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EU Charges TV Tube Manufacturers
November 26, 2009 5:59 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsThe European Commission said it has sent formal antitrust charges to cathode ray tube manufacturers, used in televisions and computers, on suspicion that they operated a cartel.
A Wired-Up Portable PlayStation
November 26, 2009 5:59 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsWilla Plank tests the new PlayStation Portable, PSPgo, which adds Internet functionality to its game prowess.
Tesco to Sell iPhone in U.K.
November 26, 2009 2:59 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsThe British retailer said it will sell Apple's iPhone in the U.K., potentially bringing its lower-priced ethos to the smartphone market.
Sony Looks to 3-D TVs to Drive Growth
November 26, 2009 2:59 am | by Wall Street Journal | CommentsSony said it sees 3-D compatible televisions accounting for up to half of all the TVs sold by the company in three years.
Unified Communications is Migrating to ‘The Cloud’
November 25, 2009 1:56 pm | by In-Stat | CommentsUnified communications is migrating to ‘the cloud’, as vendors begin positioning it as a service rather than a product
Traditional and Pay TV Services Migrating Infrastructure to More Efficient CDN and Data Center Models
November 25, 2009 11:57 am | by In-Stat | CommentsTraditional Video-on-Demand services, and traditional “siloed” video services currently use a great deal of proprietary, or industry-specific, equipment
Chemical engineering undergrad wins first in AIChE poster contest
November 25, 2009 10:55 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsHumberto Reyna Jr., an undergraduate student in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has won first place in an undergraduate research poster session at the national meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Competing in...
Graduate students receive Deisler Fellowships
November 25, 2009 10:55 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsDany Jair Munoz-Pinto and Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, graduate students in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, each have been named a recipient of the Paul and Ellen Deisler Fellowship in Chemical Engineering. These fellowships are awarded on the...
Kaunas to give biomedical engineering seminar Dec. 2
November 25, 2009 10:55 am | by Texas A&M University | CommentsDr. Roland Kaunas, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, will give a talk Wednesday (Dec. 2) at 3:30 p.m. in Room 203 of the Zachry Engineering Center. Kaunas’s talk, “Coping with Stress — at the Cellular Level,”...
Jetman Jumps from Plane Then Into the Ocean
November 25, 2009 10:54 am | by Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | CommentsYves Rossy’s attempt to fly 28 km across the the Strait of Gibraltar from Tangier in Morocco to Atlanterra in southern Spain fell short. He did make it about 15 km flying his jetwing before he ditched into the Atlantic. I posted about him before: Jetson Jetplane Over English Channel...
Fairchild Semiconductor Sponsors Turkey Trot Fittest Firm Competition
November 25, 2009 10:52 am | by Fairchild Semiconductor | CommentsFairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance products to drive energy-efficiency, is pleased to participate in the Applied Materials 'Silicon Valley Turkey Trot'?. Fairchild is sponsoring the Fittest Firm Competition, one of several "races within the...
Climate experts debate carbon dioxide
November 25, 2009 8:52 am | by Cornell University | CommentsReducing carbon dioxide to safe levels may require extracting carbon from the air, says Cornell climate researcher.
Microscopic Particles Self-assemble in Liquid Crystal
November 25, 2009 6:05 am | by Stuart Wolpert | CommentsChemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped microparticles to interact and self-assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal.
Top Ten Electronic Things To Be Thankful For in 2009
November 25, 2009 4:51 am | by Screaming Circuits | CommentsIt's that time of year again wh
Mobile Phone Displays Benefit from Emerging Markets; Units up 30% Q/Q in Q2’09
November 24, 2009 11:57 am | by General Electric | CommentsAfter hitting bottom in Q1’09, mobile display shipments for Q2’09 reached 360 million, up 30% Q/Q and 3% Y/Y. Revenues were up 29% Q/Q to $2.93 billion, but down 5% Y/Y. [...]
