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Latest News	July 02, 2009
China blasts US climate bill China said on Thursday that it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new US clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution. "China is firmly opposed to such measures," vice foreign minister He Yafei told reporters in Beijing. "We are firmly against such attempts to advance trade protectionism under the pretext of climate change. It is not conducive to world economic recovery. It serves nobody's interests." ...continue
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ETX Form-Factor SoM Supports Intel Core 2 Duo and Celeron M

ETX form factor system on module MB-80050

Providing power and price options to designers, the the MB-80050 ETX form factor system on module features a Socket P that provides support for Intel Core 2 Duo and Celeron M processors. The system supports SO-DIMM memory slot for DDR2 SDRAM up to 2GB with 2 x SATA connectors on-module and a X3100 graphic media accelerator. ...continue

LED Backlight Driver Reduces Current Requirements
Designed to operate with products such as the ADP5520 lighting management system and ADP5588 mobile I/O expander, the ADP8860 LED backlight driver from ANalog Devices has ambient light sensing, a programmable register set, and fading and dimming, which combine to reduce power dissipation by up to 50 percent. Accepting an input from 1.7 V to 3.3 V, the device has a parallel configuration enabling the control of up to seven LEDs – six at 30 mA max and one at 60 mA. ...continue

Exotic Material Could Revolutionize Electronics

Move over, silicon—it may be time to give the Valley a new name. Physicists at the Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have confirmed the existence of a type of material that could one day provide dramatically faster, more efficient computer chips. ...continue

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China blasts US climate bill
China said on Thursday that it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new US clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution. "China is firmly opposed to such measures," vice foreign minister He Yafei told reporters in Beijing. "We are firmly against such attempts to advance trade protectionism under the pretext of climate change. It is not conducive to world economic recovery. It serves nobody's interests." ...continue

Obama's Climate Leadership Faces Test at G8 Forum
President Barack Obama, buoyed by a domestic victory on climate policy, faces his first foreign test on the issue next week at a forum that could boost the chances of reaching a U.N. global warming pact this year. ...continue

EPA Approves State-based Auto Emissions Standards
To follow up on an earlier story, the EPA has granted California’s request for exemption from federal tailpipe emissions standards. The decision is effective immediately for California plus 13 other states and Washington DC. It allows them to regulate emissions for model years 2009-2011, one year before the federal standards take effect. Says EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, “This decision puts the law and science first…this waiver is consistent with the Clean Air Act as it’s been used for the last 40 years... ...continue

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