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Storied nuke plant becomes environmental wasteland
June 4, 2013 9:06 am | by SHANNON DININNY Associated Press | News | CommentsA stainless steel tank the size of a basketball court lies buried in the sandy soil of southeastern Washington state, an aging remnant of U.S. efforts to win World War II. The tank holds enough radioactive waste to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. And it is leaking.
3-D printing goes from sci-fi fantasy to reality
June 4, 2013 9:04 am | by MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer | News | CommentsInvisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And earlier this year, Cornell University researchers used a 3-D printer, along with injections of a special collagen gel, to create a human-shaped ear.
US blames Apple for 2010 e-book price hike
June 4, 2013 2:36 am | by LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsA U.S. government lawyer opened a civil trial by portraying Apple Inc. as a corporate bully that swaggered into the market for electronic books in 2010, forcing an end to price competition and costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. The Justice Department attorney, Lawrence Buterman,...
Dell trimmed CEO's pay by 14 percent amid PC slump
June 3, 2013 7:35 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsDell Inc. trimmed CEO Michael Dell's pay by 14 percent to $13.9 million last year amid a slump that culminated in a proposed $24.4 billion deal that could end the personal computer maker's 25-year history as a publicly traded company. Most of Michael Dell's compensation last year consisted of...
Extreme broadband amplifiers tout desirable noise figure performance
June 3, 2013 5:28 pm | Nxp Semiconductors | Product Releases | CommentsNXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the availability of a new family of extreme-broadband amplifiers, applicable for CATV, broadcast TV, satellite systems and general ISM applications – the BGA3012, BGA3015 and BGA3018. Performance characteristics include
Injection-molded case serves industrial and military applications
June 3, 2013 5:24 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSKB just introduced their new 3i-2617-12 Injection Molded case for industrial and military applications. And Canyonwest Cases is making them available to companies needing proven-tough cases to safeguard sensitive or expensive equipment.
Starter kit accelerates software development
June 3, 2013 5:01 pm | Product Releases | CommentsEngineering teams are under increasing pressure to get their products to market faster and, for many projects, developing software is now the critical path. The DesignWare ARC EM Starter Kit has been designed to accelerate software development.
Galaxy in its death throes may hold clues to birth of dwarf systems
June 3, 2013 3:17 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | News | CommentsA bright dwarf galaxy relatively close to Earth’s Milky Way and trailing fireballs is the first clear example of a galaxy in the act of dying, scientists argue in new research. The work gives a known galaxy new status and offers the potential for better understanding of the mysterious origin of dwarf elliptical galaxies, a subspecies of the universe’s most common type of galaxy....
US blames Apple for 2010 run-up in e-book prices
June 3, 2013 1:37 pm | by LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsA U.S. government lawyer opened a civil trial Monday by portraying Apple Inc. as a corporate bully that swaggered into the market for electronic books in 2010, forcing an end to price competition and costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. The Justice Department attorney, Lawrence...
DC link capacitors designed for larger inverter systems
June 3, 2013 1:35 pm | Cornell Dubilier Electronics | Product Releases | CommentsCornell Dubilier announces availability of its Type 948D high energy density DC link capacitors for larger inverter systems. Type 948D is an excellent choice for DC link applications where high bus voltage, high capacitance and high ripple current are required for smoothing and filtering.
'After Earth' joins exclusive ultra-HD movie club
June 3, 2013 11:17 am | by RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press | News | CommentsSony Corp. is taking a deeper dive into ultrahigh-definition video as it comes out Friday with "After Earth," the first of Sony's three movies this year both shot and presented in the emerging 4K digital format. At a screening for journalists, I got a close-up look at even the pores on Will Smith's face....
Rugged connectors created for harsh environments
June 3, 2013 10:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsMolex Incorporated supports challenging industrial automation, aerospace and defence network connectivity with its compact Brad® Nano-Change® (M8) connectors. The rugged Nano-Change product line offers the industry’s broadest selection of space-saving connectors, cordsets, receptacles, inserts, splitters and moulded junction boxes for sensor and actuator applications.
DC/DC converters feature 20-kV isolation
June 3, 2013 10:51 am | Absopulse | Product Releases | CommentsABSOPULSE Electronics′ DIO 120 Series of DC/DC converters were developed for powering electronic circuits floating on several kilovolts of operating voltage. They are typically used for high power gate drivers and similar applications in oil and gas, mining, railway and industrial environments.
Judge: Google must give user info to FBI
June 3, 2013 10:51 am | by PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press | News | CommentsGoogle must comply with the FBI's demand for data on certain customers as part of a national security investigation, according to a ruling by a federal judge who earlier this year determined such government requests are unconstitutional.
GaAs amplifier die designed for military, space applications
June 3, 2013 10:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsCustom MMIC is offering a new device from their growing MMIC library of standard products. The CMD187 is a wideband GaAs MMIC amplifier die for applications from 2 to 20 GHz. This device delivers greater than 22 dB of flat gain with a corresponding output 1 dB compression point of +14 dBm, and a noise figure of 4.5 dB at 20 GHz.
