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The International Trade Commission moved forwarded April 1 with Apple’s complaint that HTC smartphones violate certain Apple patents. Apple filed its original complaint with the ITC March 2 while also seeking relief with the U.S. District Court in Delaware.Apple ultimately wants the ITC and the court to halt the importation of the infringing HTC smartphones […]

Prospects are good for the anticipated April 5 launch of the space shuttle Discovery on its trip to the ISS. At an April 2 countdown status briefing, NASA said, “Test Director Steve Payne reported that all launch preparations continue to go well as the official countdown is now under way, saying, ‘We’re eager to get […]

NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko are headed to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. Liftoff occurred April 2 at 12:04 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are expected to reach the ISS April 4.The flight occurs just days before the space shuttle […]

Computer Sciences, aka CSC, has won a one-year contract option “to provide supercomputing support services at NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. The extension is valued at approximately $57 million,” NASA announced March 29. “The option exercised on the cost-plus-award-fee contract begins April 1, 2010, and will continue to March 31, 2011. The […]

The Maine House of Representatives has voted to reject an alternative version of a law to require a cancer warning on cell phones. Under the proposal, Maine state officials would have been required to add links to their Websites about the connection between cell phones and brain cancer.　 The original proposal would have required cell […]

More than a year ago, federal agents arrested 11 people in seven states for submitting false statements and documents in support of their H-1B visa petitions. The Department of Justice also issued indictments against IT services firm Vision Systems Group of New Jersey for conspiracy and mail fraud involving H-1B visas. The federal investigation involves […]

A pilot program employing WiMax 4G communications and GE smart meters has worked to allow Consumers Energy’s Michigan customers to demonstrate how real-time, wireless communications between meters in the home and the utility’s network management and control systems can improve efficiency and reliability. The Michigan pilot is the latest step in GE Energy’s smart grid […]

Clearwire Communications said March 29 it is officially open for business in the greater Houston area. The coverage area includes more than 1,900 square miles and more than 4 million people. Regionally, service extends as far north as Conroe and as far northeast as Kingwood; as far west as Katy and southwest as Richmond/Rosenburg; as […]

US Airways launched Gogo Inflight Internet March 29 on five Airbus A321 aircraft, the company announced. “Gogo, which is provided by Aircell, allows passengers to use their laptops or WiFi-enabled mobile devices to surf the Web, e-mail friends and family, log into corporate … VPN and access online entertainment options,” US Airways said. The announcement […]

China has emerged as the leading spender on clean energy investments and finance, according to the latest Pew Report. In 2009, China invested $34.6 billion in the clean energy economy – nearly double the U.S. total of $18.6 billion. Over the last five years, the United States also trailed five G-20 members — Turkey, Brazil, […]

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation March 25 that would place greater restrictions on the use of open network P2P software on all federal computers.The Secure Federal File Sharing Act (H.R. 4098) makes important progress toward banning the recreational use of P2P software on all federal computers, computer systems and networks including those belonging […]

Key lawmakers on the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics March 24 questioned President Obama’s decision to cancel NASA’s Constellation Program.Constellation is the human space flight development program established to deliver Americans to the ISS (International Space Station) and later to the Moon and other destinations in the solar system […]