The Defense Department's space programs are being scaled back in the current budget environment. Aviation Week last week reported a "pause" in the Transformational Satellite program. On Monday, Oct. 27,...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Oct 28, 2008 01:35 PM in Communications

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I was talking to a former colleague in Asia recently on the relative merits of Huawei and ZTE, when it struck me: Asian OEMs in telecom and datacom infrastructure have...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Oct 23, 2008 10:49 AM in Communications

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I don't think it's a coincidence the international conference on Symbian kicked off the same day Google and partners released the Android software as open source code. Can you say...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Oct 22, 2008 10:49 AM in Computing

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Let's welcome author James Bamford back to the fold of those who take it as an axiom that any large government agency is more likely to be working against the...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Oct 16, 2008 06:35 PM in Communications

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Advanced Micro Devices move to spin out its fabs into a new foundry helps the company reduce its debt while showing a stronger road to advanced process technology—thank you, Abu...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Oct 8, 2008 04:03 PM in Computing

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Late last week, this blog predicted that strange M&A activity stemming from the downturn would include use of unique financial instruments and corporate structures. Certainly, a return to hostile takeover...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Oct 7, 2008 11:51 AM in Communications

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CBS' 60 Minutes took a gander at the financial mess last Sunday. One thing they found is that sometimes technology is too hard to understand. And consumers can suffer....

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Oct 7, 2008 10:39 AM in Consumer

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The new punching bag on the business front: semis. Don't look now, but Citigroup has cut its ratings on several semi stocks. That article can be read here....

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Oct 6, 2008 02:20 PM in Semiconductors

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As the countdown to an Oct. 3 House vote on a bailout attracted more and more drama, too many pundits drew stark distinctions between a world without a bailout,...

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Posted by Loring Wirbel on Oct 2, 2008 11:17 AM in Communications

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I was sooooo excited when Jeffrey Katzenberg appeared on stage at the Intel Developer Forum in August, pounding his bully pulpit about the need for stereo 3-D. But the fact...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on Oct 1, 2008 08:42 PM in Computing

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