February 8, 2010
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Test Your Knowledge
The tendency of a drill bit to make off-center, out-of-round holes, that are not perpendicular is called what?
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On This Day
February 8, 1672 - Isaac Newton read his first optics paper before Royal Society in London.
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Cartoon of the Day
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"I haven't read your proposal yet, Bob, but I already have some great ideas on how to improve it."
Copyright © Randy Glasbergen
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Hon Hai Sees Best January Sales in 10 Years
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. scored its best-ever revenue for the month in 10 years. Industry watchers said the encouraging January result ...
Taiwan Economic News
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Viewpoint 2010
Neil O'Brien, Sales & Applications Director, FINETECH
 FINETECH ended 2009 with strong fourth quarter sales and increased activity in all markets. Microelectronics assembly remained strong and the SMT rework market improved as well. We believe this trend will continue through 2010. In anticipation of this, FINETECH is growing through product innovation and company acquisition. In November 2009, FINETECH announced the purchase of Martin GmbH (Wessling, Germany). The Martin rework ...
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EMS Revenue to Rise in 2010
Worldwide revenue generated by the two segments of the contract manufacturing business, including electronics manufacturing services ...
Taiwan Economic News
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10 Reasons to be Optimistic about the IC Industry
Are you uncertain about the 2010 IC industry recovery? It may help to consider these actual data points and current expectations that offer ...
IC Insights
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Compal turned down Asustek notebook orders due to Acer
Asustek Computer was said to have planned to outsource notebooks to Compal Electronics, but the orders were suddenly turned down by the ...
Digitimes
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Nokia to Defend Self 'Vigorously' in Lawsuit by U.S. Investors
Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, plans to defend itself 'vigorously' in a class-action lawsuit filed by U.S. investors ...
Business Week
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Smartphone Sales Score Record
Vendors shipped a record 54.5 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, 39% more than the 39.2 million shipped in the same quarter in 2008, IDC ...
PC World
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Apple to Focus on Mobile Devices
Apple's recent unveiling of the iPad was more than a simple product announcement intended to make consumers want to buy Apple products. The ...
Netbook Boards
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Explosion of wireless devices causing data traffic jam
With the exploding popularity of smartphones, wireless laptops, and if Steve Jobs has his way, tablet computers, it's fast becoming a wireless ...
Mercury News
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What Is the Kindle's Future?
Last week, Apple announced their entry to the burgeoning slate computer market with the iPad. Just one of a handful of companies shipping ...
Huffington Post
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PS3 closing ground on Xbox 360
After years of trailing the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 on the sales charts, the Sony PlayStation 3 continues to close the gap on the ...
myce
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Japan's Fujitsu says it made first 'iPad'
Apple's new tablet PC is not the first product to be called the "iPad". Japan's Fujitsu says it launched one years ago, and the name has also ...
AFP
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A big rocket is still a US priority - Bolden
Well, we didn't get a shuttle launch on Sunday but we got something almost as interesting this weekend: Nasa chief Charlie Bolden holding forth on ...
BBC News
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Ultrasonic Cleaning Causing Damage
What method can be used to prevent damage to sensitive SMT components during the ultrasonic cleaning process? (Time 0:27)
Ask the Experts |
Tied Up Telephone Lines
One day a of network phone links between several major plants became tied up. What was causing this phone link problem? (Time 0:58)
Mysteries of Science |
A Search Engine Better Than Google
A college student has created a search engine that is not only faster than Google, but produces results that are more relevant. (Time 0:60)
Trends for Tomorrow |
Network ICs – packaging is a key design element
I recently had a chance to have a conversation with Judy Priest of Cisco about some of the design and packaging issues for accepting and ...
Chip Design Magazine
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Electronic controls safe
Millions of people drive cars with electronic throttle controls every day, but they probably never heard of the system until this week, when it got ...
Detroit Free Press
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LHC to run for longest continuous period
The Large Hadron Collider is about to enter its longest continuous operational period, in preparation for full-strength particle-smashing. ...
ZDNet
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IBM Breakthrough Finds Replacement For Silicon
Here's something a bit more techie to wrap yours brains around on: IBM has announced a significant breakthrough which may have just found the long ...
Trusted Reviews
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Leadless Component Hand Soldering Help
We are seeing an increase in the use of leadless components on our assemblies, including many 20 lead ceramic ...
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Quote of the Day
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." Elbert Hubbard
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Test Your Knowledge
The tendency of a drill bit to make off-center, out-of-round holes, that are not perpendicular is called what?
Answer: Splay or runout
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