Technical Headline News Archive - August 2005

Technology Headline News Archives - RF Cafe

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8-31-2005

Intel-Led Alliance Stirs Angst over Future Wireless Spec

German Government Forms $300M VC Fund

Infineon Takes SiGe:C Transistors to 10 GHz Region

Study Rejects Link Between Mobile Phones and Cancer

UMC, Integrand Tune in 0.13 Micron RF Design

National Science Foundation Funds MEMs Research at Sandia Lab

Fuel Cells Might Get Hydrogen from Water, Organic Material

Nuclear Deadline Sets Stage for Showdown on Iran

Air Force Develops Electric Pickup Truck

BAE Systems Achieves First Flight of Its Next-Gen Vertical Takeoff UAV

Orbital Receives Contract for Horizons-2 Commercial Comms Satellite

8-30-2005

HomePlug Body Regroups for Powerline Charge

Japan, China to Collaborate on 4G Mobile

Camera Phones Create Digital Camera Users

China Eyes 'Creative' Industries in IP Push

Feds Could Award $250B in IT Contracts in FY06

PC Volumes Drove July Chip Sales

Coming Winter Could be 'Polar Coaster'; Northeast Warning

New Method for Trapping Light May Improve Communications Technologies

Navy Orders UAV Avionics and Ground-Station Electronics

Purdue Creates New Method to Drive Fuel Cells for Portable Electronics

8-29-2005

The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies - Titan Rain

Japan Approves UWB Emission Policy

Air Force Funds Fuel Cell Development

Behind the Science of Tracking Storms

Intelsat and Panamsat to Merge for $3.2B

Physicists Pose 'Chip Dip' Nano Process

Africa's Cell Phone Boom Creates a Base for Low-Cost Banking

Roaming Messenger Aims Its GPS Messaging Capability at the $3.6 Billion LBS Market

8-26-2005

Cell Phone Users Beware: Talking & Listening Impairs Your Ability to Drive Safely

Matsushita to Unveil Li-ion Battery Using Nickel Oxide (13 hr PC life)

Navy Eyes Pulsed Electrical Charge Emitter for Antisubmarine Warfare

Scientist Finds Secret Renaissance Ingredient

Air Force Funds Study for Improved GPS

Partners Release first Detailed Specs for "Cell" Microprocessor

Japanese Researcher: Nanotech is Crucial for the Developed World

Airborne Drones, Mimicking Gulls, Alter Wing Shape for Agility

Solar Technology Provider Clears Way for IPO

Brazil Police Arrest 85 in Crackdown on Hackers

U.S. Nets Reportedly Attacked via Chinese Web Sites

8-25-2005

Active RFID Becomes Big Business

Home Net Group Targets Device Interoperability

EuP: The EU's Latest Directive (If you loved RoHS...)

Efforts Will enhance U.S. Navy's Use of Millimeter-Wave Communications

WiMAX Advantages Bring About New Challenges

Homeland Security to Release List of Technology Research Projects

Panel Votes to Close Army Electronics Command

NASA/NOAA Announce Major Weather Forecasting Advancement

Sypris Electronics Opens Dedicated Space Facility

Sirius Thinks Outside the Car

Accellera Approves New Open Verification Library Standard

8-24-2005

RFID Industry Forms Intellectual Property Licensing Consortium

Want Free Satellite TV? Rename Your Town

Army Chooses UltraCell for Vest-Pocket Fuel Cell Power System

The Cost of RoHS Compliance

Physicists Entangle Photon and Atom in Atomic Cloud

Motorola Phones Let Parents Monitor Kids

Robot from Earth Climbs Mountain on Mars

Wall Street Applauds Breakup of Agilent

HomePlug Alliance Vies with IEEE over Powerline (BOPL) Spec

NSA Certifies Harris Software-Defined Radio

8-23-2005

The Survey Says, We Need More Wireless Education

U.S. Satellite Industry Dominates Despite Overcapacity

Synthesizer Innovator Robert A. Moog Dies at 71

Cow Manure Eyed as Alternate Fuel Source (whole new meaning to being in deep doo-doo over oil prices)

Air Force Needs Software Tool to Manage UAV Radio Frequencies

Company Reports 'Surface Polarization' in Solar Sells

PAR Technology Wins Air Force Grant for Advanced Radar

Nokia Bags GSM Order from India's Bharti

8-22-2005

Agilent Technologies Announces WiMAX Design Exploration Library

Einstein Manuscript Found in Netherlands

Indian Spectrum Policy Delayed Until End of Year

Most Parts Suppliers Ready for RoHS

MEMS Shipments to Grow 20% Annually Through 2009

Debate Rages over Cell Phone Towers

Carbon Nanotubes Key to Future Flat TVs

Tokyo Steps Closer to WiMax

Air Force Space Command Continues GPS Modernization

Countries Compete for Next Supercomputer

You Can Be Too Happy for Your Own Good

Asia's Pollution Problem

8-19-2005

Nobel Prize Just Not What it Used to Be

Russia, China Launch first Major War Games Amid US Concern

Nanotech Researchers Report Big Breakthrough

Raytheon to Rebuild Firefinder Radar Systems

Supercomputer Grid Set for $148M Expansion

Women Scientists Still Face Bias, Hostility

SeaSpace Builds Antennas for Satellite Network

XCOR to Fly EZ-Rocket at X-Prize Cup Countdown

Carbon Nanotube Diode Aimed for Solar Cells

And in 16th Place: the U.S!

Agilent Technologies Completes Acquisition of Eagleware-Elanix

8-18-2005

IBM's SiGe Process Heralds Fast RF

Nano-Transistor-Tubes

SIA, NSF Commence R&D to Uphold U.S. Semi Leadership

Bots Break into 175 Companies in Year's Biggest Attack

Japan's Fab-Tool Book-to-Bill Stays Above Parity

VoIP Consumers Soar

Sensor Could Detect Concealed Weapons Without X-rays

Russia Schedules Clipper Shuttle Launch

Russia Plans Sharp Military Spending Hike

Ohio Looks to Nano for Economic Boost

8-17-2005

Agilent EEsof Announces Agreement with U.K.'s SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems for ADS Software

Original Blue Angels Flight Leader Dies

Jobs are Up, but so are Costs

Telecoms Dial Up Internet TV

Fewer Women Find Their Way into Tech

Qualcomm Acquires UK Software Company for $57M

NSF, NRI Team on Nanoelectronic Research

World Record Claimed for Wireless Transmission Distance

College Students Expected to Load up on Gadgets

BlackBerry Leads the Pack in eAccess Wireless Device Survey for Business

Rockwell Collins Buys Back Shares

8-16-2005

United Parcel Service Invests in Wi-Fi/RFID Combination

In-Flight Cellular: Step Forward, Step Back

FCC Rules for VoIP E911 Rules Challenged

New Internet Worm Targeting Windows

LockMart Conducts Final ATACMS Missile Test with Penetrator Warhead

New Way Found to Cool Atoms and Molecules

Cosmonaut Sets Record for Most Days in Space

Engineers Modify Hybrids for More Power

8-15-2005

UK Consumer Demand for Mobile Email Widespread

Some Malaysia Fabs Shut by Smoke Haze

Agilent Sells Troubled Semi Unit for $2.66B

China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex

European Semiconductor Sales Through Distribution Decline

Koreans Try to Save Cathode-Ray Tube

Y-Shaped Carbon Nanotubes Can Switch

Microsoft Beats Apple to Punch on Key iPod Patent

Tandem Ions May Lead the Way to Better Atomic Clocks

Call for Ending the Shuttle Program Building Momentum

8-12-2005

Detection System Proves it Can Pinpoint Wireless Activities - Legal and Illegal

Cameraphones Set to Replace Low-End Standalone Digicams

Video Snacking on Cell Phones the Next Killer App

India Set to RFID Until the Cows Come Home

Q2's Wafer Shipment Heat Wave

European Chip Distribution Weak

Air Force Grant Funds Solar Cell Development

Scientists' Belief in God Varies by Discipline

MTI Wins Share of $1.9B Air Force Contract

ESD on Mars - MM Now Stands for Mars Model?

Intel to Unveil Next Generation Chip

Chips to Track License Plates in U.K. & U.S.

8-11-2005

Europe Mulls Wireless Broadband Regulation

Airborne Laser-Beam Weapons System Completes Initial Flight Testing

Deutsche Telekom Income Rises 63% on Wireless Strength

RoHS Creates New Business Opportunities

Diamonds are a Scientist's Best Friend

Global Cellular Revenues to Reach $570B in 2005

Thai Satellite Promises to Bring Internet Age to Rural Asia

Northrop Grumman Gets $1.2B RAF Contract

Russia Passes 100M Subscriber Mark

TSMC Plans $7.5B Superfab

Qualcomm to Pay $600M to Buy Flarion

8-10-2005

RoHS: The Biggest Headache the Industry Has Ever Seen

Opera Announces Browser for Mobile Phones

RFID Patent Consortium: A Positive Step for the Industry

EU Clears Rocket-Launch Joint Venture

Media's Hype Distorts NASA's Reality

Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games

New Business Models

Navy Orders Millimeter-Wave Communications System

Industry on Track for Robust 2006, Semico Reports

MEMS Work Uses Polysilicon-Germanium over CMOS

8-9-2005

Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely After 14 Days and 5.8M Miles

Qualcomm, Boeing Test In-Flight Cellphone, Data Standards

Japan Plans Giant Broadband Satellite

Space & Satellite Market will Reach $158B by 2010

Technitrol Pays $83M for Filtronic's Antenna Unit

Nasdaq-Bound Chinese Fabless Firm Offers Options

SiRF Files GPS Suit Against u-Nav

Why Great Minds Can't Grasp Consciousness

New Way Found to Cool Atoms and Molecules

The Next Big Thing is Small: Nanotechnology

Daylight-Saving-Time Switch May Cause Tech Woes

8-8-2005

Looking for Resumes - Hiring Strong

FCC Eases Regulation of DSL Lines

Office of Naval Research Funds Communications Systems Research for UAVs

Marconi Confirms Takeover Talks

Wi-Fi Answers Mobile Call

Discovery Landing Delayed One Day Until 5:08 am EST

Semiconductor IP Market to Surpass $4B by 2009

Bush Backs U.S. Space Exploration

IMEC, ST, Universities Team to Improve Microwave Design

Airborne Laser Completes New Phase of Payload Testing

Herley Receives $11.8M in High Power Amp Contract Awards

8-5-2005

Worldwide Mobile Subscribers to Surpass 2 Billion

Coca-Cola Planning to Launch Sprite3G

Hardware, Software Design on Collision Course

Airport Wants to Block Airline's Free Wireless

RFID Chips Promise to Revamp Medicine

Will Your PC Run Windows Vista?

Wall Street's Fate Caught up with Housing

Networking: 'Smart Highways' Emerging

U.S. Joint Forces Command Awards General Dynamics Orders Totaling $79M

8-4-2005

Let the Good Times Roll

Optoelectronic Integration Overcoming Processor Bottlenecks

NASA to Redesign Space Vehicles

Colorado Firm Develops Glow-in-Dark Lamps

China Confirms Plan to Create Giant Venture

Anadigics Expands RFIC Patent Coverage

Europe Ready for Cell-VoIP Convergence

Phone Companies' DSL May Be Deregulated

8-3-2005

Penn Researchers Take Big Step Forward in Making Smaller Circuits

Technology 'Optimists' Turn Off TV

Electronics Factory Orders Up

Toronto Crash Is First for Airbus A340

Unprecedented Shuttle Repair Mission a Success

U.S. to Send Manned Flight to the Moon By 2018

Cellular Connection Problems Decreasing

Mimix Broadband Introduces 18-25 GHz GaAs MMIC Rx/Tx Chip Set

Hittite's New Wideband MMIC Phase Shifters for Military, Space, Fiber Optic

Ben Franklin Fund Invests in RF Chip Startup

8-2-2005

Shopping Mall Boasts Massive Wi-Fi Network

Vanderbilt University to Conduct SIA-Sponsored Cancer Study

Lockheed and Northrop Team for Army Radar Contract

Interference, Not Hacking, Said to Be Biggest Wireless Threat at DefCon

Nanosensors May Be Used Instead of X-Rays

Sub-Angstrom Microscope Targets Nanotechnology

U.K. Spectrum Auction Clears Path to Lower Cost GSM Calls

Raytheon Builds Radar Warning Receiver for F-16

NASA Prepares for Unprecedented In-Orbit Shuttle Repair

Cyber-Terrorists Using Hacking Methods to Target Governments

8-1-2005

Why Cell Phone Service in U.S. Sucks

German Inventors More Active in 2004

U.S. Scientific Papers Slip

Kallasvuo Gets Top Job at Nokia

General Atomics to Build Predator UAV Radar Systems

RoHS: On, Off, and Somewhere in Between

RF Power Options in ZigBee Solutions

U.K. Readies RoHS Enforcement

L-3 Builds Microwave Tubes for AMRAAM Missiles

VCs Open Their Wallets for U.K.

Wireless World: Anti-theft RFID Clothing