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Steve Jobs threatened patent suit to enforce no-hire policy: filing
January 23, 2013 2:13 pm | by Dan Levine, Reuters | News | CommentsApple co-founder Steve Jobs threatened to file a patent lawsuit against Palm if that company's chief executive didn't agree to refrain from poaching Apple employees, according to a court filing made public on Tuesday.
U.S. authorities charge three over "Gozi" computer virus
January 23, 2013 2:10 pm | by Bernard Vaughan, Reuters | News | CommentsFederal prosecutors charged three people in as many countries with creating and distributing a computer virus that infected more than a million computers around the world, including some operated by the U.S. space agency and others by banks. Known as the Gozi virus, it infected at least 40,000 computers in the United States....
Capturing energy from the sun
January 23, 2013 1:05 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsThis article first appeared in the Autumn 2012 issue of Energy Futures, the magazine of the MIT Energy Initiative. Subscribe today
Storing data in individual molecules
January 23, 2013 1:00 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsMoore’s law — the well-known doubling of computer chips’ computational power every 18 months or so — has been paced by a similarly steady increase in the storage capacity of disk drives. In 1980, a hard drive could store about a half-megabyte of data in a square inch of disk space; now, manufacturers are closing in on a million megabytes of data per square inch.An experimental technology called molecular memory, which would store data...
Just add water: Using silicon to produce hydrogen on demand
January 23, 2013 12:37 pm | by University at Buffalo | News | CommentsSuper-small particles of silicon react with water to produce hydrogen almost instantaneously. In a series of experiments, scientists created spherical silicon particles about 10 nanometers in diameter. When combined with water, these particles reacted to form silicic acid (a nontoxic byproduct) and hydrogen — a potential source of energy for fuel cells.
Self-assembling silica microwires
January 23, 2013 12:07 pm | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsBy carefully controlling the shape of water droplets with an ultraviolet laser, researchers have found a way to coax silica nanoparticles to self-assemble into much more highly uniform silica wires. These hair-like slivers of silica could enable applications and technology not currently possible with comparatively bulky optical fiber.
Motorola Solutions 4Q earnings, revenue up 83 pct
January 23, 2013 11:49 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMotorola Solutions Inc. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter net income rose 83 percent, helped by stronger demand for its communications equipment from its government customers. But its revenue outlook for the current quarter was below analysts' expectations sending shares lower late morning...
Residents near Chinese e-waste site face greater cancer risk
January 23, 2013 11:45 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsResidents living near an e-waste recycling site in China face elevated risks of lung cancer, according to a recent study co-authored by Oregon State University researchers. Electronic trash, such as cell phones, computers and TVs, is often collected in dumps in developing countries and crudely incinerated to recover precious metals...
Applications to extend operation of aging Japan reactors put on hold
January 23, 2013 11:15 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsJapan's nuclear regulatory authority on Wednesday decided not to accept applications from utilities seeking to extend the operation of reactors beyond 30 years under existing procedures, given that new regulations will be introduced in July.
Innovative packaging for China's smartphone market
January 23, 2013 11:09 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSTATS ChipPAC Ltd. today announced implementation of breakthrough performance and packaging innovation in multiple advanced chipsets for the rapidly developing smartphone market in China. Spreadtrum Communications, a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China, has adopted STATS ChipPAC's packaging innovations...
Tantalum capacitor protects from short circuit conditions
January 23, 2013 11:02 am | Kemet Electronics Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsKEMET Corporation introduced its new T496 Hi-Rel Fused Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) MnO2 Series of tantalum surface mount capacitors. These devices are ideal for use in high reliability applications where a capacitor failing short will disrupt the overall performance of the system. The internal fuse in the capacitor results in a fail open condition.
In perceiving climate change, feeling the heat counts
January 23, 2013 10:53 am | by Yale UniversityYale University | News | CommentsHuman beings around the world are observing and accurately detecting changes in their local climates, according to a new study led by Yale University researchers. The finding provides the first global evidence for the phenomenon and could have meaningful implications for attempts to combat climate change, they said....
Hitachi to build steam turbine generators in India
January 23, 2013 10:44 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsHitachi Ltd. said Wednesday it will build two steam turbine generators for a supercritical pressure thermal power plant to be built in India. Hitachi, which is trying to boost its presence in India, said it has received orders for the generators from India's BGR Energy Systems Ltd. and National Thermal Power Corp.
ams and Mouser form worldwide distribution partnership
January 23, 2013 10:33 am | Mouser Electronics | News | Commentsams AG and Mouser Electronics Inc. announced a new distribution partnership. ams provides innovative solutions to the most challenging applications that require extreme precision, accuracy, dynamic range, sensitivity and power efficiency.
The Specialist & Agent Honeywell in "Dead in the Water"
January 23, 2013 10:22 am | Videos | CommentsWhen long life and reliability are critical to your operation, there's no better team than TTI and Honeywell.
