Pushing the PC to the speed of light.
Computer components are shrinking, but the chips they sit on keep getting larger, creating information delays from one circuit to another. So electrical and computer engineer Kenneth O is creating a miniature wireless network to transmit data right across the chip. O and his graduate students at the University...

INTEL GIVES STUDENTS AN IT BOOST.
Intel Microelectronics Philippines today announced a new PC purchasing program that makes owning one of today's hottest desktop and notebook PCs more affordable for students. From June 1 to 15, students from the Ateneo de Manila University can purchase either a desktop PC powered by the Intel...

Intel backs PC platform change.
Byline: edison d. ong Intel has produced new chipsets and microprocessors to make personal computer experience more entertaining and productive. The foundation for the PC platform change is a trio of new Intel chipsets - the "glue" between the microprocessor and the rest of the...

Shades of green: stock tips for environmentally motivated investors. .
If you have some money to invest, you may want to put it to work doing double duty, both promoting a healthier environment and incubating your nest egg. Some carefully selected stocks will yield immediate results for the environment; others require more patience. Just as smart investors...

SPIRE TRANSFERS HEMODIALYSIS CATHETER PATENT LICENSE TO BARD.
Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), Bedford, Mass., has transferred its exclusive hemodialysis split-tip catheter patent license to Bard Access Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of C.R. Bard, Inc., (NYSE:BCR), in exchange for up to $16 million and a sublicense. Spire received $5 million upon execution of the agreement, with...

Cyber-Trespassing: Actionable e-mail. (Citings).
SENDING UNWELCOME e-mail can now be considered trespassing, according to a December ruling by a California court. The case grew out of a squabble between Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi and Intel Corp., which fired him after a workman's compensation dispute. Hamidi decided to air his grievances with fellow...

Bush to states: drop dead: the economic crisis trickles down. (Of Several Minds).
The Pacific Northwest is known for Microsoft, Intel, lattes, breathtaking natural beauty, alternative music, rain, stock-option millionaires, and the Seattle Mariners' star outfielder, Ichiro Suzuki. Americans do not associate this forward-looking, entrepreneurial region with economic distress. So it comes as a surprise to discover that among the...

Genetics based machine learning approach to lot release scheduling in a semiconductor manufacturing system.
Abstract: This paper presents a new approach to lot release scheduling using genetics based machine learning (GBML). A scheduling agent with a classifier system (CS), which is one GBML method, is employed to generate product-dispatching rules that release materials onto the production floor according to the state of the...

PROTEDYNE STANDARDIZES ON ADEPT CONTROLS FOR BIOCUBE/CILA.
Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), San Jose, Calif., a leading manufacturer of flexible automation for the fiber optic, telecommunications and semiconductor industries, has announced that Protedyne of Ashland, Massachusetts, a leading solutions provider for genome-based drug discovery systems, has standardized on Adept controls, including Adept controllers, AdeptVision(TM) and AIM(TM) software...

Enterprise users up smarten: the wireless revolution hits the road as mobile workers begin to exploit high functioning devices.
Secret agent Maxwell Smart thought he was, well, "pretty smart" whenever he took off his shoe and turned it into a mobile phone to call his boss back at Control headquarters, but little did he realize the implication of the "smart" phone. The evolution of the mobile...