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11/30/2008
Terrorists Use BlackBerries to Communicate During Mumbai Hostage
Standoff
Clearwire on the Hiring Trail
Carriers Focus on Pre-Paid Wireless, Budget-Conscious Bundles
Scientists Find Magnetic Theory for Natural Navigation
Slowdown Hits STMicroelectronics
11/28/2008
3-D Memristor Chip Debuts
DARPA Seeks to Mimic in Silicon the Mammalian Brain
NFL to Broadcast Game in 3D
Sports Teams Lose White Spaces Battle
Space Centre to Provide Multi-Billion Pound Boost for Industry
NASA Tests the Interplanetary Internet
ARRL President Emeritus George Wilson, (W4OYI) Dies at 76
Country Thankful for Military, Technology Partners, and Enabling
Technologies
TSMC, UMC Looking to Cut Costs by 20%
Getting Ready for 'Cyber Monday'
NIST Devises LED Test Method Comparable to Lighting Tests
Nanotube Switching Effect Discovered
Air New Zealand Readies for RFID-Enabled Boarding Passes
'Dancing' Atoms Spinning out of Control Make Better MRI Images
Astronomers Hope to See Orbiting Tool Bag
World's Oldest Person Dies at 115 Years
10 New Reasons Why Microsoft Should Give Thanks
11/26/2008
Wireless Network Traffic to Increase Tenfold by 2015
Europe's €200B Recovery Plan Targets Energy-Efficiency
Space Experts Offer Anti-Asteroid Plan
German Research Institute Tests RFID in Construction
Hydropower Generator Mimics Fish
Growth Forecast for 2009 Solar Installations Cut from 49% to
26%
Creating a Memory Device Out of Paper
European States at Odds Over Space Funding Priorities
Lifting the Illusions from Invisibility Cloaks
Online Networks a Magnet for Job-Seekers
Optometrist Establishes Sports Vision Clinic to Improve Athletic
Performance
At Home With Robots: The Coming Revolution
Dell to Offer 0% Financing to U.S. Businesses
Global Warming Predictions are Overestimated, Suggests Study
on Black Carbon
When Intelligent and Natural Design Collide
11/25/2008
Memristors Make Chips Cheaper
Analysts Downgrade Several Chip Company Estimates
BlackBerry Storm Drives up RIM Shares Amid Sellouts
Economic Downturn Sparked a Battle for 3rd Place in Mobile Phone
Market (I don't
remember 3rd place making news before)
China Chip Market Sales Growth Slows as Fabless Competition
Heats Up
New Waterproof Nanotech Material Which Remains dry Even When
Submerged
WeFi Reaches Ten Million Wi-Fi Access Points
Cellphone Market Gloom Spreads to Samsung
Researchers Induce Superconductivity in an Insulator
[is nothing
sacred? ;-)]
GSM Association Calls for NFC-Enabled Cell Phones
Rohde & Schwarz Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Physics Gets a Bit of Movie Magic
Pratt & Whitney's F135 Successfully Completes First Supersonic
Flight
Consumer Turnoffs: Ugly Tech, Garish Gadgets
Judge Awards Facebook $873M in Spammer Case
U.S. Consumers Cutting Back on Technology Purchases
Endeavour Astronauts Start Fourth, Final Spacewalk
2008 May Be Radio's Worst Year Since 1954
Have Scientists Captured the Gold Ring for Blue OLED?
One-Eyed Woman Hope Engineers can Design Her Eye Cam
Wikipedia Can Pose a Health Risk
11/24/2008
FCC Releases Full Text of White Spaces Ruling
El Paso, Salt Lake City, Dallas and Memphis are the Top Text
Messaging Markets in the U.S.
Obama Gives Peek into H-1B Policy
Recruiting Technology Goes Cutting Edge
Kiyoshi Ito, 93, Mathematician Who Described Random Motion,
Dies
New Mechanism for Superconductivity?
Worst Could be Over by Mid-2009, Says Avnet CEO
(he must have data nobody else has)
RFID is the Key to Electric Vehicle Recharging Stations
Random House to Digitize Thousands of Books
Bug-Sized Spies: U.S. Develops Tiny Flying Robots
South Korea Sees a Slow-Down in Mobile Number Portability
Steelhead Apps Bolster Satellite Communications
Credit Crunch: Semiconductor Gloom Amid Economic Gloom
Ex-Siemens Manager Gets 2-Year Suspended Sentence
China Investment Fever Cools
Witnesses: Large Meteor Streaks Across Canada Sky
Ericsson Cuts 250 Jobs in USA Facility
Polymers 'Battered' with Nanoparticles Could Create Self-Healing
Paints and Packaging
How is Internet Advertising Faring in this Bad Economy?
Green Energy and Technology Win First Fight of the New Congress
Giant Camera Tracks Asteroids
11/23/2008
Electronics Supply Chain Sales Contract in September
'4-D' Microscope Revolutionizes the Way We Look at Nano World
Premier Farnell Target Dangers of Unregulated e-Waste Recycling
in Developing Countries
Engineers Sentenced to 1 Year for Espionage Case
New Nano Satellite Mission to Examine Link Between Lightning
and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
Broadband Makes Tiny Town an English-Teaching Hub
11/21/2008
Engineer Salaries: A Look at Global Compensation and Job Satisfaction
Pentagon Hit by Unprecedented Cyber Attack
Canada Electronics Profits Head for 5-Year Low
Man Says Cell Phone Saved Him from Stray Bullet
Chinese Bridge Builders Use Rockets to Shoot Cables Across Valley
(this is slick)
e=mc2: 103 Years
Later, Einstein's Proven Right
Canadian
Amateurs Receive Limited 500 kHz Privileges
2008 a Good Year for UK VC High-Tech Investment
Electronic Warfare Officers Keep Soldiers Safe
The Middle East Market Expects a Surge in Wireless Broadband
FCC Revised 700 MHz Spectrum Approach for First Responders
Consolidation Among Mobile-IC Makers Squeezes Supply Chain
Engineers Face Jail in Economic Espionage Case
Europe Needs More Ambition in Radio Spectrum Policy
3G Wireless Data: About to Break?
Researchers Make New Electronics - With a Twist
Iridium-Enabled System Helps Pilots Smash World Helicopter Speed
Record
Electricity from Waste Heat
Only Zero Carbon Buildings for the UK After 2016
(except for all the ones that will receive waivers)
Symantec Sees Rise in USB-Based Malware as Reports of U.S. Army
Ban Surface
Economic Crisis Forcing Shoppers to Use the Internet
11/20/2008
Fear, Negative Momentum Influence Chip Market
FCC Releases Full Text of White Spaces Ruling
Copernicus' Remains, Grave Found
India to Have 411,000 Millionaires by 2017
Cellphone Jammers Spread in Canada
Worldwide Standards Fuel Growth of Digital Television
HD Radio is Standard in 2009 Volvos
NXP Sees Sales Decline by up to 25% in Q408
'SuperSpeed' USB 3.0 Expected to be Widespread by 2010
NASA and DOE Collaborate on Dark Energy Research
Researchers Make New Electronics -- With a Twist
BMW's Electric Car
PC Magazine Goes Online-Only - Another Death in the Print Media
World
Physics' Grand Unification Theory is Unprovable
In Tough VC Market, Fabless Startup Snags $12M
New Satellite Being Developed for Rural Net Connectivity
Microsoft to Replace Live OneCare with 'No-Cost' Anti-Malware
Lost Tool Bag Forces Changes to Planned Spacewalks
Barack Hussein Obama's NASA Dilemma
How Time-Traveling Could Affect Quantum Computing
11/19/2008
DOD Plans to Wave Goodbye to Waveforms
(not all, just some)
The Air Force's Cyber Path
Indian
Space Agency Isro to Roll out a Rival to Google Earth
Shakeout Looms for Chinese Chip Firms
Anticipating the Worst - CYA for Companies Laying off Employees
Nokia to Launch TD-SCDMA Based Phones by End 2009
Qualcomm Hit with Contempt of Injunction in Broadcom Case
Global Chip Sales Forecast to Drop 5.6% in 2009
Students Invited to Name New Mars Rover
Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science
Ministers Meet to Define The Role of Space in Delivering Global
Objectives
Global Semiconductor Market to Contract in 2008
Sleep Helps People Learn Complicated Tasks
Can a Single Molecule Behave as a Mirror?
Interplanetary Internet Passes Test
China Consumed 1/3 of ICs in '07
Carbon-Nanotube Thread
Handset Manufacturers to Publish Energy Ratings for Phone Chargers
UK Troops Will Get 'Throwable' Camera
Physicist Admits Sending U.S. Space Know-How to China
Microsoft to Offer Free Security Software
11/18/2008
2009 Equipment Sales Could Hit Lows Not Seen Since 2003
GSM Trade Body Wants All New Phones to Have NFC by Mid-2009
The Return of the Rabbit Ear Antenna
Patent Office Continues to Fall Behind
Making Graphene More Practical
GSMA Backs Contactless Payments for Mobile
Sagem to Embed GPS Receiver into SIM Cards
Physicists Steer Electrons with Laser Pulses
Spacewalkers Prepare for In-Orbit Cleaning Job
Qualcomm Switches to LTE - is This the End of WiMax?
Wireless Modems Boost Cellphone-Only, 18-34 PPM Samples
USPTO: Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty
Transmittal and Search Fees
TI, Fulton Power up for Wireless Power
Nations Around the World Mark 10th Anniversary of ISS
Billions of Particles of Anti-Matter Created in Laboratory
Raytheon to Demonstrate New High-Data Rate Technology at MILCOM
Pico Satellite Swarms
Americans Are Still Planning to Give or Get Electronic Devices,
Including Smartphones
Wall Street Pushes Higher on Energy & Tech
Planck Satellite Mission Set to Explore Cosmic Secrets
1/3 of U.S. Households Now Own HDTVs
Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
(That is why they keep sending those e-mails... remember
D. Hannum's
famous quote)
11/17/2008
Record Number of U.S. Students Study Abroad
USPTO - Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
Unmanned Vehicles and Network-Centric Warfare Increase Demands
on Rugged Military Connectors
Wireless Warriors
Russia Beats the U.S. to an HTC 4G WiMAX Phone
Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries
Engineers Build Small Satellites to Widen Path to Outer Space
EU Wants "Independence" from Russian Gas
Cold Atoms Could Replace Hot Gallium in Focused Ion Beams
Toward a New Generation of Paper-Thin Loudspeakers
Astronauts Set to Unpack Endeavour's Cargo
Cray Second to Break Petaflops Barrier
LCH Repairs to Cost $21M
The Winner and Still Champion: Roadrunner Supercomputer Clobbers
All
Online Startup Aims to Improve Patent Quality
High-Tech Vehicles & Roads Hailed as Future of Transportation
Who's the Greatest Geek of All Time?
Solar-, Wind-Powered Billboard to Go Up in Times Square
Saudi Arabian Jeweler Puts a High Value on RFID
Murdoch Urges Australians to Move out of Comfort Zones and Embrace
Technology
Tech Industry Elite Seek Charter for 'Religious Harmony'
(hmm..., now which religion is not seeking harmony?)
11/16/2008
Space Shuttle Endeavour Races Toward Space Station
(I watched
the launch - absolutely perfect!)
Cache of Celtic Coins Uncovered in Dutch Cornfield
Miniature Solar Cells
Barack Obama Warned to Beware of 'Huge Threat' from al-Qaeda
Wall Street Ends Turbulent Week Sharply Lower
11/14/2008
Indian Probe Lands on the Moon
National Semi Cuts 330 Jobs on Lowered Outlook
The Coming White Space Wireless Revolution
Sun to Lay Off 15% of Its Workforce
EC and European Semi Companies Plan R&D
Nokia Sees Market Falling
DHS Proposes Funky 'Fix' for RFID Security
Electrical Drive Systems: World Record of One Million Revolutions
Per Minute Set
Secret Rocket Balls Target WMD Bunkers
Tequila Used to Create Diamonds
ESDA, JEDEC Announce Standards Development Cooperation
Scientists Inaugurate World's Largest Cosmic-Ray Observatory
Nanowires Ideal for Electronics Manufacturing
Avionics Intelligence Website Covers Aviation Technology and
Business
First Direct Images of Planets Around Other Stars
DOD Budget May Be Cut Under Obama, Boeing Says
24% of Employed Americans Have Been with Their Current Employer <1
Year
11/13/2008
Taxpayers (that's about only 50%
of U.S. citizens) Bailing Out GE to Tune of $139B
Chevy Volt Takes Charge in New York City
British Telecom Cutting 10,000 Jobs as Part of Costs Drive
Satellite Serving as Voice Repeater Expected to Go QRT by End
of Year
Scientists Call for More Nanotechnology Testing
Congress Wants More NFL Football on Free Television
Students Offered a Free RF Simulator
USPTO: Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty
Transmittal and Search Fees
Navy Appoints New Chief of Research
Endeavour Shuttle Ready for Friday Launch
Why Free Wi-Fi Could (help) Save Starbucks
Mini Nuclear Power Plants Could Power 20,000 Homes
Microsoft to Spend $1B on R&D in China
Qualcomm to Link People to Internet Without Computers
Better Wind Turbines - A More Efficient Generator
You Gave Your Child a Cell Phone. Now what?
Wireless-Based Healthcare is Essential
'Technical Problems' Shut Down Nigerian Satellite
Few U.S. EE Schools Teaching Environmental Design Requirements
Electronic Heat Trap Grips Deep Earth
Mysterious Glowing Aurora over Saturn Confounds Scientists
11/12/2008
IBM to Help Build Broadband Network in Power Lines
Public Officials Give 700 MHz Network Deals the Skeptical Eye
DoCoMo Confirms $2.7B Indian Investment
Holiday Spending to Rise for Mobile Phones, GPS
Georgia Town Advances Cell Phone Parking Payments
Fujitsu Microelectronics Provides Advanced 65 nm RF CMOS Process
Design Kit
Liquid Crystal Lubricant Developed, Reduces Friction to Almost
Zero
EU Investigating Mobile Operators Over Blocking of VoIP Services
Notre Dame and Madison Area Technical College join LED University
Program
Wireless Home Technology to Become More Prevalent
NASA Rover Low on Power from Martian Dust Storm
Air Force Base Deploys Wi-Fi/GPS RFID System Across 2,500 Acres
Mass Production Method for Nanomaterial Graphene Devised
Meridian Medical Systems Improves Treatment of a Critical Heart
Condition Using Microwave Technology
EU Parliament Head Wants EU Funds for Intelligence Satellites
Laser Lunar Landing System
After Banning YouTube, Military Launches TroopTube
Is Technology Spawning New Dating Disasters?
KEMET Brings Industry's Largest Dielectrics Selection to Electronica
2008
Raytheon to Modernize F-15E Radar
President Honors Veterans, Families at USS Intrepid Ceremony
Futures Sink to Session Lows on Economic Woe
11/11/2008
Tracking Traffic with Cell Phones
Advances Will Shatter Spectrum Regulation
Executives Seek Help to Improve Europe's Chip Industry Competitiveness
Starbucks 4Q Profit Drops 97% on Closure Costs
Mark Your Calendar for the November 2008 Frequency Measuring
Test
New Small-Scale Generator Produces Alternating Current by Stretching
Zinc Oxide Wires
RFMD® Broadens 3G Standard Product Portfolio With Highly Integrated
WCDMA/HSDPA Power Amplifiers
iPhone Becomes Top Seller as Handset Sales Fall
Motorola Enables the Mobile Enterprise with Innovative Voice-over-Wireless-LAN
Solution
AWR's AXIEM™ 3D Planar Electromagnetic Software Receives Prestigious
Electron d'Or Award
IEEE President Encourages Greater Investment in People, Technology,
Energy R&D at Innovation 2008
World Satellite Transponders Market to Reach 7,262 Units by
2012
Oak Ridge Boasts Fastest Computer at Open Research
Nokia Siemens Updates on Job Cuts Program - to Close German
Facility
Europe Space Chief Seeks €9B
India Added a Record 7.7M GSM Subscribers in October
Goldeneye Introduces Flexible, Freestanding GaN Material
11/10/2008
DoD Earmarks $400M for Basic Research
Is the U.S. Falling Behind in Chip R&D?
European Chip Market Feels Pain of Financial Crisis
Deal is on for Panasonic to Acquire Sanyo
Wall Street Opens Up on China's Spending Boost
How Much Transmit Power do WiMAX Nets Need?
Azimuth Systems Joins the International Wireless Industry Consortium™
Physicists Use Bose-Einstein Condensates to Enhance Factoring
Algorithm
Making Silicon Less Reflective
HDTV Sales Overtake SD Models
(duh... try to find an HD TV)
U.S. Spending for Intelligence and Battle Management Headed
Down over Next Decade
Nortel Reports Loss of $3.4B - Cuts 1,300 Jobs
Physicists Create BlackMax to Search for Extra Dimensions in
the Universe
SETI Radio Telescopes Track New Horizons
U.S. Broadcaster Gives Thumbs up to Mobile TV Spec
Circuit City Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Chinese Hackers Penetrate White House Computers
China Could View Web Addiction as 'Disorder'
11/9/2008
'Strong' Semiconductor Suppliers Shine in Slow Mmarket
Mini Nuclear Plants to Power 20,000 Homes
Music Headphones Can Interfere with Heart Devices
(need to play music with a sinus rhythm?)
Spansion Joins the ONE-NET Open-Source Wireless Networking Alliance
ST-NXP Wireless Cuts 500 Jobs
The Historic Beginnings of the Space Arms Race Part II
11/7/2008
Scientists Turn Tequila into Diamonds
Google Earth Helps - and Worries - Government
(ironic - see newest
Kirt's Cogitation)
Global Broadband Prices Down 20% in 2008
Diamagnetic Cavity Shield For Spacecraft - Shields up, Mr. Scott
Samsung Takes Top Spot in U.S. Cellphone Shipments in Q3 2008
Credit Crunch: Semiconductor Light Amid Economic Gloom
Qualcomm Leaps into Top 10 Among Chip Suppliers
China Builds World's Biggest Fixed Spectrometer Telescope
Lithography Past Light's Limits
Meet the FCC's New Chief Technologist
Ex-Intel Engineer Stole $1B in Trade Secrets, Feds Say
Location, Location, Location - as Long as It Has Broadband Internet
Gigatronics to Develop YIG-Based Synthesized System for Boeing
Russian Leader Blasts U.S., Vows to Deploy Missiles Near EU
Retailers Count on Web Appeal for Christmas Shopping
Cisco Warning Signals Trouble Ahead in Tech Sector
Model Predicts Equipment's Remaining Life and Links Info to
Inventory Decisions
Virginia Tech Engineers Identify Conditions that Initiate Erosion
11/6/2008
IC Industry Entering 'Capitulation Mode'
AMD Employee Charged with Stealing Intel Secrets
'Phase II' White Space Report was Submitted for Peer Review,
Says OET
Nationwide 4G WiMAX Gets the Green Light
Plastic Wires Rival Copper at 20% the Weight
Dell Laptops to Get 'White Space' Wireless Chips
AMD to Lay off 500 More in Its Streamlining Effort
IBM's Chip Unit Cuts Temp Workers
Cadence Cuts 625 Jobs as It Looks to Save $150M
Anadigics Cuts 15% of Workforce
Santa Clara Crime Lab Turns to RFID
Newly Discovered Fungus Breathes Biodiesel
Motorola Demos LTE on 700-MHz Spectrum
FCC's OK of Alltel Takeover Makes Verizon the Largest U.S. Carrier
NASA Selects Astronomy Student Ambassadors
Hybrid Materials for Future Solar Cells Under Development
Contract Manufacturing Has Three Growth Years Ahead - iSuppli
USPTO and Danish PTO to Pilot Patent Prosecution Highway
China's Space Industry Takes Off
Navin, Margie to Co-Chair FCC Advisory Committee on WRC-11
Campaign Hacks Highlight Cyber-Espionage
11/5/2008
FCC Okays White Space Access in Last Minute 5-0 Vote
IPO Hopefuls in Limbo, Waiting for Market Recovery
Chandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory
CNN 'Beams Up' Virtual Correspondent
Ofcom: Statement: Spectrum Commons Classes for Licence-Exemption
New-Generation Workers Want Technology Their Way
Lawsuit Uncovers New iChips
To Glimpse RFID's Future Down Under, Gaze into the EPCmagic
Mirror
Light Weight Hydrogen 'Tank' Could Fuel Hydrogen Economy
New Device to Improve Transistor Quality
Fujitsu Reports Record-Performance 5 GHz-Bandwidth Hybrid Amplifier
AT&T to Try Limits on Monthly Internet Traffic
Wireless Gadgets Dangers 'Minuscule'
Knee Device Generates Electrical Energy
Algorithm Cuts Cost of Measuring Nanoscale Images
China Plane-Makers Take First Steps to Rival Global Giants
(hope they're
safer than the food & drugs than have come from there)
Cheap, Self-Assembling Optics
Fermilab's CDF Result Sparks Rumors of New Physics
UK Leads EU Germanium Gamma Detector Project
Virginia's New Senator Worth $200M in Telecom Holdings
(he'll probably not pay a dime in additional taxes)
Google and Harvard Split on Book Search Agreement
11/4/2008
Financial Crisis Will Cost Semiconductor Market More than $25B
in 2009
FCC Prowls the Web to Enforce Its Regulations
Defense Budgets Headed Down, No Matter Who's in the White House
Financial Crisis Hits Western European Mobile Phone Market
Beer That's Good for You
Intel Cancels Ultrawideband Design Effort
Solar Power Game-Changer: 'Near Perfect' Absorption of Sunlight,
from All Angles
FCC Chairman Cancels Vote on Telecom Overhaul
Has Time Run out for Pay Mobile TV?
MEMS Attack Interference with Spread-Spectrum Scheme
Freescale, Motorola Lay Off on Bleak Cellular Businesses
Low Cost Vehicle Stability Chip Reduces Rollover Risk
Student Experiments on Board REXUS 4 Launched
Nokia Announces Job Cuts as It Closes Offices - R&D Hardest
Hit
ISP Disconnects Customers with Open WiFi
The Pitfalls and Vulnerabilities of Electronic Voting
Battlefield Medic on a Chip
VC Investment in Chip Firms Declined in Q3
Circuit City Confirms Massive Store Closings, Layoffs
High-Tech Methods Help Teachers in School
11/3/2008
Wave of Consolidation Set to Hit 4G chip Sector
The State of Antenna Calibration Standards in the United States
Using ANSI C63.5
Pigeons Arrested for Espionage in Iran
Two U.S. Astronauts to Cast Votes from Space
Silicon-Cored Optical Fiber Ready for Mass Production
FCC Could Free up 'White Space' for Broadband Use
Motorola Demonstrates Industry First Over-the-Air LTE Session
in 700 MHz Spectrum
Rohde & Schwarz Offers AM/FM/HD Radio Signal Generators
Plasma Turns Garbage into Gas
Gartner Cuts IC Forecast for '08, '09
NFL Defenses Finally go High Tech
Detecting Tiny Twists with a Nanomachine
Air Force Flight-Tests Battlespace Info Exchange System
Amnesia Beam Under Dev - Uh, What Was I Saying?
NASA Delays Shuttle's February Hubble Repair Mission
What's Behind AT&T's Free iPhone WiFi Offer?
Record High Performance with New Solar Cells
Flying Ferrari Only Two Years Away
11/2/2008
3-D Printer Cracks $5,000 Pricing
U.S. Navy Intercepts Ballistic Missile Shot from Hawaii Base
Google Patches Android Security Flaw
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