hard to Give Up
• Aiming for Ubiquity - OFDM vs. CDMA and the Mobility Factor
• 12/27/2004
• Latest Skulls Trojan Foretells Risky Smart-Phone Future
• DARPA Cancels Third Phase Of UCAR Program
• Russian Supply Vessel Docks At ISS - 2358 GMT Xmas Night
• Lack of Tidal-Wave Warnings Faulted
• NEC Aims For Annual Y30 Billion Sales From China 3G Mobile Tech
• 2004: The Year in Space and Astronomy
• Supercomputer to Simulate Nuclear Blast
• 12/24/2004
• Urgent Russian Supply Mission to Space Station Launched
• A Year Is Not Enough for Tech Predictions
• Malware Attack Against Mobile Phones is Mounting
• ScanEagle Demos UAV Comms Relay Utilizing Secure Wireless Network
• Asteroid Collision Alert Sounded for 2029
• Will 2005 Bring a Safer Internet?
• UC Berkeley Researchers Field Testing Low-Altitude Robo-Copters
• 12-23-2004
• DOD Solid-State Laser Demos Delayed 3 Months
• American Grade Antenna Testing in the UK
• Endwave & Nokia Ink RF Transceiver Pact
• Japanese Wireless Operator Invests in U.S. Linux Vendor
• China's Semi Demand to Jump 50%
• Skygazers Can See Space Station Over the U.S. During Holidays
• Anxiety Grows Over RoHS Compliance
• Delta Rocket Falls Short of Orbit Goal
• Research Demystifies Quantum Properties of Exotic Materials
• 12-22-2004
• Sypris T&M Taps Fortune 500 Experience In New Sales Director
• Eagleware Buys ESL Tool Vendor Elanix
• Ember, Mototech Ink Partnership on ZigBee Products
• Research Reignites Debate Over Cellphone Radiation
• French Spy Satellite Launched Into Orbit
• Most F/A-22s Grounded After Crash at Nellis AFB
• EU Penalties Against Microsoft Upheld
• Telescope Finds Evidence of 'Baby' Galaxies
• Air Forces Use Joint STARS to Demo Secure, Airborne Internet
• Demolition Tests Emergency Radio Signals
• 12-21-2004
• Mobile Phone Radiation Harms DNA, New Study Finds
• Broadband Use Surpasses Dial-Up in U.S.
• Single-Serving Coffee Can Heats Itself
• Industry Gears Up for Two-Headed uProcessors
• Japan & U.S. Try to Boost Construction of Missile Shield
• Geocaching Hits the Mainstream
• Raytheon Makes Moon Landing Technology w/Missile Guidance Techniques
• VoIP Pioneer Predicts a Roiling 2005 for IP Telephony
• 12-20-2004
• DoCoMo Hits 1-Gbit Wireless Data Speeds in 4G Tests
• NASA's O'Keefe To Successor: Support Exploration Vision
• Analog Decoders Outdo Digital in Wireless Test
• Support For WiMax Spec Heating Up
• MaxStream Taps Freescale ZigBee Devices for RF Modules
• China Will Launch More Spacecraft Next Year
• USA Toady's Top 1- Scientific Discoveries for 2004
• Army Unveils New, Ultra-Real Simulation
• 12-17-2004
• Air Travelers Urge FCC to Keep Planes Quiet
• Mosel-Vitelic Chairman Charged With Embezzling $520 Million - Yow!
• Electronics Industry Shows Signs of Strength
• Cap Equip Spending to Drop 15 Percent in 2005
• Student Satellite Almost Ready For Space
• IBM Offers RFID Tech, but Report Questions Fast Track
• Proud France Inaugurates World's Highest Bridge
• Task Force: Shuttle Launch on Track
• Microsoft Software to Remove Spyware
• 12-16-2004
• Eagleware Buys ESL Tool Vendor Elanix
• United States GPS Industry Welcomes New GPS Policy
• Some Happily Pay More For Electricity
• China Builds "Small Satellite" Engineering Center
• Terrorism Could Force GPS Shutdown
• Give Your Home a Brain for Christmas
• NASA Boss' Departure Comes at Challenging Time
• Minifabs Would Suit U.K.
• High-Speed Net Access Coming to Planes
• U.S. Lags in Broadband Adoption Despite VoIP Demand
• 12-15-2004
• FCC to Allow Wireless Access on Planes
• Nextel, Sprint Boards Approve Merger
• NASA Set To Launch First Comet Impact Probe
• The Rush to Consumer Electronics
• China Will Upgrade Weapons Technology if EU Lifts Arms Embargo
• China's Share of Electronics Market
• ZigBee Alliance Launches Specification
• E-mail 'Worm' Spreads Holiday Jeers
• 12-14-2004
• Boeing And Northrop Grumman Both Receive Missile Shield Contracts
• Physicists Observe Elusive Electron Effect
• Worldwide PC Market Seen Doubling by 2010
• NASA Chief O'Keefe Resigns
• Riding In Magnetic Bubbles
• Companies Step up Monitoring of Internal Networks
• Airborne Cell-Phone Ban Likely to Remain for Now
• 12-13-2004
• Senators' Comments Suggest Existence of Secret Space Program
• Telecom Bill Transfers U.S. Spectrum to Industry
• Direct Marketing to Cellphones is Illegal
• 3G Falls Victim to Time Warp in China
• All-CMOS Chip Fits 480-Mbit/s UWB Radio
• Aerospace Industry Growing, But Investment Needed, AIA Says
• Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
• Camera Phone Clicks Could Bring Jail Sentence
• Windmill Plans Draw Fire in MA - Hypocrisy at It's Best
• EU Transport Ministers Okay Galileo Satellite Tracking System
• 12-10-2004
• ITT wins $2.5 Billion Radio Contract
• Chinese Handset Design Expertise Could Extend to Other Markets
• Canada Keeps Ear to Ground on Directed-Energy Weapons
• RFMD Inducts First 5 Engineers Into Fellows Program
• Illicit Cameraphone Clicks Could Mean Jail
• The End of TV as We Know It
• Cell Phone Users Dial Into a New Trend: Handy-Dandy Tours
• Analysis: Congress Restricts Private Space
• Japan To Exempt Joint Missile Development With US From Arms Ban
• What is America's Top-Secret Spy Program?
• Online Research Worries Many Educators - Huh?
• 12-9-2004
• Passports Go Electronic With New Microchip
• Tech Companies Struggle With Sarbanes-Oxley
• US To Spend $85 Million On First Missile Defense Test In Two Years
• For $999, Company Offers Lifetime Internet Phone Calls (if they're around)
• Shuttle Should Service Hubble: NAS Report
• NASA Takes UAV Flight Tests To Idaho Desert Lands
• Researchers Warn Of Possible Fertility Risk To Men Using Laptop Computers On Their Laps
• Raytheon to Upgrade Canada's Phalanx System
• Technique Allows 3D Inspection of Ics
• 12-8-2004
• RF Micro Devices first Company to Ship One Million EDGE Transceiver Chipsets
• Body Takes Time to Adjust Sleep Schedule
• Siemens Transmits Data at 1-Gbit/s Over Wireless Link - New Record
• Silicon Labs, Helicomm Partner for ZigBee Designs
• Nanotechnology Sensors Could be a $17 Billion Market
• IBM sells PC business to Lenovo for $1.75B - China
• BAE Systems Awarded $16.6 Million Precision Tracking Contract
• NASA's Longest-Serving Astronaut to Retire
• Recently Discovered Comet Now Visible to Naked Eye
• New DVD Has Dual-Layered Surface
• 12-7-2004
• One Box Fits All Software Radios
• Bill Clinton Helps Launch Search Engine - Monica Yahoo! ;-)
• Scientists Make Phone That Turns Into a Sunflower
• Military Radio Signals Could Jam Garage Door Openers
• Sunlight to Fuel Hydrogen Future
• Generation Raised With Internet Grows Up
• 2004 to Record 24% Semi Industry Growth
• Group expands efforts for IC science park in Mexico
• Russia Reveals New Hypersonic Cruise Missile Threat
• U.S. Students Behind the Curve in Math
• SKorea's Samsung To Invest 24 Billion Dollars In New Chip Lines
• Sprint Spends $3 Billion to Upgrade Mobile Network
• 12-7-2004
• Jeopardy! Whiz Becomes Encarta Spokesman
• 12-6-2004
• Multiple Radios Boggle Cell Phone Design
• EADS Throws Support Behind Airbus To Rival Boeing's 7E7
• Cell-Tower Emission Risks Probed
• Inventory Headaches Persist
• EADS Predicts $10 Billion In U.S. Defense Sales
• No Magic Bullet in Sight for UWB
• Excerpts From The Greater-China Press: December 6
• Bush Signs Internet Access Tax Ban Into Law - Good News!
• California's Nuclear Future on the Line
• The Tech-Support Generation Spans All Ages
• SEMI Announces Year-End Consensus Forecast for Global Semiconductor Equipment Industry
• Online Christmas Trees Taking Root
• 12-3-2004
• Unified 802.11n Wi-Fi Standard to Emerge in Mid-2006
• JSF, B-2, Sentinel Radar Eyed For New Logistics Approach
• IBM Reportedly Preparing to Sell PC Operations
• Chip Oversupply Sparks Market Correction
• Department Stores Stock up on Latest Gadgets
• Student Satellite Almost Ready For Space
• U.S., China Count Down to Space Cooperation
• 12-2-2004
• Motorola Falls to 3rd Place in Mobile Phone Sales
• Globalstar Extends Satellite Data Service To All Of Europe And Across Atlantic
• Congress Impedes NASA Prizes
• Camera Phones Now Majority of Phone Sales
• IDC: Semi Market Entering Correction in 2005
• Microsoft Debuts MSN Spaces for Bloggers
• 12-1-2004
• Spectrum Allocation Key to WiMAX's Success, Report Finds
• Government Wants Lockheed, Boeing to Cooperate
• Engineers Create Model For Testing Transistor Reliability
• SIA Launches Initiative to Keep Moore's Law in Effect
• Report Examines Global Hotspot Market
• SEMI Downgrades Expectations Through 2007
• Next-Generation Russian Spaceship Unveiled
• Iran Boasts Great Victory Over US, Warns Nuclear Freeze Is Temporary
• HP Touts Software to Slow Computer Worms
• Mutating Bots May Save Lives
• 11-30-2004
• Booming China Awash in 'Out of Control' Acid Rain
• Marines Aided by Robotic Airplane in Iraq
• Russia Tests Modernized Missile Defense System
• Budget Analysts Call For NASA Cuts
• Sophisticated Radar Protects Bush
• Raytheon Wins $48 Million Contract for JSOW-A Bombs
• Infrared LED Produces Beam without Lens
• Chipcon spins ZigBee SoC
• Truth & Lies Differ in Brain MRI Scans (maybe we'll find out what Sandy Burger did with those National Archive docs)
• Iridium Announces Subscriber And Revenue Growth Rates
• Online Retailers See Thanksgiving Surge
• 11-29-2004
• Five-Year Strategic Plan Out Next Month Is Roadmap For DHS Business Decisions
• IEEE 802.11 standard modified for Japan
• SIA: October Semi Sales Reflect Inventory Corrections
• 'Smart Phones' Are Especially Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks
• New Transistor Laser Could Lead To Faster Signal Processing
• Scientists Call For Global Cooperation In Space Program
• U.S. Tech Firms Hire More Foreigners Here, Too
• Consumer Electronics Sales Leveling Off
• 11-26-2004
• New Jersey Institute Of Technology Pioneers New Way To Teach Engineers
• UK Broadband Scales Back Wireless Roll-Out
• VoIP Carrier Grade Equipment Sales Up 51% In Q3
• Chip Sales Reach $18.5B In October
• Mini Generator Has Enough Power To Run Electronics
• China To Launch Lunar Orbiter By Late 2007
• First Ever Space Council Paves Way For European Space Program
• 11-24-2004
• Cell Phone Batteries Explode, Causing Recalls
• Congress Fully Funds NASA For FY '05, Including Exploration
• UK Regulator Eyes Open Market for RF Spectrum
• High-Tech Export Ruling Could Increase U.S. Licensing Requirements
• Follow the Money - VC Funding
• Online Shopping Traffic up 60 Percent
• Mini Generator Has Enough Power To Run Electronics
• Lobbyists Try to Kill Philly Wireless Plan
• Space Race 2: Congress Weighs In
• Anchors Away - Powerful Blogger Force Did In Dan Rather
• Researchers Develop 3-D Phone Technology
• 11-23-2004
• U.S. R&D on the Budget Chopping Block - Again
• Report: Fast-Internet Use Doubles in U.S.
• L-3 Buys Boeing's Satellite Components Division
• A Kinder, Gentler Copyright Bill?
• U.S. Spending Bill Includes Spectrum Auction
• Russia May Have Moon Base By 2025
• NASA Moving on Lunar Mission
• Not All Doom and Gloom
• Report: Ethernet Use Is Booming In China
• Agilent Centralizes Wireless Operations in Singapore, Malaysia
• 11-22-2004
• Antarctic Wireless Mission Accomplished...But With More 'Adventure' Than Expected
• Speedier Spice Simulation is Promised
• FCC Certifies software-Defined Radio
• Carrier VoIP Equipment Market Leaps 69%
• Chip Industry Set for Turmoil
• Army Grants $100 Million to USC for Research in Training Tools
• Cable Choices Won't Lower Costs, FCC says - Huh?
• China Joins NASA Space Workshop
• Russia Rewrites Its Nuclear Doctrine With Mobile Launchers
• 11-19-2004
• GSM-CDMA War of Words Heats up Again
• Chrysler to Put Electronic Stability Control in All its SUVs
• LockMart's PAC-3 Missiles Intercept Two Targets During Flight Test
• Google Introduces Scholarly Research Tool
• India Plans Tech-Neutral Wireless Spectrum Allocation
• Malnutrition In Early Years Leads To Low IQ And Later Antisocial Behavior, USC Study Finds
• Ultrafast Laser Speeds Up Quest For Atomic Control
• Experiment Confirms Existence Of New Electronic State In Superconductors
• Nano-Transistor Bitten by Quantum
• 11-18-2004
• Study Says Students' Math Proficiency Doesn't Add Up
• US Exercises Missile Defense System To Prepare For Operations
• Russia To Deploy New-Generation Nuclear Weapons System
• Was Running the Secret to the Rise of Man?
• Congress Closes in on Reviving Internet Tax Ban
• Reaching The Far Reaches of the World -- Without Wires
• 11-17-2004
• Vendors Speak Out on FCC's 4.9 GHz Rule
• Nokia Demos IPv6 Mobile Phone
• U.S. to Offer Digital Peek Into its Past
• IBM Backs Public Research Grid
• Chip Sales to Level in 2005 after Strong 2004 Growth, Says SIA
• Euro Tech, Media, Telecoms Chiefs Brace for Slow 2005
• NASA's X-43A Scramjet Breaks Speed Record
• Europe Reaches The Moon
• Nanotech Could Put a New Spin on Sports - a Better Golf Ball?
• Chemist Breaks Old Barrier To Better Electron Representation in Molecular Computations
• Fees Paid by all Phone Customers Help Rural Phone Firms Prosper
• 11-16-2004
• Motorola Releases Razr Phone Via Cingular
• First European Craft Enters Lunar Orbit
• Patent Factories
• China Plans to Have Over 100 Eyes in the Sky by 2020
• NASA To Test Laser Communications With Mars Spacecraft
• USB Goes Wireless
• Drug Bottles To Carry Radio Transmitters - RFID
• Fabless Firms to Rocket in China
• NASA Delays Hypersonic Test Flight
• Northrop Grumman Opens New Laboratory for X-47B Combat UAV
• NASA Lobbying For Authority To Grant Prizes Above $250K
• 11-15-2004
• Privacy Experts Shun Black Boxes
• Spirent Helps DOD Complete IPV6 Testing
• Researchers to Make Good Use of "Dark" Fiber
• Massive "Raygun" Fires Up In Megawatt Airborne Laser Test
• TSA Picking Up Momentum In Work To Develop Next-Generation EDS
• Radio Waves Offers Flex Twist WG Jumpers
• Slowing Home PC Market to Impact Holiday Season - "Only" Up 11%
• Spy on Spies in Skies
• European Spacecraft To Probe Moon
• Study Shows Hands-free Cell Phones Dangerously Distracted Drivers' Attention
• 11-12-2004
• LIDAR Laser Radar Finding More Uses
• GPS Gives Howitzers A New Lease On Life
• Fox to Create TV series for Cell Phones
• Mars Rovers Get Ready to Move out of Crater
• Boeing and Northrop Grumman Join to Build NextGen Manned Spacecraft
• Future of Photonics Isn't Where You Might Think
• Firm Deploys Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots to Iraq
• 11-11-2004
• China's 3G Timetable Murky As Homegrown Standard Falters
• Report: IP VPN Use Will Skyrocket in 2005
• L-3 buys Raytheon Unit for $42 Million
• Problems Seen Ahead for Supply Chain From Lead-Free Directive
• Wireless Operators Ink WiFi Roaming Agreements
• iSuppli Raises Cell Phone Forecast Despite Inventory Glut
• Will Users Get Buried Under RFID Data?
• Electronic Suppliers to Implement Code of Conduct
• X-43A 'Scramjet' Shoots for Mach 10
• DoD Leery About Supercomputer Benchmarks
• Microsoft Unveils its Own Search Engine
• GPS Finds its Way Under the Tree
• 11-10-2004
• 2004 Marine Corps Birthday Message from the Chairman of the JCS - Semper Fi
• Bluetooth Shipments Set to Double
• More Mobiles Than Landlines in India
• Wi-Fi: An Alliance Over the Line
• Microsoft to Preview New Search Engine
• Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Found in Public, Private Sectors
• Sino-EU Aerospace Co-Op to Break Monopoly
• Metro Group Beats Wal-Mart to RFID Punch
• IBM's BlueGene Claims Speed Crown Again - 70.27 TCPS
• Inventories Still Problematic
• Suppliers Ready for Lead-Free, But Balk at New Part Numbers
• Dell to Build Factory in N.C., Hire 1,500 Workers
• 11-9-2004
• CDMA Sector Adds 29 Million Subscribers in Q3
• Report Sees a Shortfall in U.S. Supercomputer Prowess
• CSR Confirms Entry into Consumer WiFi Chip Market
• Problems Seen Ahead for Supply Chain From Lead-Free Directive
• ADI Combines CMOS, High-Voltage Silicon and Bipolar Technologies
• Air Force Launches New GPS Satellite
• Rules Listed for $50 Million Orbital Race
• Underwater Robot Makes History Crossing Gulf Stream
• Future Pilots Could Fly With UAV Wing Man Under Their Direct Control
• FCC Expected to Exempt VoIP From State Rules
• EU Threatens to Go It Alone on Nuclear Fusion
• 11-8-2004
• Nano-Based Products Starting to Have Consumer Impact
• Four Saudi Ministries Appeal to Lift Camera-Equipped Mobiles Ban
• $10M X-Prize Awarded To Space Pioneers
• MIT Team Guides Airplane Remotely Using Spoken English
• Chip Dip to Come Earlier, Renesas Says
• Bluetooth Road Map Ups Data Rates, Lowers Power
• Kuwait's MTC Adds 80,000 New Iraqi Customers In 3Q 2004
• Near-Space Free-Floating Balloons A Candidate For Quick Deployment
• 11-5-2004
• Sypris Wins Contract to Supply Component Test Service for Space Shuttle
• 11-5-2004
• Memories May Mark Early Beachhead for Nanotech
• Verizon Buys NextWave Spectrum in 23 Markets
• Conexant Posts $368M Loss, Sales Falls 20% in Q3
• Lead-Free: Managing the Changeover
• In Remote-Controlled Tech, Soldiers Hope to Cut Casualties
• U.S. Approves Lockheed's Joint Strike Fighter
• Snapshot Yields Inside Look At Molecular Movement
• 11-4-2004
• A Trail of Two Satellites Tests our Gravity Theories
• Veterans Hitting the Dot-Comeback Trail
• Utilities in Colorado Told to Use Renewable Energy
• China Envisions Space Tourism in 20 Years
• first Felony Prosecution Spammers Convicted - Bro/Sis Team
• Lockheed Martin Delivers Flight Turret for Airborne Laser
• Serious IE Hole Opens PCs Up to Attacks
• SIA: 2005 Semi Sales To Be Flat
• E-Voting Passed the Test, but Remains Controversial
• DHS To Use Hunter UAV For Border Control Flights
• Boeing Tapped To Develop Massive Penetrate Bomb
• 11-3-2004
• Intel's 2005 Desktop Chipsets Will Feature Wireless Technology
• U.S. Stocks Surge on Likely Second Term for Bush
• India Prepares for Next Electronics Manufacturing Wave
• China's Fabless Industry to Quadruple by 2008
• Government Panel Blasts British Mars Failure
• Light-Based Net May Mean Blazing Connections
• Building Block Created for Quantum Computing, Secom & Quantum Inet
• LockMart To Build MUOS Using 3-G Cellular Technology
• Outsourcing to Continue, Many Indians Say
• Cell Phones Increasingly Used to Snap the News
• 11-2-2004
• Suicide: China's Great Wall of Silence
• Chip Inventories Seen Returning to Normal
• Iran Parliament Approves Bill On Nukes
• Research On "Holes" May Unearth Causes Of Superconductivity
• Watts From Wastewater: New Device Produces Power While Treating Sewage
• The Sun Is More Active Now Than Over The Last 8000 Years - Global Warming Source?
• NASA: Space Shuttle Will Launch in May
• 'Vomit Comet' Makes its Final Flight
• MCNC wins DARPA Grant for Nanotechnology Research
• European Parliament Endorses Sonar Restrictions to Protect Marine Mammals
• Polymer Electronics Yet to Realize Promise
• WSTS Cuts 2005 Chip Market Growth Figure to 1.2%
• 11-1-2004
• Kyocera Recalls Cell Phone Batteries After Counterfeits Emerge
• Secure Flight To Start Gradually In Early '05, Fewer Delays?
• Worldwide IC Sales to Fall by 3% in September
• But... SIA: Q3 Global Chip Sales Up 27%
• U.S. Busts Cyber Gangs
• Students: Evidence That Learning Is Consolidated During Sleep
• As Spyware Frustrates, Technology Companies Feel Heat
• China Shuts Down 1,600 Internet Cafes
• 10-29-2004
• Boeing To Get $200M Contract To Upgrade B-52 Communications
• Mobile Gaming to Reach US$1 Billion This Year
• Voting Machines Remain Unsecured, Expert Warns
• Lockheed Martin Tests Integrated Avionics for F-35
• Defense Contractors See Profits Soar in Third Quarter
• Navy Shipbuilding Contacts May Mean More Jobs in Texas
• Cassini Peeks Below Cloud Shroud Around Titan
• Russia To Launch New Telecommunications Satellite
• West Virginia to Launch Public Computing Grid
• San Francisco to Expand Wi-Fi Program
• 10-28-2004
• New Web Domain Names Get Preliminary Nod
• Mixing Biology And Electronics To Create Robotic Vision
• Stargazers Enjoy Total Lunar Eclipse
• Excerpts From The Greater-China Press: October 28
• Silicon Optics Switches by Changing Refractive Index
• Xpedion Upgrades RF Simulator
• 10-27-2004
• Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight, 1 hr 22 min Duration
• Germany Expected To Approve New MEADS Phase In December
• Global Mobile Handset Market +25% In 3Q - Strategy Analytics
• Is U.S. Wireless Industry Catching Up on 3G?
• Navy and Coast Guard Will Share New EADS Radar
• Titan's First Close-Up: Cassini Spacecraft Beams Back Pictures Of Saturn's Moon
• Multi-rate Laser Pulses Could Boost Outdoor Optical Wireless Performance
• U.S. Plans To Accelerate Deployment Of Aegis Warships For Missile Defense
• Nokia wins 115-million-dollar network deal from Brazil's Oi Cellular
• 10-26-2004
• All Eyes On Titan Today
• 'Nouse' Lets Users Control Computer with Face Movement
• Bush, Kerry Have Similar Priorities on Military Spending
• NASA Selects Northrop Grumman for First Prometheus Mission to Jupiter
• Semi Equipment Market Dead Next Year
• TSMC's Chang Sees Plummeting Utilization, '05 Capex Down
• France's Mobile Rate Rose To 71% In 3Q
• Wireless Service Subscribers In US Up 14.5% - CTIA
• Missile Defense Officials Slated To Brief Rumsfeld
• 10-25-2004
• WiMAX Vendor Shakeout in 2005, Report Predicts
• Aftershocks From Japan Earthquake Keep Fabs Shut Down
• Raytheon Delivers Deployment STANDARD Missile-3 Rounds to Missile Defense Agency
• Has the Chip Industry Learned Anything?
• XM Seen Unveiling Wearable Satellite Radio
• Researchers Beaming About Slowing Down Light
• Researchers to Help Design Navy's All-Electric Warship
• U.S. Could Shoot Down Euro GPS Satellites if Used by China in Wartime
• 10-22-2004
• More People Dumping Their Landlines
• Physicists Succeed In Transferring Information Between Matter And Light
• NEC Tops IBM with Speedier Supercomputer
• Raytheon Awarded $79 Million Contract for Submarine Sonar
• Lockheed Martin Wins $87 Million Job to Upgrade Jordan's F-16s
• What's Next After the CPU?
• More Nimble Robots Seen Reshaping Manufacturing, Health Care
• Wi-Fi Alliance Targets Wi-Fi-cellular Convergence
• 10-21-2004
• U.S. Spending on Wireless Service Overtakes Wireline
• Gartner:Global Mobile Telecom Equip Market To Grow 9% In 04
• NEC Launches World's Fastest Vector Supercomputer
• TI Puts Digital TV on Cell Phones
• Use of Civilian Contractors in War Zones is at Record Levels
• Einstein's Warped View of Space Confirmed
• 50 Years of Transistor Radios
• Cornell Physicists Finally Solve the Falling-Paper Problem
• FCC Chairman to Seek Federal Oversight of VoIP
• Robot Use to Surge Sevenfold by 2007
• 10-20-2004
• Keychain Remote Control Turns Off Most TVs
• Mobile Phones In India Overtaking Fixed-Line Phones
• Freescale Lays Off 1,000 Despite Sales, Earnings Gains
• Churches, Theaters, Others Use Blockers To Hush Cell Phones
• Powell Calls for 'Revolution' in Telecom Regulation
• September Electronics Factory Numbers a Mixed Bag
• Europe Assesses its Place in Science Race
• Da Vinci X Prize Project Faces Final Insurance Deadline
• Higher Power Portable Requirements Drives Micro Fuel Cell Development
• Built Via The Internet, Student Satellite Coming To Life At ESA-ESTEC
• 10-19-2004
• U.S. Senator Calls For New Telecom Bill in 2005
• Teams Selected To Research Critical Issues In Electric Propulsion
• Decaying Antenna Farm Hints At Glorious Radioastronomy Past
• China Joins Galileo Nav Satellite Project
• World's Longest Electrically Conducting Nanotubes
• Popeye Power May Energize Tomorrow's Electronics
• Cellular Alternative to Cable, DSL Broadband
• DOD Names Eight Contractors for Electronics Engineering Plan
• Will Asia Dominate IT?
• 10-18-2004
• Motorola MPx220 Make Debut - Windows Mobile(tm) Software
• RF Micro Devices Delivers POLARIS TOTAL RADIO Xcvrs and PowerStar PAMs
• Unmanned Chinese Return Capsule Crashes Lands Into House
• New Propulsion Concept Could Make 90-Day Mars Round Trip Possible
• I.T. Goes Under the Sea With New Oceanography Project
• 10 Innovations That May Change the Way We Live
• Electronics Tops U.K. Patent List
• Basic Costs in Fixed Voice Communication Lines to Drop 80% Due to Major New Developments
• VoIP Shows Signs Of Going Mainstream
• Congress Oks $32B Budget For DHS Before Adjourning For Elections
• 10-15-2004
• FCC Adopts Rules for Broadband Over Power Lines
• FCC Deregulates Telcos' Fiber Nets
• India's Broadband Policy Frees More Spectrum
• Trade Group Says Cellphone Cancer Claims Are Inconclusive
• Intel Cancels 4 GHz Chip
• Genesis Probe’s Failure Traced to Bad Switches
• Purdue Professor Puts New Spin on Quantum Computer Technology
• Does Caffeine Affect Our Health?
• Super Slow Light May Help Speed Optical Communications
• 10-14-2004
• Study Finds Cell Phones Could Cause Noncancerous Tumors
• Mobile Carriers Seeking 4G Options
• Inventory Woes Gone?
• Partnership Aims to Simplify ZigBee Deployment
• U.S. Considers Reopening Trade Talks With Taiwan
• Industry Scrambles to Decipher Tax Bill
• Europe Decides on Lead-Free Exemptions
• Hitachi Unveils China Growth Strategy
• Engineers Put Together the Next Mars Probe
• Mach 10 Free Flight Of Hypersonic X-43A Slated For November
• Jamming Incident Underscores Lessons About Space
• Improved GPS Receiver Provides Increased Benefits To Warfighters
• 10-13-2004
• PayPal Service Restored, Company Announces
• FDA Approves RFID Chip Implants
• 7-Eleven Adopting Wireless Technology
• Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear Capable Missile
• Space Elevator Effort Starting on Ground Floor
• Northrop Grumman Delivers First Fused Multispectral Weapon Sight to U.S. Army
• $422 Billion Defense Budget Approved by Congress
• Microsoft Issues Flurry of Fixes on Busy Patch Day
• VoIP Regulation Worries Resurface at Telecom '04
• Lots of Lawsuits
• 10-12-2004
• PayPal Suffers Intermittent Outages
• Wi-Fi Alliance Warns Against Early 802.11n Claims
• Printed Antenna Takes Laptop Ride
• Intel Opens Indian Software College
• IMEC Demos CMOS-Based UWB Pulser
• Master Mapmakers Take a New Look at the World
• In Millionths Of A Second, "Photocrystallography" Captures Big Changes In Transient Molecular Species
• India, US Defense Honeymoon Continues
• Wireless World: 'Fiction' Of Telecom Rules
• VoIP 911 Calls Often Get Lower Priority
• 10-11-2004
• Americans Win Gold at World Cyber Games
• Congress Approves $420 billion For Defense
• Radio Astronomers Remove The Blindfold
• CIA-Funded Venture Firm Seeks High-Tech Aid for U.S. Spies
• STMicro to Partner in Chinese Linux Computing Initiative
• NEC Hits World's Top Output of 300mW with Blue-Violet Laser
• Wafer Shipments to Grow 23% in 2004, Says SEMI
• 10-8-2004
• Review: GPS in Cell Phones Performs Well
• Former Silicon Valley CEO to Face Murder-for-Hire Charges
• FCC Takes up Broadband Over Power Lines - Hams & RCers Not Happy
• Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down After Lightning Strikes
• IEEE Ratifies 802.11i
• Iran To Launch First Homemade Satellite on Experimental ICBM Platform
• Tiny Arm Shuttles Electrons In A New Transistor
• Contractors Agree to Build Electric Propulsion Motors for U.S. Navy
• Small Firms Vie for Slice Of Security Pie
• 10-7-2004
• Court Ruling Could End Qualcomm-TI Battle
• VoIP to Reach 12 Million U.S. Homes, Researcher Claims
• Gartner: Cap Equipment Spending to Decline in '05, '06
• Spaceports Compete in Race for Business
• Get Ready, Here Comes Nanotechnology
• Next Step To The Quantum Computer
• France To Launch 50 Nanosatellites
• 10-6-2004
• Air Force Looks at New Microwave Weapon
• Waking Up During Surgery Far Too Common - Ouch
• US Election Could Have Big Sway On Telecom Policy
• SensorNet Boss Slams U.S. Approach to Sensor R&D
• It's the End of the Scaling as We Know It
• Passengers Queue For Out Of This World Flights
• China Makes Strides In Space Technology
• CA & MA States Rally to Back Biotech Research
• L-Mart $135M Satellite Tipping Mishap Blamed on Human Error
• 10-5-2004
• Nokia, Intel Join Forces to Develop Symbian OS Phones
• Two Wind Power Projects Receive State Grants
• Tightening Wireless LAN Security
• General Dynamics Denies Radio is Burning British Soldiers
• EADS Goes Full Throttle for U.S. Military Market
• Jury Rules for Kodak over Sun in Java Patent Dispute, .NET Next
• Taiwan Notebook Makers Have Their China Plants Running Overtime
• Ceramic Cellphones
• 10-4-2004
• SpaceShipOne Wins $10M Ansari X-Prize
• DoCoMo Fuel Cell Targets Mobile Recharging of Phones
• EDA Growth Turns Anemic in Second Quarter
• Agilent Announces 13 GHz/40 Gsps
• Microsoft to Offer New Windows Flavor for Retail Market
• Postal Service Picks Lockheed Martin for $3 Billion Networking Contract
• BlackBerry, Bluetooth Miss a Shot to Move Into More Hands
• U.S. Missile Defense Nearly Ready
• Sun, UT Austin Team Up on Supercomputer
• Mechanical Memory Switch Outstrips Chip Technology
• 10-1-2004
• Software-Defined Radio Advances on Several Fronts
• Super SIM for China's CDMA Operator
• TI, Memsic Cut Deal to Sell CMOS MEMS Sensors
• 'Actual' August Chip Sales Show Slowing Market Growth
• Mount St. Helens Set to Erupt
• Caffeine Withdrawal Recognized As A Disorder
• SpaceShipOne To Make 2nd X Prize Flight Monday
• U.S. Offers Low-Res $50 Bill Image Since "Counterfeit Deterrence System" Hardware/Software Prevents Copying
• Rare Birds Thwart Antenna Installation - Wackos:1, Public:0
• Home Networking With ZigBee
• Welch: GE Ex-CEO Blasts Outsourcing Opponents (That Boy Is Looking Old!)
• Fair Wind For WiFi And WiMAX
• Harris Corp To Build Intra-Flight Data Link Components For F-35 JSF
• Lawmakers Hope To Boost Laws Involving Cell-Phone Camera Abuse
• Shuttle Or Not, Hubble Will Be Saved
• Microsoft Kills Wi-Fi Product Line