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Monthly Archives: May 2007

New Apple MacBook

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Apple updated its MacBook notebooks with a faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model. The MacBook is just one-inch thin and features built-in 802.11n wireless networking for up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g. Every MacBook also includes a built-in iSight [...]

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Researchers create nanotube arrays long enough to be seen with the eye

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

It’s going to be a while before nanotech is more than just a novel materials technogy for many application areas, but developments in nanotube fabrication like these 2-cm long arrays bring promise of products from unique electronic circuits to the space elevator.

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The AMD Phenom Processor

Monday, May 14, 2007

Delivering a four-core foreshadowing of innovations to come for PC enthusiasts worldwide, AMD today unveiled the upcoming AMD Phenom processor family name and publicly demonstrated the first all-AMD enthusiast platform, codenamed “FASN8.” The industry’s only true quad-core client processors are expected to deliver the ultimate visual experience, especially when paired with AMD’s new DirectX 10 [...]

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The Case of the Mystery Transformer

Thursday, May 10, 2007

What happens when a device or component that had been integral to a design is no longer manufactured or, even worse, the company that made it no longer exists? A recent call from one of our readers had me asking this exact question. The caller was in a bit of quandry. He needed to replace [...]

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IP/Networking Video Surveillance

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

When I was in college I worked part-time at an alarm company, doing everything for building and installing systems to testing components. In those days almost all pieces of equipment were wired together and surveillance cameras were recorded to time-lapsed VCRs, while alarms communicated over phone wire. Back then, you would always see cameras hanging [...]

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Electronic Products May Issue

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

The Electronic Products May 2007 issue in now available online at http://www.electronicproducts.com/.

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Chinese contract electronics maker receives ISO certification

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Changzhou CSI, Ltd. (CCSI), a full-service contract electronics manufacturer and wholly owned subsidiary of Circuit Service (Wheeling, IL) recently received International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2000 certification from Underwriters Laboratories. The parent company, CSI, invested in the China facility to provide high-mix mid-volume production capabilities to its U.S. customers in a low-cost manufacturing region.  The 35,000-sq-ft facility [...]

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