7-29-2005
RF Cafe Appears in WSJ's CareerJournal.com (by Sarah E. Needleman)
Wi-Fi Achieves "Success" Status
Energy Policy Overhaul on Way
IC Insights Ranks Chip Makers on first-Half Sales
Freescale Moves into IC Insights' Top 10
WiMAX Interest Spreading to Asia
Firms Test the Blogosphere
Water Ice in Crater at Martian North Pole
Great Britain's Defense Secretary Gives Green Light to UAV Program
Science Community Charged About New Mega-Magnet
Defense Contractors Raise 2005 Forecasts
Hop-On Offers Two New Low-Cost CDMA Handset Solutions to Emerging
Markets
7-28-2005
Great Expectations Practically Guarantee Growth of In-Building
Wireless
Future Horizons Sees 20% Growth in 2006 Chip Market
Shuttle Does a Flip, Then Docks with Space Station
Physicist Throws Time-Travel Theories a Curve
Nanotech: NASA's Next Giant Leap
Mobile Handset Sales up 18% in Q2
Branson and Rutan Launch New Spaceship Manufacturing Company
Geeks Gather at 'What the Hack' Conference
Army Orders Radios from ITT Industries
VideoComm Technologies New TCO-5808 Wireless Transmitter &
Receiver System
7-27-2005
EADS Quarterly Profit up 47% on Airbus Deliveries
U.S. Renews Mexico Travel Warning as Killings Mount
Discovery Gets U.S. Back into Space!
Wipro Targets Latest Outsourcing Trend: R&D
Motorola Describes Mobile WiMAX Effort for 4G
U.K. Analyst Blasts "Timid" Semiconductor Industry CEOs
Semico Sees Upswing for ICs Through 2008
First "Windows Vista" Beta Could Ship Today
IQE Starts Shipping Antimonide-Based Epitaxial Wafers
EDO Builds Microwave Receiver for Climate Satellite
Motorola Looks to Dial into BlackBerry Success
China Plans Woman in Space by 2010
7-26-2005
Discovery Aloft; 'Godspeed - And Have a Little Fun up There.'
Awesome!
Residents Fight to Keep Analog Cell Phones
Motorola Unveils Slim Windows Smart Phone (ala Blackberry)
Lockheed Martin's Earnings up 56% in 2Q
Periodic Table's Design Gets an Elemental Change
Nuclear Weapons Continue to Pose a Serious Health Risk in Europe
Intel Building $3B Semiconductor Plant in Arizona
Planned Merger Would Create Chinese Electronics Powerhouse
M/A-COM Introduces New High Linearity RoHS Compliant 0.5-3.0
GHz SPDT 3.0 V Switch
7-25-2005
Broadband Powers up on the Grid (BPL)
Discovery Launch to go Ahead Even if Fuel Gauge Malfunctions
Military Microsatellite Looks in on Spacecraft
Trial Backs Criticized 'Fusion in a Jar' Effort
Microsoft Dubs Longhorn 'Windows Vista'
Japan Plans World's Fastest Supercomputer
Air Force Names BAE Systems for Radar Warning Receivers
U.S. House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passes NASA Authorization
Bill
Deep Impact: During and After Impact
7-22-2005
Semis South of the Border
The Street Eyes Pentagon Giants' Earnings Outlook
China Bans Foreign Firms Owning TV and Radio Channels
Iran to Launch First Space Satellite in 2006
NASA Finds 'Most Probable' Technical Problem Delaying Shuttle
Launch
Fire Hits U.K. Test House
One-Atom-Thick Materials Promise a 'New Industrial Revolution'
Students Steer a Blimp to Test Near Space Military Technology
DARPA Sets Sights on Improving Analog-to-Digital Conversion
Group Calls for Easing Rules on U.S. Tech Sales to China
(maybe we should just nuke ourselves?)
7-21-2005
WiFi VoIP Handset Revenue Ticks Up
China Reacts Angrily to DoD Report
(they would never attack Taiwan,
would they?)
Taiwan Looks to Chip Design as Growth Engine
Explosions Hit Three London Tube Stations, One Bus
N. American Residential VoIP Market Set to Enter Mass Market
Skills Challenge Lies Ahead for Europe
U.S., Indian Universities Team to Improve Engineering Education
DOD Lets $219 Million in Missile-Defense Contracts
eBay's Earnings Climb 53% (used
test equipment available there)
Discovery Launch Set for Tuesday Morning
7-20-2005
European R&D Hit as Work Moves Abroad
Tech Group Warns of Investment Drain to Asia
Venture Capital Web Scammers Trolling for Money
Can We Talk? The Cell Phone Debate at 35,000 Feet
Cellphone Sales Seen at Over 1 Billion
DOD Space Buys Leak Billions
Pentagon Sees China as a Growing Regional Threat
Northrop Grumman to Provide IR Countermeasures for C-130 Aircraft
U.S. Still Dominates in Electronic Design
Telecom Market to See Huge Boom
7-19-2005
Broadcom Agrees to Pay $76M to Buy Siliquent
Chipmakers, NY State Form R&D Initiative
Wireless Music Services to be Huge
Raytheon Supplies Air Traffic Control Radar for Venezuela
PC Shipments Surge to Near 5-Year High - Dell Widens Lead on
HP
Semiconductor Industry Faces Big Changes in the Years Ahead
Nanowires in Blood Vessels May Help Monitor, Stimulate Neurons
in the Brain
Researchers Make Advances in Wind Energy Generation
Hackers Shift Focus to Swiping ID Information
7-18-2005
TI Exec Sees Chip Industry Entering New Era
DoD to Use HP Supercomputer for Weapon Design
RF Roof Cleaning in Moscow
Fundamental Limitation To Quantum Computers
HP Expected to Announce Massive Layoffs
In-Flight Cell Phones Unlikely, FAA Tells Congress
Fuel Cell Innovator Completes Series-B Funding Round
Philips Sees No Semiconductor Upturn, Consumer Weakness
7-16-2005
TI Exec Sees Chip Industry Entering New Era
DoD to Use HP Supercomputer for Weapon Design
RF Roof Cleaning in Moscow
Fundamental Limitation To Quantum Computers
HP Expected to Announce Massive Layoffs
In-Flight Cell Phones Unlikely, FAA Tells Congress
Fuel Cell Innovator Completes Series-B Funding Round
Philips Sees No Semiconductor Upturn, Consumer Weakness
7-15-2005
Senate Considers Speeding up Digital TV Transition
U.S. to Lose Chip Market Share Through 2009
Cellular Operators Must get into Wireless Broadband
Chinese VC Investment Set to Fall in 2005
Synthetic Diamonds Seen Spurring Technology
Honeywell Dives into Nanotechnology Research
Deep Impact Flyby Spacecraft May Get New Job
Intelligence is Irrelevant to a Happy Old Age - There IS Hope
for Me!
Device Creates Electricity and Treats Wastewater
Martians Will Need to Watch Out for Towering Electrified Dust
Devils
Competition Slashing Costs of Broadband
RF Micro Devices Forecasts Continued Growth in Shipments of
POLARIS TOTAL RADIO Transceiver Chipsets
7-14-2005
ABI Research Sees Cellular Operators Engaging with WiMAX
Ebbers Gets 25 Years for WorldCom Fraud
U.S. Air Force Purchases Cable and Antenna Test Systems for
B2A Aircraft
National to Close Singapore Plant, Cuts 950 Jobs
Move to China May be Blower than Predicted
GPS Makes Getting Lost a Thing of the Past
Microsoft Warns of Flaws in Word, Windows
NASA Postpones Discovery Launch
Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for Radar Upgrade to F-16
Aircraft
7-13-2005
Space Shuttle Liftoff at 3:51 pm EDT: Return-to-Flight Coverage
Watch Via the Internet
Sharp Rise in Tax Revenue to Pare U.S. Deficit
Mobile Phone Cost Impact Seen in U.N. Recycle Plan
Wireless Providers Gain Ground on Wireline Services
Military Turns to Virtual Reality to Treat Post-Traumatic Stress
Intel Bill Slashes Big Ticket Satellites
Investment to Boost London Tech Development
After Record Year, Cell Phone Sales are Slowing
Carriers' Investments in VoIP Gear Set to Surge
3G to Reach Mass Market in Five Years
7-12-2005
Car Phone Users '4x More Likely to Crash'
HP Launches New Printer Technology
RFID Ready to Blossom
All Eyes on Discovery, Scanning for Damage
Energy-Beam Weapons Still Missing from Action
Broadband Over Powerline (BPL) Gains Investors & Detractors
Rockwell Collins to Build $350M Air Force GEMS Network
Raytheon, Cessna Receive NASA Quite Sonic Boom Research Grants
European Union Raids Intel Offices
MEMS Market Set to Fall from 15% Annual Growth
7-11-2005
WiMAX Will Be Entry Point for New Operators, Report Predicts
Startup Claims Breakthrough in Electron Microscopy
Tyco Small Diameter Cables Offer Weight & Space Savings
Tech Industry Report: Microsoft Plans Expansion
Wi-Fi Wave Heading for Beach Communities
Deal to Develop In-Flight Cell Phone Service
Army Orders More Falcon Radios from Harris
Littoral Stealth Combat Ship will use Lockheed Martin Software
Discovery Countdown Begins for Wednesday Launch
Strengthening Coffee
China's Military Buildup a Concern, Not a Threat: Rice
7-6-2005
Army to Have Federal Prisoners Build Military Radios
Methanol Fuel Cell Achieves Record Power Output
European Legislators Vote Down Software Patent Bill
Military Supplies Get to Market on the Double
Pentagon Pushes on with Near-Space Craft
BAE Systems Receives $1.127B Order to Remanufacture & Upgrade
Bradley Vehicles
Jailbreak Tips from Martha Stewart?
7-5-2005
Tech Firms Want Europe Patent Law Pulled
More Computer Classes Urged for Kids
Ceramic Materials Improve Spacecraft Insulators
Teenage Creator of Sasser Worm Goes on Trial
New WLAN Uses Signals Too Weak for Normal Antennas
Air Force Taps Secure UWB
NASA's Deep Impact Generates Its Own Spectacular Photo Flash
Russian Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet
179 Lives Saved by Ballistic Recovery Systems' Parachute
Water-Filled Flip-chip ICs Streamline Chip Cooling
Central Asian Security Summit to be Held Against Anti-US Backdrop
Sanyo Plans to Cut 15% of Workforce
7-4-2005
Comet Impactor Hits Tempel 1
Man Recites π
from Memory to 83,431 Places
5 U.S. Technical Job Classifications Show Employment Drop, 1
Shows Steep Increase
Cellphones Don't Destroy Petrol Stations
Sprint to Start WiMAX Trials
Stronger 2nd Half Tempered by Uncertainty in Some Industry Sectors
China to Start Granting UWB Waivers
Cell Phone Could Produce "Vitamins for the Brain"
ESD Protection Devices Tout Highest Levels of Protection
Researchers Create first Nanofluidic Transistor
Fireworks Safer than Ever but Still Risky
China Prepares to Export first Satellite
7-1-2005
Beijing Clinic Ministers to Internet Addicts
WiMAX Vendors Piqued by FCC's 3.65 GHz Order
EE Times' Venture Capital Counter Sets Record $1.1 Billion
Where the Customers Are: Global Markets
Army Buys More SINCGARS Radios for $478 Million
Second-Half Preview: IC Market Wakes Up
Mars Rover Finally Frees Itself
Japanese Firm Develops World's First Robot Powered by Fuel Cells
Researchers Discover Microbes Can Produce Miniature Electrical
Wires
3M to Repatriate $1.7B in Foreign Earnings
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