4/30/2012
Superconducting Strip Could Become an Ultra-Low-Voltage Sensor
U.S. Counterfeit Parts Crack-Down Will Be Felt in Europe
Campaign Aims to Speed Up 4G Mobile Roll-Out in UK
DOD Explores Alternatives to Traditional Acquisition
Congressmen Want FM Radio Chip Investigated
(1 R + 1 D)
Attosecond Lighthouses May Help Illuminate the Tempestuous Sea of
Electrons
China Launches Two More Beidou Navigation Satellites
(aka "Compass")
10 GHz Optical Transistor Built out of Silicon
FCC: Innovation in the TV Bands: Channel Sharing
2012 Chip Market to Grow 7%
Railway Sector 'Not Attractive Enough' for Young Engineers
(GE
Transportation here in Erie reports boom in sales)
Microwave Backhaul Issues Could Significantly Slow Small Cell Deployment
Apple "Avoiding Billion$ in Global Taxes"
(surely all the conscientious "99%'ers"
will boycott Apple now... Not)
The New Pay Phone and What It Knows About You
Wind Farms Will Cause Global Climate Change
(per Nature - no conservative pub)
Laser System Paints Information on the Road Ahead
Less Than 100 days Before Curiosity Touches Down on Mars
(Curiosity has THE coolest landing
scheme ever!)
Ear Implant Could Replace Conventional Hearing Aids
We
Are in Age of ‘Late Great Depression’ per Yale Econ. Prof.
California to Ban Cellphone Use While Biking
4/29/2012
They Ain't Making Any More of Them: The Great Engineering Shortage
of 2012
Federal Law Proposed Banning Cellphone Use While Driving
First Payload Ready for Next Batch of Galileo Satellites
5 smartphones That Can Replace Your Camera
Standard & Poor's Cuts Nokia's Credit Rating
4/27/2012
GraphExeter: New Graphene-Based Material Could Revolutionize Electronics
Industry
RF Micro Devices® Unveils 900V-Breakdown High-Voltage GaN Process
Government Sets out Cap on Immigrant Engineers
Samsung Overtakes Nokia in Mobile Phone Shipments
NXP Looks for GaN Mobile Device Partnerships
Netgear to Ship "World's Fastest WiFi" Using New 802.11ac Standard
Bejeweled: Nanotech Gets Boost from Nanowire Decorations
Operators Face Uncertainty in the Expanding Mobile Payments Value
Chain
Beware 'Zerg Rush': Google's Tribute to 'StarCraft'
Graphene Lenses: 2-D Electron Shepherds
UK Industry to Build Solar Orbiter Satellite
What We Have Here: A Failure to Communicate
NYSE Receives Credible Cyber Threat Against Website
STC Receives 'Trusted Foundry' Label from DoD
3 Astronauts Land on Earth from ISS in Russian Capsule
Google Rebuffs FCC over 'Wi-Spy' Flap
China Telecom Q1 Net Profit Falls 6.5% on Rising Expenses
Air Force to Automate Tracking of Space Debris
U.S.
Economy Grows at Tepid 2.2% Pace
Why Women Make Less Than Men
4/26/2012
Mobile Phones: 'Still No Evidence of Harm to Health'
Smartphone Patent Wars: The Coming Sequel
Marines' Future Tech Wish List Includes Powerful Comms Networks
Magnesium Puzzle Solving in Nitride Semiconductors
Graphene Found to Emit Infrared Light
Attention Federal Employees: ARRL Approved for 2012 Combined Federal
Campaign!
X-Rays Reveal Molecular Arrangements for Better Printable Electronics
FCC Offers First Connect America Fund Support for Rural Broadband
Is the FM Chip All About Radio Saving Money?
Small Satellites are the Wave of the Future
Does the Quantum Wave Function Represent Reality?
Neul Launches 'White-Space' Smart Metering in Cambridge
Tiny Crystal May Hold Key to Future of Computers
Latin America's Mobile Penetration Rate to Reach 130% by End of
2015
Number Line is Learned, Not Innate Human Intuition
Physicists Show Standard 'Quasiparticle' Theory Breaks Down at 'Quantum
Critical Point'
Smartphone Sales to Grow 17% in 2012
Rage Against the Smart Meter
Europe Faces Japan "Lost Decade" as Credit Demand Implodes
More Americans Than Projected File Jobless Claims
(notice the "experts" are always
surprised?)
4/25/2012
Video: Girl on Cellphone Falls Through Pavement
Moore's Law Lives Another Day
Apply to Host a Real-Time Conversation with ISS Crewmembers
Mechanical Motion Rectifier Leads to Better Energy Harvesting
(diode equivalent?)
In Canada, Phones Poised to Challenge Credit Cards
DARPA Opens International Dialog on Satellite Servicing
Severity of Challenges Facing Rural and Urban Broadband Capacity
in the USA
Congress Mulls $680M for Israeli Iron Dome
General Dynamics to Provide FAA with Air Traffic Control Radios
Nokia, HTC Win European Patent Ruling
European Market is Outstanding, Says ADI
Consumer Demand for Wi-Fi Enabled Digital Cameras Increasing
Xbox Patent Ruling Favours Motorola over Microsoft
Scientists Predict Paradoxical Laser Effect
Apple Soars 10% as Profit Doubles
(while networks go broke paying
subsidies)
Sprint
Nextel Losses Nearly Double Due to Costs and iPhone Subsidies
(welfare bankrupts in all forms)
DOD's New Espionage Unit to Cover Broader Range of Targets
Al Gore Inducted into Internet Hall of Fame Read
(if O can get Nobel Peace Prize
for nothing, why not?)
Insecure Websites to Be Named and Shamed after Checks
Eurozone Manufacturing PMI Hits 34 Month Low
4/24/2012
FAA Forced to Reveal 63 Drone Launch Sites Across U.S.
'No Permission' Android Apps Can See and Share Your Data
Satellite Export Controls Loom over National Security, Economy
Pulse Electronics Introduces Programmable LTE Antenna for Ultra
Thin Laptops
Finland Starts Consultation on 4G Spectrum Auction
Scientists Seek New Conductors for Metamaterials
Quantum Rainbow Photon Gun Unveiled
Billionaires Back Asteroid Mining Venture
(EPA regs virtually prohibit mining
in U.S.)
Scientists See Solution to Critical Barrier to Fusion
China Mulls National CPU Architecture Spec
Supreme Court Affirms Inventors’ Rights in Kappos v. Hyatt Decision
Russia's MegaFon Makes $5.15B Payment to Settle Shareholder Disputes
Boeing Targets 2016 for Launching Astronauts to the ISS
FBI: More Than 300,000 Could Lose Web Access by July
McDonald’s to Test Cloud-Based NFC Payments in Austria
Raising the Prospects for Quantum Levitation
Microsemi Commemorates 55 Years in Space
Boom Heard over Northern California: Report
"The War on Terror is Over" per Senior State Department Official
(no more radical Islamist worries
- TSA can be disbanded now?)
4/23/2012
Big Snowstorm Shakes up 'Crazy' Winter
(snowing right now in Erie)
Poorly Designed Mobile Sites 'Drain Smartphone Battery'
Vodafone Announces $1.7B Takeover Bid for Cable and Wireless Worldwide
Croatian Startup Set to Begin Production of Electric Hypercar
(I'm accepting donations)
Quantum Rainbow Photon Gun Unveiled
India Leads World in Junk E-Mails, aka Spam
BMW Uses NFC Car Keys to Open Hotel Room Doors
Self-Assembling Highly Conductive Plastic Nanofibers
2-D Boron Has Potential Advantages over Graphene
Next iPhone Could be Made of 'Liquidmetal'
India Sets High Reserve Fee for Forthcoming Spectrum Auctions
GM Tests a Self-Driving Cadillac
(should be working on a self-purchasing
Volt)
Qualcomm Licenses Mobile TV IP from Imagination
How 'In-Cell' Technology Could Make the Next iPhone Ultra-Thin
Startup Aims to Bring the Liquid Battery to Market
IBM Demos Terahertz Graphene Photonics
Hundreds of Thousands May Lose Internet in July
Nylon-12 Haunts Car Makers with Critical Shortage
½ of New Graduates are Jobless or Underemployed
(no worries, they can get food
stamps and have Hope)
Iran to Build Copy of Captured U.S. Drone
(think China will be helping?)
4/22/2012
Counterfeit Parts Represent $169B Annual Risk
Kopimism, Sweden's Pirate Religion, Begins to Plunder America
New Sensor Sought to Enable Military Missions in GPS-Denied Areas
Apps Ease Test and Measurement Tasks on all Levels
USPTO Expands Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program
4/20/2012
New Kind of Quantum Junction
If You Have a Smart Phone, Anyone Can Now Track Your Every Move
Light Can Bend While Moving
NASA Sets Challenges for Citizen Scientists
IBM Research Boosts Long-Range, Air-Powered Battery Project
U.S. Air Force Looks to Simplify Satellite Systems
Dwindling U.S. Space Budget Worries Scientist
TV as Thin as a Sheet of Paper?
Sprint Hit with $300M Tax Fraud Lawsuit
Supercomputing Rented by the Hour
MEMS in Sport Gains Speed
HTC Would Rather Make Thin Phones Than Use Larger Batteries
Scrap the Tax on SIM Cards Say Bangladesh Politicians
Microchip Buys Wireless Module Maker
Hacker-Proof Pacemaker Unveiled, Thanks to Wearable Firewall
Microsoft Seen Betting Big with Windows 8
Accel-RF Launching RF Test-Characterization Platform at CS ManTech
Connector Firm Invests in UK Facility for Military Market
Military Robots Go Where Soldiers Can't
Food Stamp Roles up 60% Since 2008
($72 B/yr entitlement, aka purchased
vote)
4/19/2012
DARPA Seeks to Wean Smart Weapons off GPS with Hybrid Inertial Navigation
System-on-a-Chip (a really
good idea)
New Research Could Mean Cellphones That Can See Through Walls
(THz tech)
Electrons Are Not Indivisible Particles
Nokia Announces Financial Loss of $1.2B for First Quarter
Semi Funding Decreased in March
ZigBee for LED Lighting
Alan Turing Papers on Code Breaking Released by GCHQ
Researchers Boost Efficiency of Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
Developing Regions Drive Global Broadband Growth in 2012
(world's taxpayers footing the
entire bill)
Array of Satellite Antennae for Global Communication Coverage on
Earth
On the Border Between Matter and Anti-Matter
NAB: Verizon Auction Raises Questions About 'Spectrum Shortage'
First Intel-Powered Smartphone to Be Launched in India
Earth Unprepared for Super Solar Storm
Cosmic Ray Source Riddle Mystery Now Even More Mysterious
Honda Will Recycle Rare-Earth Metals from Batteries
Verizon Wireless Data Revenue Growth Impresses
'Extreme Universe' Puzzle Deepens
Amazon's Book Knock-Off Problem
4/18/2012
Did Einstein's First Wife Secretly Coauthor His 1905 Relativity
Paper?
Carriers Warn of Crisis in Mobile Spectrum
Huawei Looking to Hire 4,000 Staff for Indian R&D Centre
Fast-Switching Plastic Circuit Mimics CMOS Function
Structure of Printable Electronics Revealed
From Silicon Valley, a New Approach to Education
(NPR should learn how to properly
capitalize titles)
GaAs Wafer Market to Exceed $650M by 2017
O2 Unveils 4G London Trial Results As Analogue Switch-off Completes
Russia Seeks Space Independence
Raytheon to Produce More Aegis Radar Equipment
458 Million Dual-Mode LTE Devices to Be Activated by 2016
(not 457 or 459, mind you)
Chinese PC Market Will Grow 12% in 2012
Research In Motion: Considering 'All Opportunities' to Steady Market
Share
Solar-Grade Silicon Can Now Be Produced Cheaply
RedPine Signals Debuts Dual-Frequency Wi-Fi RFID Tag
'Action Needed' to Meet UK's Cookie Tracking Deadline
Twitter to Limit Use of Patents in Lawsuits
Tim Berners-Lee Warns About Web Firms and CISPA
Research Team Appears to Solve the Pioneer Anomaly
Is 4-Year-Old As Smart As Einstein? Not Quite Yet
4/17/2012
Smartphones Will Drive Device Semiconductor Market to $170B Cumulative
Revenues in Next Five Years
Graphene-Based Electronics: Entirely New Carbon-Based Material Synthesized
from Graphene
TECH TREK Korean Antitrusters Put U.S. Tech Heavies Under the Microscope
Programming Project Comes to Primary Schools
TriQuint and U.S. Military Team up on Gallium Nitride ICs
Magnetic Fields Can Send Particles to Infinity
First Solar Will Cut 30% of Workforce, Shutter Plants
(received
>$2B
in Stimulus money)
Genachowski Focuses on Spectrum Crunch
ITU Telecom World 2012 Conference Seeking Participants for Young
Innovators Program
Neutron Generation: Going from Tubes to Chips
Budget Cuts Change the Landscape for Satcom and Satellite Usage
WiFi IC Startup Raises $179M
Another Tech Bubble? Maybe Not
Tinted Windows that Generate Electricity
Apple's Shareprice Continues to Slide Downwards
Iraq Emerges from Isolation as Telecommunications Hub
Walki Launches Service Using Lasers to Make Tag Antennas
Air Force Chooses Nine Companies to Share in Potential $6.9B for
Military IT Contracts
British Businessman Found Dead in China Killed with Cyanide
(Russia uses high-tech
polonium-210)
Sleepy Air Canada Pilot Thought Venus Was a Plane
4/16/2012
AT&T
to Increase Investment in Student Training Schemes for Future Engineers
There's a Reason It's Called Rocket Science
(poke at N. Korea's failure)
Researcher Develops Enhanced Electronic Cooling Technique
Parents Sue Apple over In-App Game Charges
The New Cold War: Militaries Eying Arctic Resources
Suspected Anonymous Hacker Busted by FBI — Thanks to a
Racy Photo (this sounds like
a
NUM3ERS storyline)
European Regulators Put Brakes on UK NFC Joint Venture
Why It's OK to Leave a Tech Job at 5 pm
(try doing that if you're male)
Space Shuttle Discovery Placed atop Jumbo Jet for Its Last Ride
Trade-Off Coding for Quantum Communication Provides More Benefits
Than Previously Thought
Money Transferred Domestically Between Mobile Phones to Reach $340M
by 2016
Unanswered Questions in FCC’s Google Case
NAVAIR Plans 4G Cell Service for Amphibious Group
Murata Buys RF Monolithics for $22M
Nokia Siemens Networks Wins Japanese LTE Deployment Contract
Real Electricity Flows from Virtual Power Plants
Nokia Debt Rating Cut to Lowest Investment Grade at Moody’s
1 in 5 U.S. Adults Does Not Use the Internet: Pew
How the Tech Parade Passed Sony By
Big $$$ Entertainers Among California's Biggest Tax Delinquents
(these idiots publically tell us
they should be made to pay more)
4/15/2012
Tech Startups Use Contests to Identify Talent
North Carolina Town to Ticket Drivers for Any Cellphone
Space Shuttle Contractor Fires Hundreds of Employees
(we don't need no stinking manned
space program - USA not supposed to lead anymore)
China's Mysterious Internet Outage; Speculation over a 'Kill Switch'
Satellite Imaging Doubles Population of Antarctic Penguins
(ruh-roh, global warming acolytes
worried)
4/13/2012
Broadcasters Headed to Washington to Discuss FM Chip Mandate
Dual-Focus Contact Lens Prototypes Ordered by Pentagon
(Bionic
Man vision arrives)
Nanomaterials: Making a Bluer Light
CarrierCompare: The iPhone App Your Carrier Doesn't Want You to
See
Boeing to Create Its Own Android Smartphone
Next Wave of Indian Telecoms Growth to Come from Rural Sectors
Molecular "Wankel Engine" Driven by Photons
U.S. Commerce Dept. Releases New Report Showing Intellectual Property-Intensive
Industries Contribute $5T, 40M Jobs to Economy
Com Dev Foresees ‘Surge’ in Telecom Satellite Orders
Nokia to Run Out of Cash Next Year
(yikes)
Quantum Computing: Is It Possible, and Should You Care?
Artificial Intelligence Could Be on Brink of Passing Turing Test
Researchers Demonstrate Entanglement of Two Quantum Bits Inside
a Semiconductor
First Controllable Use of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy on Freestanding
Graphene
Compact Military VSATs Have Big Impact
North Korea Rocket Breaks Up After Much-Touted Launch
(time to send a certain
U.S. aerospace company over to help?)
Probing Hydrogen Under Extreme Conditions
Screw University, Course Hero Curates YouTube into Free Business
and Coding Classes
DOD Orders MIDS JTRS Radio Systems from ViaSat and Data Link Solutions
$200k of Stimulus Money to "Translocate" a Single Franciscan Manzanita"
Plant ($18 each at nurseries)
4/12/2012
Amateurs Must Protect New Radars in 23 cm Band
Particles Magnetically 'Click' to Form Superstructures
143 is Largest Number Yet to be Factored by a Quantum Algorithm
Nokia Plunges to 14-Year Low After Another Profit Warning
Deal Could Bring Graphene Production Method to Market
Carbon Nanotubes: The Weird World of 'Remote Joule Heating'
Power Without the Cord for Small Devices
ESA Loses Contact with Envisat
(now space pollution)
DARPA Awards Raytheon $1.8M TEGaN Contract to Develop GaN-on-Diamond
Devices
NASA Announces Student Winners in Space Game Design Challenge
Why iPhone Users Hate Mobile WiFi Slightly Less Than Android Users
Do
Using 'Proton Grease' to Spin-up a Molecular Rotor
Satellite Spies on North Korea's Countdown to Launch
Over Half of Tablet, Smartphone Time Is Shared with TV Viewing
$2M Prize Offered to Rescue Robot Developers
Russia Sets Space Science Priorities: Astrophysics, Plasma Research
and Planetary Missions
Nest Officially Answers Patent Lawsuit: 'Honeywell Is Worse Than
a Troll'
Stealth Navy Warship Being Built in Maine
U.S. Grabs Lead over China in Clean Energy Race
(measured by investment - mostly
tax $$$ - not implementation)
Sapphire Energy Raises $144M for an Algae Farm
($100M from taxpayers - stay tuned
for bankruptcy news next year)
4/11/2012
NASA to Fly Deep Space Atomic Clock to Improve Navigation Technology
2012 Continues to Show Growth in Amateur Radio Licensing
8.7 Earthquake Prompts Tsunami Warnings for Indian Ocean Coastlines
Hitachi Unveils Motor Without 'Rare Earths'
(news flash: they've been around
for 100 years)
Pentagon Considers Nuclear-Powered Drones
Government Provides Funding for Space-Based Research
Pure-Play Semiconductor Foundry Market Set for 12% Growth in 2012
Yahoo's Massive Layoffs: Only the Tip of the Iceberg?
Skyworks’ 27% Growth Extends GaAs Device Market Lead in 2011
Apps Ease Test and Measurement Tasks on All Levels
DARPA Robotics Challenge: Here Are the Official Details
High-Resolution Atomic Imaging of Specimens in Liquid by TEM Using
Graphene Liquid Cell
Are Landlines Doomed? (never
a dropped call or breakup on landlines)
Galileo Passes In-Orbit Signal Test
Hybrid Copper-Gold Nanoparticles Convert CO2
Harris Wins $400M Contract to Replace Legacy U.S. Special Operations
Radio Equipment
Nokia Issues Profits Warning on Weaker Than Expected Handset Sales
A Billion-Dollar Turning Point for Mobile Apps
Philly Cops Bust Crime in 140 Characters or Fewer
America's Debt Greater than Entire Eurozone's and U.K.'s Combined
Debt (lots of it went to bail
out EU, BTW)
4/10/2012
Fake Semiconductors 'Could Cause Tragedy'
NASA Lands $75,000 in Patent Auction
U.S. Military Interested in Laser Defense Weapons
National Database Planned to Combat Cellphone Theft
Galileo Satellites Intensify Competition on the Market of Navigation
April 18 Is World Amateur Radio Day
Cobham Again Bids to Acquire Danish Antenna Builder
Apple Gets Rare Downgrade over iPhone Subsidy Concerns
(carries cannot afford to give
away)
Space Debris Remediation - Who Are We Kidding?
India Seen as Fastest Growing Chip Consumer in 2012
Dental X-Rays Linked to Brain Tumors
New Research Depicts Precisely How Sand Flows
Girls Face a Tough Math Problem: Teacher Bias
(huh, a new tactic - blame it on
white males)
A New Microchip Knows Just Where You Are, Indoors and Out
'Do Not Track' Web Browser Option Gains Steam
Sony to Cut Workforce by Estimated 10,000 Jobs
Google More Popular Than Apple, Facebook
Cold Beer: Soft-Serve Head Keeps Brew Chilled
Only 35% of Hybrid Car owners Will Buy Another
(drops to 25% if Prius excluded)
4/9/2012
Maritime Broadband Offers Leave Fleet Owners in Unfamiliar Waters
German Courts at Epicenter of Global Patent Battles Among Tech Rivals
Sony to Ax 10,000 Jobs, Expects $2.7B Net Loss
DOD-Wide Mobile Strategy to Play Catch-Up with Industry
Mathematical Models Help to Lower Radio Interference in EVs
(did you know about the problem?)
Microsoft Buys and Licenses AOL Patents in $1B Deal
Rugged, Waterproof Land-Mobile Radio That Meets Military Specifications
Introduced by Icom
T-Mobile and Leap Wireless in Radio Spectrum Swap Deal
Electronics Industry Thinking About the Next Big One
A Ballooning Mobile Megabyte Budget
Broadcom Intros Smartphone Location Platform
iPhone 5 Release Coming in June
Plastic Electronics: A Neat Solution
STMicroelectronics Ordered to Make Compensation Payment to NXP Semiconductors
China Weapon Development Quickens
NYC to Add 'Smart Screens' to Phone Booths
European Space Agency, ON Semiconductor to Develop NexGen Star Tracker
CMOS Sensor
CSA Budget Cuts Put Radarsat Constellation Mission in Limbo
Falcone Says Bankruptcy Possible for LightSquared
What Space Looks Like to Kids
(some drawings are amazing)
4/7/2012
Chinese Teen Sells Kidney to Buy iPhone, iPad
An Equation for Passover
Government Surveillance Crackdown on Internet Goes into Overdrive
Vast Majority of LTE Devices Support 700-MHz Band
USPTO to Test New Post Final Rejection Option
Contracts Expire for40,000 Union Workers at AT&T
4/6/2012
Crisis for U.S. Science Is Looming, Physicists Warn
(too few in physicists college
pipeline, but plenty of "___ Studies" grads)
A New Reason to Stay off the Web at Work
Market for RF Filters/Duplexers, PAs and Antenna Switches to Reach
$4.7B in 2016
Cable Surpasses Telcos in the Broadband Subscriber Race Read
Novel Particle Opens Door to Taming Mysteries of Tunneling
Using Radio Waves to Bake Tumors
Samsung Electronics Expects Record Q1 Operating Profit
Waterjet Method Cuts Complex Shapes in Very Hard Materials
Pentagon Pushes Crowdsourced Manufacturing
India's Supreme Court Rejects Appeals over Confiscated GSM Licenses
SEMI Sees Promising Initial Sales Data for 2012
Print-Your-Own-Robots Developed in U.S.
LHC Atom Smasher Collides Particles at Record Energies
Sapphire Energy Raises $144M for an Algae Farm
(remember, you have to burn the
byproduct to use it)
Plutonium to Pluto: Russian Nuclear Space Travel Breakthrough
Superradiant Laser Created from 1 Million Rubidium Atoms
Chevy Volt Pays for Itself... In Just 27 Years!
(Nissan Versa just 9 yrs.)
EV Batteries: Solid Concept, But Not Ready for Prime Time
Solid-State Quantum Computer Protects Against Decoherence
(don't you just hate it when Q-puters
decohere?)
Forget Kevlar! Liquid Body Armor Hardens on Impact
4/5/2012
Top 5 Most Counterfeited Parts Represent a $169B Challenge for Semiconductor
Market
US' Intellectual Capital is Easy Prey
Quantum Computer Built Inside a Diamond
(a gem of a computer)
Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses
Mobile Phone Users Could Get Free 0800 Calls
Phone Customers Ditch Their Carriers Faster Than Ever
'Superradiant' Laser Could Boost Performance of Atomic Clocks
Mobile Network Operators Face Explosion of Demand for Mobile Data
Heirs to Old Money Plunge into Tech
(remember, they're the evil 1%)
ARRL Seeks Comments on Proposed 33 cm Band Plan
Shell Model for Beryllium Isotopes Invalidated
(say it ain't so!)
America's Magnet for Innovation, and Investments
Big Data to Add US$343B to the UK Economy and 58,000 New Jobs by
2017
NFC Forum Partners with GlobalPlatform on NFC Standards
Researcher Turned Teacher Establishes Programs Around the World
Nokia Lumia 900 is Best Windows Phone Ever
Photron Camera Shoots at 12,500 fps for Defense and Ballistics Research
Smart Meter Consumer Guidelines Mooted
Flashback Trojan Hits 550,000 Macs
(ruh-roh, you mean Macs aren't
loved universally?)
Soviet Nomenklatura-Style Government Excess by GSA in Vegas: $820k
Bash
4/4/2012
ACLU: Most Police Track Phones' Locations Without Warrants
New Ultra-Small Laser Opens up a World of Possibilities
3D Printing Method Could Open up Path to New Metamaterials
Tactical Radios and Mobile Devices: Powered by Imagination
FCC Seeks Comment on Emergency Communications by and Impediments
to Amateur Radio
RIM's New BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Could Revive Company's Fortunes
Over 3,000 Base Stations Now LTE Enabled in Germany
Piezoelectric Graphene Developed at Stanford University
Nanoscale Magnetic Media Diagnostics by Rippling Spin Waves
Delta 4 Rocket Successfully Lofts Surveillance Satellite
Beware the Unholy Alliance of State and Internet
Online Radio Fastest Growing Radio Option
Semi Sales Down 1.3% in February
Reno's $21k Wind Generator Saved City $4
Pendrell Buys Up Batches of Wireless Patents
Why Women Don't Pursue Physics Careers
(seems most women just don't dig
physics, blame men)
Female Students Wary of the Engineering Workplace
(seems most women don't like doing
actual engineering, blame men)
Service Sends Messages to License Plates
Silicon Dioxide 'Nanometal' Offers Alternative ReRAM
Intelligent People Take Less Sick Leave
(I don't recall ever taking a sick
day, used vacation days)
4/3/2012
TomTom SatNav Devices Hit by GPS 'Leap Year Bug'
5,000-Mile Radio Telescope Created
India's Mobile Broadband Customer Base to Surpass the USA by 2016
Self-Sculpting Sand Could Allow Spontaneous Formation of New Tools,
Duplication of Broken Mechanical Parts
Ripping Electrons from Their Cores: Physicists Mix Two Lasers to
Create Light at Many Frequencies
Rugged Smartphones Blend with InformSec, Anti-Tamper for Secure
Battlefield Communications
A Telescope That Generates More Data Than the Whole Internet
Motorola Targeted by European Regulators over Patent Issues
Apple's Chinese iPhone Plants Employ Forced Interns, Claim Investigators
Foundry Revenues Are a Tenth of Semi Industry Revenues
Mobile Device Chip Market Grew 20% in 2011
First Controllable Use of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy on Freestanding
Graphene
Army National Guard Chooses Tactical RF Downlink from Cobham for
Fleet of UH-72 Helicopters
Stephen Klinefelter Takes Over As New Army MARS Chief
America's First Celebrity Robot Is Staging a Comeback
Wireless Communication Standards Vital to Offset the Maturity of
the SG and AWG Market
Skewed Patent Laws Force Microsoft to Ditch the Germans for the
Dutch
ApApple's 116° iPad is No Big Deal
EU Project to Develop High Efficiency Silicon Thin-Film Solar Modules
Russia, India in Hypersonic Missile Talks
4/2/2012
Mass Layoffs Loom Large on Defense Industry Horizon
UK Internet Activity 'To Be Monitored' Under New Laws
Lenses Can Bend Light and Sound in Almost Any Direction
Smart Fabric for New Soldier Uniform
NEC Develops One of the World's Smallest Antennas
Designing a Smart-Phone Alphabet for the Illiterate
Rebellious Tinkerers Dress Up the iPhone’s Uniform
Does Radio Need More Deregulation?
Microsoft Shuts German Distribution Centre in Patent Dispute
Honeycombs of Magnets Could Lead to New Type of Computer Processing
Researchers Discover New Quantum Encryption Method to Foil Hackers
Half of UK Motorists Use a Mobile Phone While Driving
New Zealand Carriers to Form NFC Venture with Payments Provider
'Anonymous' Hacking Group Threatens the Internet
Inventing the Cleanweb
Yahoo to Begin Laying Off Thousands of Workers Next Week
Self-Assembling Robots Could One Day Replicate Objects
Gas Prices Expected to Top $4 Soon
Gasoline Prices Are Not Rising, the Dollar Is Falling
(due to Fed continually printing
billion$$$)
IBM to Analyze 'Big Data' from Big Bang Telescope
4/1/2012
Hold on, RIM Is Not Leaving the Consumer Market
OnStar Lets You Track Your Spouse & Kids for $0.12 a Day
China Mobile Phone Users Top a Billion
Is Technology a Zero-Sum Game?
Mysterious Stone Monolith Likely an Ancient Astronomical Calendar
