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1-31-2008
Nokia Facing Massive $17.7B Patent Lawsuit
Top 5 Superbowl Advertisers
Stock Price Correlated to Likeability of Super Bowl Ads
UK Defense Ministry May Sell Radio Spectrum
Companies Team for Sub-$100 3G Linux Phone
Siemens Extends Amnesty Offer in Corruption Probe
Airlines to Install 4,000 Picocells for Passenger GSM and Wi-Fi
Services by 2011
Capacitor Maker Closes Two European Plants
(another move to China)
3-D Laser May Help Find Roadside Bombs
Future of UK Digital Radio May Be Bleak
Surprises Stream Back from Mercury's Messenger
Cell Phone Directory Rings Alarm Bells
Study: US Broadband Goal Nearly Reached
Screen-Printed Solar Cells in Many Colors and Designs, Even
Used in Windows
Shell's 'Obscene' £13.9B Profit is Biggest Ever by British Company
Ramping Up for Bluetooth's Second Decade
Confusion Reigns Over TV Transition
GSE Reaches 10%-Efficient CIGS Production on Flexible Substrate
Personal Navigation Devices will be Complemented, not Replaced,
by Handset-Based Navigation Solutions
1-30-2008
U.S. Top Tech Early Adopter List
Four Arrested for Stealing iPhone Shipment
Wireless Auction Concerns Rise as Some Airwaves Languish
New Kind of Transistor Radios Shows Capability of Nanotube Technology
Damaged Cable KOs Internet in Middle East
USPTO to Administer National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Study Shows Deficiencies in the Use of Communications Technologies
SEMI Creates Solar Group
'Bluetooth Bandits' Charged in Bank Robberies
IBM Union Group Petitions Against "Pay Cuts"
HP Leads TI in Top 30 MEMS Ranking for 2007
Magnetism Loses Under Pressure
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Surpasses Expectations, Establishes
Delivery Record in 2007
WJ Raises Revenue and Profit Estimates Again
U.S. Military Prepares to Handle Crashing Spy Satellite
Astronauts Go on Risky Spacewalk to Fix ISS Power
Lithium, Beryllium May be Bondable
HI-MEMS: Control Circuits Embedded in Pupal Stage Successfully
1-29-2008
Get Paid for Your Next Interview
(if you are really good)
It Missed Us - NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby
Asteroid
ARRL Board Authorizes New Section Positions, Adopts Budget
USPTO Expands Patent Prosecution Highway Network to Canadian,
Korean Patent Offices
Could a Nanotube-Based Drug Prevent Radiation Injury?
Intel Becomes Largest Purchaser of Green Power in the U.S.
ITT to Upgrade Precision Approach Radar Systems in Brazil
Agilent 2008/09 T&M Catalog Now Online
SkyCross Announces iMAT Antenna for MIMO Apps
Apple Lost Up to $400 Million in Revenues from Unlocked iPhones
China's Weapons Exceed Self-Defense Needs: U.S. Military
(What is the DoD complaining about? We sold China all the technology
they were willing to pay for.)
Broadcast Radio Unlikely to Return to Past Growth
Man Arrested in eBay Sale of Historic Documents
Chemists Find Way to Make Highly Pure Carbon Nanotubes
Russian Re-entry Glitch Caused by Faulty Cable
LEDs to be Common in Office, Garage, Residential by End of 2008
Problem of Quantum Dot 'Blinking' Solved
1-28-2008
Veteran Double Amputee Walks Again Due to Bluetooth
Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29
VC Investing Hits 6-Year High in 2007, Semi Funding Declines
Scientists Create Material That Doesn't Reflect Light
Arkansas Health Department Sponsors Amateur Radio Training
Microchips Everywhere Could Mean Total Loss of Privacy
Cell Phone Can Read Documents for Blind
Research Aims to Develop DNA-Based Electronic Devices
Micro Systems Wins $3.5M Contract to Supply Avionics for USAF
Aerial Target
Eurofighter to Cost Several More Billion Euros
South Korea Research Institute Forges Ties with NASA
Engineering Schools Strive to Serve up Pinter with Planck
Handset Shipments Up in ‘07, but ‘08 Forecast Cut
4-Year-Olds Pump up Mobile Phone Sales
Study Shows eBay Buyers Save Billions of Dollars
Has Microsoft Disavowed Vista?
Dental Tooth Fillings Containing Mercury Don't Affect Children's
Brain Development
(another flip-flop?)
New Techniques Create Butanol, A Superior Biofuel
1-27-2008
The 700 MHz Race
Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29
Defunct Spy Satellite Falling from Orbit
Tech Firms Weather Recession Storm Clouds
2007 Was 10th Warmest for U.S., 5th Warmest Worldwide
1-25-2008
Russian Firm Offers Funeral Service for Mobile Phones
China Now Rivals United States in Technology Competitiveness:
Georgia Tech Report
High-Tech Gadgets May Be Hazardous to Your Love Life
Top Bids $2.4B as Wireless Auction Opens
Malware Spreading in Cell Phones, Security Firm Warns
Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation to Thwart Nuclear Terrorism
(while cooking your brain)
White House Wants Immunity for Electronic Surveillance
Air Force Adds More Repeaters to California PAVE PAWS Problem
List
FCC Proposes New Localism Requirements
(a back
door Fairness Doctrine revival?
IFI Extends 2007 Sale Prices One More Week
Angry Employee Deletes All of Company's Data
Scientists Succeed in Storing Quantum Bit
Panasonic Semiconductor Invests $93.6M in Second China Factory
Oil Company Claims Radio Broadcast Endangers Fuel Depot Workers
ICs Cooled with Sound Waves
India, France Tighten Defense Relations
2008 National Electrical Code® (NFPA 70®) Now Available
1-24-2008
Methode Plans to Move Work out of U.S., Cut 700 Jobs
(the drain
continues)
IBM Responds to Overtime Lawsuits with 15% Salary Cuts
Global Market for Large and Advanced Batteries Worth $11.35B
by 2012
Mandatory Federal Wall-Wart Regs Preempt Hodge-Hodge at State
Level
Digi-Key Corporation to Carry Wurth Electronics Midcom Product
Line
World's Best Microscope Can Produce Images Less Than Diameter
of Single Hydrogen Atom
Mobile Phone Shipments Head for 1.2B in 2008
Wi-Fi for Airline Passengers Moves Closer to Reality
ST, Moto, Qimonda, Spansion Record Significant Losses
Counterfeit Grey Market Struggles in 2008
Google Ties up with Japan's DoCoMo to Grow Abroad
Tech Comes to the Rescue in Winter Sports
Ulysses Spacecraft Flies over Sun's North Pole
Rumsfeld: U.S. Needs Online Strategic-Communications Agency
Student Fined for Attack Against Estonian Website
eBay to Lower Auction Fees
Mystery May Be Solved for Texas Town Abuzz Over UFO Sightings
1-23-2008
FCC Bids out 700 Megahertz Spectrum Licenses; AT&T, Verizon
Top Bidders
Electronics Skills Shortage a Focus for House of Commons
Global W-CDMA Base Doubles as CDMA Decline Gathers Pace
Navigation Systems Uses Nearby WLANs
ARISS Team Looking for Ground Stations
IBM Riles Employees with Base Pay Cuts
China Starts Hearing on Mobile Roaming Charges
SIM Cards Help Solve Crimes
U.S. Details Export Reforms
Motorola's 4Q Income Tumbles 84%
STMicro Reports $477M Loss in 2007
TriQuint Unveils Optical Lithography Foundry Process for High-Volume,
Millimeter-Wave Products
Thousands Protest Nokia Plant Closing
China Electricity Supplier Warns of Power Crisis
Nanotech Retrofit Sharpens X-Rays
Industry to Pay for Right to Pollute Under EU Plans
Japanese Astronaut to Throw Boomerang in Space
1-22-2008
Wall St. Nose-Dives, Dow Briefly Down over 460 Points
National Semi Lays Off 200
Harrison Re-Elected ARRL President at January Board Meeting
Call for Presidential Candidates to Tackle Tech Issues
Paper Aeroplane to be Dropped 240 Miles from International Space
Station to Earth
The Unseen Benefits of a Slowdown
EU Official Says IP Address is Personal Info
CIA: Hackers Have Shut Down Foreign Power Grids
Radio Revenues Will Remain Weak in Q1
Yahoo Expected to Cut Hundreds of Jobs
Site Charges Flat Rates for Semiconductor IP
Modernization of North American Joint Forces to Increase Military
Power Supplies Market
Ion Engine to Propel Spacecraft to Mercury
Snow Falls (along with stock prices)
in Silicon Valley
Couple to Sue Subway over Leaked Kiss Video
1-21-2008
World Markets in Largest Crash Since 9/11
Patent Reform Debate Heads to U.S. Senate
Recipients of First-Ever Yasme Excellence Awards Announced
Fujitsu Reorganizes Semiconductor Operations
EU Considering Halting State Subsidies to Foreign Investors
GPS Devices and Systems Will Surpass 900 Million Unit Shipments
by 2013
Sanyo to Sell Cellphone Business to Kyocera on April 1
Mobile Phone Radiation Wrecks Your Sleep
T&M Industry Trends Toward Software-Defined Instrumentation
Vodafone to Spend US$6 Billion Over 3 Years in India
Overseas Investors Buy Aggressively in U.S.
European, Asian Markets Plunge Amid Pessimism over U.S. Stimulus
Plan
New Standards to Protect U.S. Power Utilities Against Cyber
Attacks
<$1/W:
A Solar Panel on Every Building
Boy Pupils Scolded 5x as Much as Girls
1-20-2008
Chess Master Bobby Fischer Dies at 64
Economy to Impact Global Tech: Wall Street Needs to Take off
Rose-Colored Glasses
What Are the Health Effects of Wireless Communication Devices?
FCC Resumes Testing of Internet Devices
Sears First to Test 2-D Bar Codes
1-18-2008
Contact Lenses with Circuits, Lights a Possible Platform for
Superhuman Vision
(very cool)
Dell Laptops Give You Jolt
Lunar
Echo Experiment looking for Amateur Radio Participants
Skyworks Grows Quarterly Revenue a Higher-than-Expected 11%
Techs Could be Slipping into Gloom
Kyocera Positions Indian Center for Wireless Development
German Industry Says EU Pollution Plan Threatens a Million Jobs
EU May Cut Cost of Texting, Mobile Data
Sprint to Slash 4,000 Jobs after Subscriber Losses
Materials' Crystal Properties Illuminated by Mathematical 'Lighthouse'
A Revolution in Batteries
Electronics Failure Cited in Heathrow Crash
Classroom Scientists Shoot for Space
Microsoft Accused of Patent Violation in China
1-17-2008
Physicists Create World's Tiniest Trophy, to be Awarded on Super
Bowl Sunday
Companies Launch Gadget Buyback Services for Frequent Upgraders
Bluetooth Turns 10, Pushes Spec Enhancements
Germans Urged to Boycott Nokia
Jet
Propulsion Lab's Amateur Radio Club Marks 50 Years in Space
European Regulators Report on Roaming Tariff Reductions
Pizza Hut rolls out Nationwide Mobile Ordering
Web Hosting Firm Overcharges 600,000 Domain Users $7.5 Million
Arizona Space Industry Generates Over 250M Dollars Annually,
Creates 3,300 Jobs
Solar Industry Faces More Supply, Falling Prices
Will Global Recession Hand the Equipment Industry to China?
Microsoft Warns of Excel Zero-Day Attack
Sweden Military Calls for End of Conscription
Researchers Convert Coconut Oil to Power Cars
Norway Aims to be Carbon Neutral by 2030
U.S. Teens Confident in Their Inventiveness
1-16-2008
Nokia to Close Germany Plant, Lay Off 2,300
FCC Chief Says Economy Could Hurt Wireless Sale
Telecommuting has Negative Impact on Workers in the Office
ARRL
Co-Founder Hiram Percy Maxim II Passes Away at 72
Los Alamos Chief Calls for More U.S. National Science Efforts
Pushing the Limits of Computer Chip Miniaturization
Eutelsat oo Drive Satellite Broadband to New Frontiers with
First Full KA-Band Satellite Infrastructure
Cobham Buys SPARTA for $416M
'Hybrid' Semiconductors Show Zero Thermal Expansion; Could Lead
to Hardier Electronics
USPTO to Hold National Trademark Expo
Booming Mobile Business Data Growth Likely to Slow
Intel to Reveal 2 Billion Transistor Chip at ISSCC
Raytheon Wins $232M Army Precision-Guided Projectile Development
Contract
Two Chinese Auto Makers Ready Plans to Invade U.S. Market
Wholesale Prices Rise 6.3 Percent in 2007
A New Face of Mercury Revealed as Messenger Speeds By
1-15-2008
Tesla Motors Mass Firings - Apply Within
RFID Tags to be Implanted in UK Convicts
Beefing up Magnets for Electric-Drive Cars
Applied Materials to Cut 1,000 Jobs
Be Cautious of Non-Quantitative 2008 Forecasts, Researchers
Say
Motley Fool: XM the 'Worst Stock of 2008'?
Cheap Phones Bring Chip Opportunities
Scientists Create Darkest Material
(no, it's not a report on U.S. high tech job losses)
EADS to Build Planes in U.S. if it Wins Tanker Contract
In-Car Electronics Now ‘Critical’ to Vehicle Design
Britain's Fastest Supercomputer Unveiled
IBM's Very Good Year
UK Agency Warns British Schools to Avoid Windows Vista
Plugs to Become Thing of the Past, Device Unveiled that Sends
Electricity Through Air
Ferrari Unveils Ethanol-Powered Sports Car
(ahem...
RF Cafe accepts donations)
Odds Growing for U.S. Recession
Europe Plans 10 Space Missions for 2008
GM Betting on Driverless Cars
1-14-2008
Jealous Spouses Track Their Partners by Mobile Phone in Hong
Kong
Motorola Mobile Phone Powered by Fuel Cell
Hurdles Still Loom as TV Stations Start Mobile Field Trials
2-D Bar Code to Hit U.S. in April
IEEE Conference Follows CES into Future
Keithley Takes on Auto, Aero Challenges
Helping Nanotechnology Innovations Move from Lab to Market
HP's Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headphones Approved by FCC
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Impacts Contractors, Agencies
Video Ads Are Planned for Grocery Carts
Bluetooth to Invade Soccer Fields
EU Says Costs for Galileo Satellite Project Reliable
New Understanding for Superconductivity at High Temperatures
China Mobile Ends Talks with Apple on iPhone Handset
U.S. Navy Considers Bringing Back Dormant 4th Fleet
How to Handle Carbon Dioxide? Lock it in Rock
Boss Fires Non-Smokers
1-13-2008
Used Semiconductor Equipment Market on the Rise
Consumer Electronics Sales to Reach $171B in 2008
NASA Spacecraft to Make Historic Flyby over Mercury
1-11-2008
Cambridge University Admissions Checks Applicants' Facebook
Body Heat to Power Cell Phones?
Researchers Claim Cloak can Render Subs Invisible to Sonar
Security Advocates Fight Passport RFID Proposal
Political Text Messages Banned in Taiwan's Elections Tomorrow
World Bank: India, China May be Immune to U.S. Slowdown
Machinists Urge U.S. to Halt Technology Transfers to China
NFC Uptake Forecasts Downgraded for Near Term
South Korean Operators Saw "Exceptional" Subscriber Growth in
2007
Penny-Pinching Homeowners Ditching Land Lines
Network Solutions' Domain Name Practice Criticized
FCC Sets Agenda for January Open Meeting
New Nanostructured Thin Film Shows Promise for Efficient Solar
Energy Conversion
First Passenger Flight to Antarctica Makes Historic Landing
on Glacial Runway
A Bed with Wireless Web, iPod, DVR, Anti-Snore System
Climate Change Issues to Drive Increased Tech Investment in
2008
1-10-2008
Tech Stocks Crumble Under Economic Pressure
LG Laptop Explodes
Qualcomm, Attorneys Rebuked for Withholding Documents in Broadcom
Case
Matsushita Becomes Panasonic
FCC Won't Change Digital TV Deadline
Best Buy Nervous About TV Conversion
RF Chip Replaces Infrared Technology in AV Control
T-Mobile Offers Free Wi-Fi to 3G Subscribers
ARRL
QSL Bureau Sees Rise in Number of Cards Sent
Hong Kong Radio Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Northrop Grumman Team to Compete for US Army Aerial Common Sensor
Filipinos Still Worlds Biggest Text Messagers - 1.39B Messages
from 50M Phones
Japanese Satellite Flops at Map-Making
PLI Awarded $3.5M DARPA Contract for Single-Photon FPAs
Lockheed Martin Selects SprayCool for U.S. Army Radar Program
Odds of Asteroid Hitting Mars Reduced
Tata Motors Rolls out the $2,500 'Nano' Car in India
1-9-2008
Man Gets Record Sentence for Computer Sabotage
FAA: Terrorists Could Hack New Boeing Jetliner
Estimated 43B Text Messages Sent Globally on New Years Eve
Automakers Ready to Cash in on Technology
Silver-Zinc Battery Technology Poised to Challenge Lithium for
Energy Density
FCC Chief Promises CES a Digital America, and Higher Cable Bills
GM Shows Cadillac Powered by Fuel Cells
New Radios Would Provide Text Scrolling
U.S. May Take Action on EU Electronics Tariffs
Comcast 'Welcomes' FCC Probe into Internet Limits
Smulyan: 'Surprisingly Upbeat' About Broadcast Radio
First Trojan Malware Detected for the iPhone
Electronics Retailers Unhappy as Shoppers Cautious
Lowest Frequency Radar Echo Detected from the Moon
The Top Radio Magazine Stories of 2007
Major Upgrade for Hubble Telescope in 2008
1-8-2008
Big Trouble for Big Science
NI Introduces USB-Controlled RMS RF Power Meter
Solar Activity Threatens to Mash up Communications
Mitsubishi Unveils TV with Lasers
Professors Help Students Virtually
Product Returns Cost Tech Industry Billion$
Can TI Rebound in Baseband?
Panasonic Erects 'Life Wall' at CES
Electric Sand Findings Could Lead to Better Climate Models
Signal Booster Supplier Finds Strong Demand for Signal Boosters
in Cars
Recession Fears Spoil CES
SETI Project Looking for More Volunteers
Combination Taser and iPod Holster - What Will They Think of
Next?
Is Your Child a Genius? The Telltale Signs that Point to Hidden
Talents
KissPhone Misses First b y Forty Years
(nasty!)
Blue Diamonds Have a Red Glow About Them
1-7-2008
Nokia Poisoned by Sewerage Leak
New Sunspot is Harbinger of New Solar Cycle, Increasing Risk
for Electrical Systems
NOAA to Ensure Global Navigation Satellite System Accuracy
“Diamond Transistor” Clocks 120 GHz
Electronics Makers Keep Eye on U.S. Economy
Web 2.0 in 2008: B2B is Out, U2B is In
Helium Supplies Endangered, Threatening Science and Technology
Wireless is Everywhere; Ignore it at Your Peril
GAO: U.S. Export Licenses Take Too Long
(we need to expedite the sale of arms to countries that might
one day turn them on us?)
Gates Bids Farewell to CES
Wear and Tear Compel Equipment Replenishment for Army, Marine
Corps
40% of Australians Drive While Talking on Their Mobile Phone
GM: Driverless Cars Coming Within a Decade
Al-Qaeda Uses Bluetooth to Spread Message
JPSA Awarded LED Wafer Scribing Patent
South Korea Confirms Contact with Satellite Lost
New Malware Called "Ransomware" Locks up Your PC and Extorts
Users
1-6-2007
UK Living Standards Outstrip US
1-5-2007
GPS System Steers Idiot into Path of Train
Experts Warn of Possible Wi-Fi Virus Outbreak
Congestion Causes Text Message Slowdown
Security Expert Warns Latest Firefox Browser Susceptible to
Password Hack
EE Times: Top 10 Predictions for
Semis in 2008
Shielding GPS Antennas from Space Radiation
Switzerland Uses Radar Guns to Catch Speeding Downhill Skiers
Suit Says IBM Dumped Chemicals in New York State
419 Million NFC Chipsets Will Ship by 2012, Generating $406M
in Revenue
Westinghouse Wireless HDTV Streams in at CES 2008
Electronics Makers Vie to Make Machines Green
BAE to Evaluate Missile Defense System on U.S. Passenger Aircraft
Wireless High on Top 10 Design Features of 2007
Hackers Force Pennsylvania's Government Web Site to Shut Down
China Plans to Merge Aerospace Giants
Energy-Saving CFL Bulbs 'Can Cause Migraines' Warn Experts
1-3-2008
Cell Phone Users Tie up Traffic
WirelessHD Group Releases 60 GHz Radio Spec
Turtle Wireless to Sell Dick Tracy Watch-Phone
Sears' Christmas Spyware Surprise
W1HKJ Announces
Beta Test Version of NBEMS Software
Boeing to Build a 6th Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite
Metal Rubber: Chemists Create Self-assembling Conductive Rubber
Spec Signals Wireless Video Flood at CES
U.S. Frequent Travelers Get Electronic Passports
France Warns Against Excessive Mobile Phone Use
Utra-Fast Fibre Lasers, Dopey Photons ... What's Next?
Top Senator Blasts U.S. Sale of F-16s to Pakistan
When it Comes to Metal, Smaller is Stronger
Radar Equipment from EADS to be Deployed on TanDEM-X Satellite
Confusion over New York Cellphone Ban in Schools
U.S. Army Helmets to Gather Blast Data
1-2-2007
Oil Futures Rise to $100 a Barrel
National Science Foundation Boots South Pole Research Personnel
for Barroom Brawl
Palm-Sized 'Pico-Projector' Enabled by MEMS
Photovoltaics Now World's Fastest-Growing Energy Source
Some China Firms Avoid U.S. Technology Transfer Licenses
USPTO and JPO to Implement Patent Prosecution Highway on Full-Time
Basis
Electronics Weekly's Top 10 News Stories of 2007
Qualcomm: New 3G Chips Ready by March
Global Market for Nanoparticles in Electronic, Magnetic, and
Electro-Optic Applications Slated for High Growth
Washington State Bans Texting While Driving
Terrestrial Digital Radio Goes Mobile
New Smart Plug That Will Switch off the TV if You Forget
Asteroid Could Hit Mars Next Month: NASA
Australia's Internet Filter Plan Under Fire
Russia Sees ndE of Road for Space Tourism
1-1-2008
Top 10 Chip Stories to Watch in 2008
Generation Y Looks to the Web for Answers
Qualcomm Barred from Using Broadcom 3G Patents
More Americans Preferred Laptops Over PCs in 2007
SIA: Strong Chip Sales Needed in December to Meet 2007 Forecast
IC Forecast up for 2008
Motorola and Metrologic Settle Patent Disputes
Nokia's Thousand-Dollar E90 Communicator Cell Phone
Life Support Cut on Netscape Navigator - Bye-Bye in 2008
Japan Moves to Regulate the Internet
Marines Bring Virtualization to the Battlefield
Nanotechnology Aids Large-Area Solar Cell
More than Half of U.S. Households Own a DTV
(not mine)
$40 Coupons from Taxpayers to Help Buy DTV Converters
A Christmas Song that Only Dogs Can Hear
Internet Opens Elite College Materials to All
Bin Laden Says U.S. Seeks to Exploit Iraqi Oil
(personally,
I wish we would so I can afford to drive an SUV again)
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