We search for industry news, so you don't need to.   Home  I  News  I  Exclusives  I  Experts  I  White Papers  I  Circuitmart  I  Calendar  I  Advertising  I  Site Map March 11, 2010 Daily Circulation Over 42,000 Test Your Knowledge What percentage of the population has an IQ above 100? Answer bottom right column. Letters Submit No letters for today. Industry Forums   Via-in-Pad BGA - Sort Of Come hear (or heckle) TechNet's Bob Landman during his tin whiskers chat today Solder Paste Height Measurement Software/Devices Unusual Assembly Requirement... BGA ball coplanarity inspection equipment Equipment Mart Submit Agilent i 3070 Medalist ICT VP AOI Yestech Table Top AOI Air Vac Rework Station On This Day March 11, 1996 - America Online agreed to use Netscape as the primary Web browser offered to its subscribers in a deal signed on this date. Cartoon of the Day "We're implementing a simplified training program. Lick all the data off this CD." Copyright © Randy Glasbergen Top Story   HP Turns Steve Jobs' Flash Snub Against Apple's iPad No watered-down Internet. No sacrifices. That's the promise Hewlett-Packard Vice President and CTO Phil McKinney offered consumers in a ... News Factor Network Industry News   Google CEO: Development in China Dispute 'Soon' Google Inc.'s CEO said the Internet search company is in active negotiations with the Chinese government and expects some resolution ... The Washington Post ARM exec: More than 50 tablet PCs coming in 2010 The launch of Apple’s iPad next month will pave the way for the arrival of more than 50 tablet PC devices this year, an ARM executive said on ... ZDNet Apple's patent offensive sends message to rivals Apple's patent infringement case against HTC is part of a larger effort to give rival smart phone manufacturers pause as they pursue iPhone- ... San Francisco Chronicle 10 big dot.com flops The Pets.com sock puppet has become synonymous with the dot.com bust. The pet food and supplies company is perhaps the most recognized flop from ... CNN Money Toyota supplier Denso says FBI raided U.S. office Toyota Motor Corp supplier Denso Corp said Wednesday that its U.S. office had been raided by FBI agents as part of an investigation into alleged ... Calgary Herald Foxconn denies promises to invest in Kaohsiung Harbor Foxconn Electronics has issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) commenting on recent reports stating that the company has backed ... Digitimes Samsung: Consumers Are Ready For 3D TV Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. introduced three series of 3D televisions Tuesday featuring light emitting diode-backlit technology and said it ... ChannelWeb 3D TV is here After all the hype prompted by the success of Avatar in cinemas and the flood of 3D technology unveiled at trade shows like CES 2010, 3D TV is ... Gizmag HP Flashes a Few Slate Details When HP's Slate tablet joined Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on stage at CES last January, the device aroused some curiosity, but few details were ... TechNewsWorld Sony's Purchases of Taiwan-made Electronic Products to Exceed US$10 B. in 2010 Sony is going to raise its budget on outsourced electronic products, especially Play Station 3 and LCD TVs, made by Taiwanese contract ... Taiwan Economic News The iPad changes everything Chipmaker Nvidia is helping invent a slew of cool technologies that hold the potential to change the way we work and play. The company, which ... Fortune Brainstorm Tech Rob Glaser Thinks Mobile Is the Next Big Thing In his first speech since stepping down in January as CEO of the company he founded, RealNetworks Chairman Rob Glaser encouraged startups to look ... PC World Circuitmart Videos on Demand Passive Component Solder Void Limit Is there a quality criteria for solder voids in passive components. Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall point to the answers.   (Time 5:02) Board Talk Does Lead Free Flux Make a Difference? Does using a lead free solder flux really make a difference? Why not use the same flux we use for leaded soldering in our lead free process?   (Time 0:28) Ask the Experts Strange Measurements Only On Fridays A research group tested prehistoric fish for mercury. They noticed that test measurements on Fridays were much higher. What was causing this?   (Time 0:52) Mysteries of Science Cleaning Assemblies in Batch Systems Study compares the performance of batch cleaning processes to clean flux residues from under low stand-off components.   (Time 0:46) Tech Notes Cell Phone Camera Shopping When you're shopping it helps to know what other people think of the same product. Now, a new technology using your cell phone can help.   (Time 0:60) Trends for Tomorrow Technology News   The connected car becomes a reality In-car entertainment is usually a sideline event at car shows and almost unnoticeable at electronics shows. But in the first two months of 2010 ... The Independent DARPA sets sights on revolutionary advancements in non-volatile logic IC technology Military microelectronics experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are launching a leap-ahead ... Military & Aerospace Electronics Double the frequencies, double the performance The growth of the Internet has resulted in many new possibilities and nowadays wireless networks are not only used to surf the Internet or ... HEXUS Corporate News Submit Enhanced reflow cooling technology introduced by Rehm Rehm Thermal Systems has introduced new cooling zone designs for their Vision Series convection reflow ovens. The new technology is ... Rehm Thermal Systems Milara Integrates CyberOptics’ 3-D Inspection Head Milara Incorporated announces the integration of the CyberOptics 3-D post-print inspection head on its TouchPrint Digital TD2929 inline printer ... Milara Incorporated Nordson DAGE Announces the Appointment of Hal Hendrickson Novellus Develops Advanced Copper Seed Technology For Through-Silicon-Via (TSV) Packaging Europlacer to Exhibit its new XPii SMT and iineo SMT Platform at NEPCON China New High Power Machine Vision LED Ring Lights at LDDLIGHT.com American Standard Circuits, Inc Achieves ISO9001:2008 Certification Calumet to Exhibit at IPC APEX Expo 2010 Ask the Experts Panel I  Submit Re-plating lead-free components for tin/lead assembly We work with an aerospace manufacturer on a PCB assembly that includes Pb-free components (no BGAs). The device is ...   Responses by:   • Steven Adamson, Market Manager, Nordson Asymtek   • Chris Palin, European Manager, HumiSeal   • Terry Munson, President/Senior Technical Consultant, Foresite   • Bryan Kerr, Principal Engineer - CMA Lab, BAE Systems Mar 8, 2010    Contamination Prior to Conformal Coating Mar 3, 2010    When Should We Use Underfill? Mar 1, 2010    Is Baking Required After Aqueous Cleaning? White Papers Submit Mar 8, 2010    Developing Optimized Reflow Profiles Automatically Mar 2, 2010    01005 production goes industry wide Feb 16, 2010    How 'Free' is Your Halogen-Free Solder Paste? Feb 12, 2010    Water Management Techniques for Aqueous Cleaning Process Feb 9, 2010    Solutions for long-term storage of electronic components Feb 8, 2010    Conformal Coatings – Non-VOC Jan 29, 2010    Trace, Track and Control: High Production Output at Low Costs Jan 20, 2010    DFx Collaboration Yields Positive Results Webcasts   Feb 24, 2010    BGA Site Modification - Once Impossible, Now Possible Today's Sponsor Quote of the Day "Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe." Albert Einstein Test Your Knowledge What percentage of the population has an IQ above 100? 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