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July 2011
Art and Technology
I must admit I am still surprised when I see technical people dismiss art as useless. Art is not only a pleasant esthetic, it is often essential to design.
A recent online discussion about a pair of antique “singing bird” pistol-shaped music boxes reminded me of the issue.
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October 2010
Give your Brain a Break Today
There is a lively debate going on among scientists over whether technology’s influence on behavior and the brain is good or bad, and how significant it is.
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August 2010
“Jailbreaking” is Now Fair Use
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit organization that was founded in 1990, and champions on behalf of consumers regarding any issues affecting digital rights, recently won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anti-circumvention provisions.
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June 2010
Will Telemedicine be the Next Killer App?
At the American Telemedicine Association’s annual meeting recently the results of a national survey were revealed. The survey of health care and information technology professionals, sponsored by Intel, found that a majority of decision makers believe that the emergence of telehealth will have a major role in improving the care for the globally aging population, aka the “baby boomers.
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April 2010
FCC's National Broadband Plan - Are the Goals Achievable?
On March 15, 2010 the FCC unveiled its National Broadband Plan to Congress outlining specific recommendations for policy makers to work on over the next decade to ensure that every American and business has access to affordable mobile broadband.
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October 2009
Pay Per Click: What's This All About?
A recent article on the Associated Press site indicated that several of the world's most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to newspaper publishers on how they can charge readers for news online.
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August 2009
Has Moore's Law Outlived its Usefulness?
There is an interesting topic being bantered about on various industry blogs right now. One that is very polarizing and may impact the semiconductor industry far beyond what we have seen thus far.
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June 2009
Study Gives Semiconductor Industry High Grades
Did you know that the cumulative electricity bill savings enabled by semiconductors might exceed $1.3 trillion through 2030?
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May 2009
Do Tough Economic Times Breed Better Innovations?
Every day we wake up to a barrage of reports on the global state of the economy and how it is impacting our citizens, our government as well as nations around the world
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April 2009
Demand for 2.4 GHz Wireless Will Continue to Stay Strong
Like many organizations in today's electronics sector, my company, Nordic Semiconductor, is rising to the challenge of operating in a global semiconductor market that analysts say could drop by around 20 percent this year compared to 2008.
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March 2009
Universal Cell Phone Charger —What a Concept!
The Mobile World Congress Show (MWC) recently took place in Barcelona, Spain. Every year this show has its "hot topics" that attendees just can't seem to get enough of, and this year was no exception.
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February 2009
The Stimulus Package — What's in it for the Tech Industry?
As I write this editorial column today, the economic stimulus plan created by President Obama and Congressional Democrats to revive the economy is being debated in the House.
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January 2009
Wireless Invention Curbs Teen's Conversations While Driving
We've all been in this situation – you are returning home from a long trip, anxious to reach your final destination and the car in front of you is traveling far below the speed limit and shows no signs of moving over.
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December 2008
Internet Addiction – Does it Really Exist?
Did you know that compulsive emailing and text messaging could soon become classified as an official brain disease?
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November 2008
Industrial Community Boosts Productivity Online
A key measure of success for OEMs is their ability to get new products to market quickly. Early on, wireless manufacturers must find and source the right components and parts during product design and manufacturing stages to meet demanding deadlines.
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October 2008
What’s Going to Be Our Next “Sputnik”?
More times than not today you read about how the U.S. is falling behind in its production of graduates trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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September 2008
Cellular M2M: Generates Profit and Business Opportunities
M2M can be described as a three letter abbreviation with multiple meanings. To some it can mean “mobile to mobile” or “mobile to machine.” To others it indicates “market to market” or it can identify an actual musical band believe it or not.
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August 2008
Social Networking Gains Popularity with All Ages
Social Networking, Mobile Social Networking, MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Couch Surfing (I love that one) — what exactly are these things and why are they now such a significant part of people’s lives, particularly teenagers?
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July 2008
Move over Bluetooth – You’ve Got Some Competition
Get ready Bluetooth because another player has entered into the Personal Area Network (PAN) market.
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June 2008
Email Security Concerns in Enterprise Today
The laws of supply and demand are something everyone in this industry, particularly chip makers, electronics manufacturers and suppliers are all too familiar with.
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May 2008
WiFi "Piggybacking": Is it a Question of Ethics?
The laws of supply and demand are something everyone in this industry, particularly chip makers, electronics manufacturers and suppliers are all too familiar with. In order to succeed in today’s high-tech business environment, semiconductor suppliers, for example, must look outside the realm of the chip market and make a determination on the direction of their products long before their OEM customers do because of the lengthy chip development process time.
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April 2008
Wireless: A Bright Spot in the ’08 Economy
As it concerns the health of the U. S. economy, it’s hard to maintain an optimistic viewpoint these days. There is no doubt that many sectors of the economy face a major retrenchment.
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March 2008
Does it Still Hold True?
The laws of supply and demand are something everyone in this industry, particularly chip makers, electronics manufacturers and suppliers are all too familiar with. In order to succeed in today’s high-tech business environment, semiconductor suppliers, for example, must look outside the realm of the chip market and make a determination on the direction of their products long before their OEM customers do because of the lengthy chip development process time.
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February 2008
Wi-Fi Goes to School
Keeping us all in suspense until the last minute, Google waited until just three days before the application deadline to announce that it plans to submit its formal application to participate in the FCC’s upcoming auction of the new 700 MHz wireless spectrum, without any partners.
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January 2008
Wireless Trends and Predictions for 2008
Keeping us all in suspense until the last minute, Google waited until just three days before the application deadline to announce that it plans to submit its formal application to participate in the FCC’s upcoming auction of the new 700 MHz wireless spectrum, without any partners.
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December 2007
Google Keeps Everyone Guessing
Keeping us all in suspense until the last minute, Google waited until just three days before the application deadline to announce that it plans to submit its formal application to participate in the FCC’s upcoming auction of the new 700 MHz wireless spectrum, without any partners.
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November 2007
Is it the Necessary Evil?
If you are like me, you long for a world where every device has wireless capability built in and a future where people can have data over unlicensed bands everywhere.
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October 2007
Which One is Worth the Price?
If you are like me, you may not be fully aware of how great an impact the mobile phone accessory market has had on the wireless industry.
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September 2007
Can RFID Technology Help Resolve the Airline Debacle?
I always thought “Diamonds were a girl’s best friend” but in 2007 most women may consider their GPS-enabled mobile phone their best friend. The majority of women drivers in the US look to a GPS system to give them peace of mind and a sense of security when traveling alone in an unfamiliar area.
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August 2007
Are New Broadband Speeds On the Horizon?
I always thought “Diamonds were a girl’s best friend” but in 2007 most women may consider their GPS-enabled mobile phone their best friend. The majority of women drivers in the US look to a GPS system to give them peace of mind and a sense of security when traveling alone in an unfamiliar area.
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July 2007
Buyer Beware
I always thought “Diamonds were a girl’s best friend” but in 2007 most women may consider their GPS-enabled mobile phone their best friend. The majority of women drivers in the US look to a GPS system to give them peace of mind and a sense of security when traveling alone in an unfamiliar area.
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June 2007
A Girl’s Best Friend
I always thought “Diamonds were a girl’s best friend” but in 2007 most women may consider their GPS-enabled mobile phone their best friend. The majority of women drivers in the US look to a GPS system to give them peace of mind and a sense of security when traveling alone in an unfamiliar area.
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May 2007
The Patent Reform Act of 2007 — The Good and the Bad
On April 18, 2007 Congress introduced into legislation The Patent Reform Act of 2007, a bill aimed at helping the filing process and to ease the financial burden to companies that infringe on existing patents.
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April 2007
Hotel Web Access – Is it a Luxury or a Necessity?
I recently returned from the CTIA Wireless 2007® show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The exhibit floor spanned more than 400,000 square feet and included more than 1,000 companies displaying their latest products and services designed for wireless professionals and consumers.
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January 2007
Equity for All
The debate about America’s telecommunications future will continue in 2007. U.S. Representatives, Senators and FCC Commissioners will take another look at the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and laws governing communications services, including wireless.
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December 2006
Will it Entice or Alienate the Consumer?
As I reflect back on 2006 one thought reoccurs in my mind — if ever there
was a year to be involved with the wireless industry in some way, it was this
year. We saw many emerging technologies become a reality and new consumer-driven
applications were in abundance.
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November 2006
Cell Phones: Think Twice before you Toss
Nancy Maas
Editor-in-Chief
Like most people today, I have a box at home filled with used cell phones,
along with their chargers and accessories.
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October 2006
E-passports: Are They the Way to Go?
The State Department is nearing completion of its conversion program for the hotly
debated RFID-based electronic passports, or e-passports, despite warnings from
security experts that these passports could be accessed or tracked by the wrong
individuals.
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September 2006
Wireless under the skin!
By Farhad Mafie
From implanting a passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) microtransponder under the skin to implanting an active drug-delivery system in human bodies, various types of wireless technologies are being used or being implemented in new products to further improve some of the ongoing challenges within the healthcare industry –that eventually would result in overall better patient care.
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August 2006
It’s Not Over ‘Til it’s Over
Nancy Maas, Editor in Chief nancy.maas@advantage media.comBy the time you read this column we will all most likely know the results of the FCC’s August 9th auction (also called “Auction 66”) for advanced wireless service spectrum.
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July 2006
a Perfect Combination
The Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) recently announced the formation of a Medical Devices Working Group that will create a Bluetooth Medical Device Profile. The Medical Devices Working Group is made up of 19 industry-leading companies including IBM, Intel, Nonin Medical, Philips Electronics and Motorola, among others.
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May 2006
The Industrial "Niche" Market
In a panel discussion held during CTIA last month, a great deal of attention was paid to the newest innovations in cell phone technology — something one would expect from such a conference. Speakers promoted the newest gadgetry and the extensive features that went along with them, and explained how this will lead to the best service on the market for consumers.
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April 2006
Data is Coming to Your Communicator — But When?
Just about anywhere you go nowadays, within the wireless industry (talking shows, conferences, OEM visits here), the buzz is mobile data. Ah, mobile data... that ubiquitous platform that will take us to the next step and really make 24/7, anytime, anywhere, anything available to anyone.
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March 2006
How Intelligent are Smart” Devices—Really?
Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about "smart" electronics and smart phones in particular.
Much of the information I got from the CES and now much of what I’m now getting from the 3GSM conference is eluding to the fact that smartphones are the next happening item in the hand held communicator business.
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February 2006
Let’s Talk About Emerging Technologies
A couple of months back, I was on one of my "breather" weekend trips to Las Vegas. It’s about the only decent hot spot within a short flight from where I am located (Denver). It’s been a tradition for me and a few of my friends who like the glitz and entertainment (and a little gaming) to take a few of these long weekends during the year.
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January 2006
Why Can’t We All Get Connected
Andrea
Joest, Managing Editor
Hello everyone. It’s Andrea, WD&D’s managing editor and Ern’s editorial regulator (at least that’s what he calls me).
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December 2005
The Year of Convergence...Really!
One of this year’s most heard buzzwords: convergence. For years now, I’ve been hearing over and over that convergence is just around the corner. Well, at the end of 2005, the corner may just be in sight.
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The Year of Convergence...Really!
One of this year’s most heard buzzwords: convergence. For years now, I’ve been hearing over and over that convergence is just around the corner. Well, at the end of 2005, the corner may just be in sight.
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November 2005
My, How Times Have Changed
Ern Worthman,
Editorial Director
I'm from the pager generation. You know, the time before cell phones and computers. The time when you could go on the road and if someone needed you, all you got was an annoying beep telling you to look for a pay phone.
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October 2005
Let’s Talk about 802.11
Ern Worthman,
Editorial Director
I’ve been following the Voice over IP (VoIP) movement pretty closely for a while and this isn’t the first time I’ve addressed it in this space.
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September 2005
Small Things That Make Techno-geeks Happy
Ern Worthman,
Editorial Director
One thing I want to do before I die is see an atom. I know that objective pales in comparison to having a lifelong goal of finding a cure for Alzheimer’s, or walking on the moon as a civilian.
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August 2005
Light Metal is Pretty Cool, But is It for Us?
Ern Worthman,
Editorial Director
Moore's Law, the infamous knell of death for the unprepared, which states microprocessor complexity will grow exponentially without an increase in price, has held for four decades.
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July 2005
A Concept Whose Time Has Come
Ern Worthman,
Editorial Director
From time to time an idea comes along that is so phenomenal that it just sends goosebumps down my spine.
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June 2005
Protecting Your Personal Space
Every now and then (actually, more now than then in today’s high tech world) someone comes up with an idea, concept or device that is just what the doctor ordered.
What I’m going to talk about in this column is one of those ideas/concepts/devices whose time has certainly come.
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May 2005
A Fit for a Data-based Technology?
Well, I needed something to pick on this month. Not that I want to necessarily pick on voice over Wi-Fi, but it does give me a launching point.
First it was VoIP, now it’s VoWi-Fi. If memory serves me correctly (and I’m told that is questionable), Wi-Fi was trying to make its niche in short-range data communications.
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April 2005
In This Corner…
Ernest Worthman, Editorial Director
I’m a fan of competition — make no mistake about it. Theoretically, competition is supposed to make things better and cheaper, among other things. Most of the time it does work that way — but not necessarily always.
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March 2005
The Smaller, The Better
By Ernest Worthman, Editorial Director
Well, if you read my column last month I was threatening to do another forecast. Truth be known, I forgot what I was going to discuss. No matter, forecasting was getting kind of boring and to tell the truth, I found a much more interesting topic.
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February 2005
Forecasting ... a Tricky Business
Last month my headline was " '05, The Year Wireless Goes Mainstream." I, more or less, said I was going out on a limb and viewing this as a prediction.
Well, we'll see if I'm right or wrong.
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January 2005
The Year Unlicensed Goes Mainstream
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
I'm on the spot now. This can be construed as making a prediction. OK, it's January, I'm feeling good about the industry in '05 so let's go for it.
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December 2004
All I Want for Christmas (or Hanukkah)...
Well, here we are at the end of another, more or less lackluster year for the telecom industry. So much for the prognosticators who swore we'd be back in rare form by Q3, '04.
At the risk of getting yelled at by my readers who don't think I should step outside of the bounds of wireless, I'm going to take a bit of editorial license and maybe a bit of tongue-in-cheek-edness as well.
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November 2004
RFID that Could Forever Change How We Shop
I have to give a lot of credit to the inventive and innovative minds in our industry. The stuff they come up with, and what they integrate it with never ceases to amaze me ... I love the 21st Century.
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October 2004
The Times, They Are A-Changin'
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
I suspect that many of you remember that line. If you're too young to remember the original from Bob Dylan, maybe you remember it from one of the U2 concepts circa the late 1980's.
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September 2004
Microchip On My Shoulder
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
A few years ago I wrote a column about a company in Florida, VeriChip Corp., that introduced implantable microchips for humans. Originally designed to track livestock and wildlife, the company said the purpose of the next generation of these chips were for medical reasons.
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August 2004
Well, Blow My Ear Off
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
Every now and then I have to take a bit of editorial license and find the humor in, what most of the time is, serious business. In this particular case, I'm referring to the emerging fuel cell industry.
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July 2004
UWB - Jockeying for Position
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
Well, here I am. It's about 11:00 PM, Sunday night, June 20th. Cat-in-lap, I'm munching on a bag of chocolate-covered peanuts and finishing my last cup of 12 hour old coffee (between the coffee and chocolate, I should have real caffeine buzz going in about 15 minutes).
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June 2004
HSIA Hotspots and the Business Traveler
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
HSIA — stands for high-speed Internet access ... well, at least for today.
For the purpose of this discussion, let's go with it. While one can endlessly discuss, philosophize and argue the various aspects of HSIA, one good topic of discussion is what HSIA means to the business traveler.
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May 2004
It Just Isn't Going To Go Away
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
For what seems like an eternity I've been hearing the vertical markets tout the virtues of voice over the Internet protocol. The first time I heard it, it was supposed to do in the Bells and obsolete long distance call charges.
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April 2004
When Is GPS Tracking Too Much?
Kim Potts, Chief Editor
Global positioning technology (GPS) is infiltrating our lives. It is being used in cars, cell phones, wristwatches — and is being used by employers, law enforcement, and even parents.
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March 2004
Not Just a Few Bytes Anymore
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
Not too long ago and in another life I wrote a column about something called "auto-dining." The participants in the program were consumers and restaurants.
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February 2004
Is the Internet finally coming of age?
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
Shortly after this Christmas season ended I was watching one of those faux-news, all hype consumer networks, like CNN or FNN, or CNBC or something like that and they played a story that caught my attention.
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January 2004
Time to Think Hard About Interoperability
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
This isn't news to my regular readers, but just in case you're tuning in for the first few times, I'm a technofreak! I'm the kind of guy whose addiction is technology.
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December 2003
The Landline is Dead
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
You heard it here first — the landline is dead
I recall a similar prediction, oh, somewhere around the mid-1990s' claiming the demise of the paper office as well (same guys, maybe, but obviously they weren't editors).
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November 2003
WiMax Raises the Wi-Fi Bar
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
Just when you thought it was safe to dip your laptop in the Wi-Fi waters, along comes the next iteration of not quite so short-range, unlicensed 802.
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October 2003
It's Still About Jobs
Ern Worthman, Technology and Editorial Director
Most of this year I've been racking my brain to try to rationalize the definition of the present economic recovery.
As I understand it, the traditional definition of an economic recovery includes such traditional observables as a reduction in unemployment, increased job creation, and an upturn in manufacturing, as major factors.
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September 2003
A Decade of Progress
Michael Civiello, Zyray Wireless
I am honored to have the opportunity to write this 10th anniversary Upfront column. With nearly 20 years experience in the wireless industry, eight of them as an editorial advisory board member, I have had the privilege of watching and experiencing first hand the steady growth of what has become an excellent wireless monthly publication.
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June 2003
Satellite Problems - Some are Just Plain Taxing!
By David A. Case NCE, NCT
It seems lately all I have been dealing with is satellite based issues one way or the other this year, though focusing on satellite issues is not my main task. However in wireless one deals with the hand dealt.
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May 2003
Should the FCC Regulate Receivers?
By Mitchell Lazarus, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC, 703-812-0440, MLazarus@alum.MIT.edu
When Congress first set up the FCC in 1934, it charged the new body with preventing interference in the spectrum.
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April 2003
Technology Paves the Way
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief,
kstokes@cahners.com
As I watched the war unfold last Wednesday night, it seemed impossible that 10 years had passed since the first Gulf War.
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March 2003
An Emerging Trend for Wireless Power Amplifiers
By Richard J. Lisco, Vice-President-Engineering, Cigma Technologies, Inc. (rlisco@cigmatech.com)
Power amplifiers are ubiquitous and indispensable in the world of wireless communications. What's more, despite the recent economic downturn, mobile communications continues to grow at a 15% per year rate for new subscribers.
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February 2003
It's All About Integration...or Is It?
By Michael Civiello, VP Marketing & Business Development for Zyray Wireless Inc. and an Editorial Advisory Board member of Wireless Design & Development .
When one reviews trends in the telecommunications market, it is clear that one of the driving forces moving the market forward is integration.
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January 2003
Grabbing the Brass Rings
By Aimee Kalnoskas, Editorial Director,
akalnoskas@reedbusiness.com
Understandably, many of us in the electronics business are looking for the next great "killer app.
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December 2002
A Glimpse into the Future
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief,
kstokes@cahners.com
Comdex has earned a reputation of showcasing the industry's latest and greatest technologies, gadgets, and trends.
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November 2002
New Spectrum, New Ideas
By Mitchell Lazarus, Telecommunications Lawyer, mlazarus@alum.mit.edu; (703) 812-0440
The FCC will soon authorize new millimeter-wave spectrum at 71 - 76, 81 - 86, and 92 - 95 GHz. These allocations will provide vast amounts of bandwidth in virtually empty spectrum, a welcome combination.
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October 2002
The Forest in the Trees
by Aimee Kalnoskas, Editorial Director, Wireless Design & Development Magazine
The case can be made that the state of the wireless industry is something like the drought that currently affects over half of North America and that has led to the eruption of deadly forest fires.
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September 2002
Looking Back, and Moving Forward
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief,
kstokes@cahners.com
I thought that the editorial I wrote last October was the hardest I've ever had to
write.
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July 2002
Science Fiction or Science Fact?
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief, kstokes@cahners.com
Every month I read countless articles looking for ideas for this column. As this industry continues to evolve and grow, I'm amazed at the out-of-the-box thinking that produces innovations that change our lives.
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April 2002
The Safety of Futuristic Cars
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief, kstokes@cahners.com
Wireless technology is an integral part of our lives, and continues to infiltrate different areas of our lives everyday. Laptops, PDAs, cellular phones, pagers — we use these devices everywhere.
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March 2002
Being 'Grounded' Is a Good Thing
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief, kstokes@cahners.com
Security is a primary concern in our society. Everyone worries about national security, security of personal property, and financial security.
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February 2002
Do You Know Your Alphabet?
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief, kstokes@cahners.com
I thought I knew my alphabet, especially being from the Sesame Street Generation. But since the IEEE announcement of another 802.11 tentative standard for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) — 802.
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January 2002
Compromise Is The Name of The Game
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief, kstokes@cahners.com
Compromise is a fact of life. To meet our needs in every aspect of our lives, we have to make compromises. We have to be willing to make compromises in order to achieve our goals, or we will never get anywhere.
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December 2001
Auld Lang Sine
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief, kstokes@cahners.com
Another year almost gone. Many of us will not be sorry to see it go. Most people spent 2001 waiting for a rebound in the economy and the wireless industry.
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November 2001
Share and Share Alike
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in -Chief, kstokes@cahners.com
In the aftermath of September 11th, the status of current and future wireless infrastructure has been a hot topic. How could folks buried in rubble at the World Trade Center make cell phone calls, but people on the streets could not? Our nation is focused on how rescue workers will communicate during a recovery effort, and how wireless phone users will be located when placing 911 calls.
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October 2001
A Beacon of Light
By Kim Stokes, Editor-in-Chief
We will never forget September 11, 2001. We will always remember where we were when we realized our nation was under attack. While our offices are 30 miles from New York City, I remember my first thoughts when I heard planes had crashed into the World Trade Center — Cahners has offices in New York City and Cahners HQ used to be in Newton, MA where some of our employees travel to on a regular basis.
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