Hot tips on temperature specs  
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Submitted By rseibt 519 days ago

Don't trust what you see on data sheets when choosing power supplies for hot or cold environments.

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The Second European Antennas and Propagation  
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Submitted By ewoodman 519 days ago

EuCAP 2007 The 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN. 11 – 16 November 2007, The EICC, Edinburgh, UK. This is your chance to take part in the largest European Antennas and Propagation conference in Europe. Following the success of EuCAP 2006 we are pleased to announce EuCAP 2007 to be held in Edinburgh, UK. EuCAP has become a regular keystone event on Antennas and Propagation, with a large participation of the world community. EuCAP is supported by the top level Associations in Antennas & Propagation and will provide the ideal place for the exchange of scientific and technical information and to foster collaboration and cooperation in the Antenna & Propagation domain both at European and global levels. Interested? To find out how to submit a paper, to view the technical scope or for more information go to www.eucap2007.org.

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Connectors stand up to corrosion  
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Submitted By rseibt 519 days ago

Electronic connectors are typically the points in a circuit most vulnerable to the effects of corrosion. Those effects can range from reduced current capacity to intermittent or permanent failure of the circuit.

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Apple and Cisco Still Fighting over iPhone name  
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Submitted By JangoFett 523 days ago

It seems that Linksys owned the trademarked the name "iPhone" since 2000 when they purchased InfoGear Technology who in turn trademarket the name in 1996. Linksys is now manufacturing a phone under that name. This leads to a few issues between Cisco and Apple. Now Apple has only another week to respond to the Cisco trademark infringement lawsuit. This suit threatens to keep Apple Inc. from using the name "iPhone" for their new cell phone-music player.

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Training Course for NXP Semiconductors Nexperia Media Processors  
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Submitted By billmaxwell 520 days ago

Momentum Data Systems is sponsoring a Nexperia training course in Fountain Valley, CA during 2007. First session: week of March 12-16, 2007. The course teaches how to develop audio and video processing software for set-top boxes, digital media adaptors, security applications, custom video processing systems, video and audio codecs, etc. The focus is on Nexperia Media Processors from NXP Semiconductors, including PNX1500, PNX1700, and PNX8550/8950 processor families. Prices: 2 days $1700. 3 days $2400. 4 days $3000. 5 days $3500. Other tentative 2007 classes: weeks of June 18, September 24, and December 3. More info: www.mds.com/products/prodcat.asp?cat=Training. NXP Semiconductors is a newly-independent company, founded by Philips, with a fifty-year history of providing engineers and designers with semiconductors and software. www.nxp.com. Momentum Data Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of Nexperia based audio and video development hardware and software. www.mds.com.

Tags:  audio, video, programming  Media Processors  NXP Semiconductors Nexperia  PNX1500, PNX1700, PNX8550, PNX8950  set-top box, digital media adaptor 
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30-Year Content Archive of Power Electronics Technology Now Available on Compilation DVD  
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Submitted By JangoFett 506 days ago

Power Electronics Technology announced the release of a new compilation DVD containing the complete, 30-year archive library of Power Electronics Technology and all previous titles for the magazine. The DVD includes 24,000 pages of magazine content, published between 1975 and 2005. Users can search more than 2,000 specially indexed articles by subject, issue date, keyword and article title.

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IEEE Moves To Promote Broadband-Over-Powerline By Developing Standard  
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Submitted By MarktMan 497 days ago

The much-delayed rollout of broadband-over-powerline technology has received a boost from the IEEE, which announced that a working group has developed requirements for a baseline BPL standard.

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What's All This Book Stuff, Anyhow?  
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Submitted By cculbertson 582 days ago

Bob Pease cracks me up. He's just got a unique way of looking at things.

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Encrypted Hard Disk Keeps Secrets  
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Submitted By obiwan 582 days ago

Lock down your data without paying a performance penalty with Seagate s Momentus 5400 FDE.2 2.5-in. secure hard-disk drive with DriveTrust. It incorporates full-disk, 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hardware-based encryption in addition to a number of new features.

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Into Thin Air  
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Submitted By torrensmith 561 days ago

Offshoring jobs is an old story in the manufacturing sector. Now, service jobs once considered safe are being shipped overseas. Lawyers, accountants, journalists, engineers, take heed.

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