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IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Paul V. Mockapetris	Telephony's Next Act Moving from circuit-switched networks to the Internet will be the biggest challenge phone systems have ever faced. If issues aren't faced, Internet users are likely to face higher costs and decreased quality of service, delayed call connections, and dropped calls.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Willie D. Jones	No Strings Attached Starting this year, electronics manufacturers will introduce products that cut the cords tethering USB peripherals to their hosts. The confidence that comes from knowing exactly what you're getting when you see the letters USB may not hold for its wireless incarnation. Here's why.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Barry E. DiGregorio	Roundabout Way of Profiling Earth's Atmosphere Here's how new methods of measuring temperature, pressure, and humidity using GPS signals should improve weather forecasting.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006	Mr. Babbage, Meet Mr. Lego Andrew Carol, a software developer for Apple Computer, has built a 19th-century difference engine out of Lego pieces.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 James Oberg	Stellar Engineer For nearly 40 years, manned spacecraft have relied on Russian engineer Vladimir Syromyatnikov's mechanisms to link up in space safely.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Michael Riordan	The Men Who Made the Microchip Two books spell out Silicon Valley's origins: The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley by Leslie Berlin... Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 by Christopher Lecuyer...
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Hugh Loebner	Do-It-Yourself Patents Drafting a patent application is challenging, but for those with an engineering turn of mind, it's also a great deal of fun. Inventors, take note.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 David Kushner	Vegas 911 A sin city programmer busted some of the biggest swindlers of all time. Now he's helping the Feds nail terrorists.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Brian Betts	Smart Sensors A single moment of human error can make a sensor and all the data it gathers worse than worthless. A new standard for analog sensors could save lives and money.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2006 Jack Uldrich	IBM's Teeny Tiny Transistors Big Blue's new nanocircuit suggests that carbon nanotubes will soon be employed in hybrid computer circuit devices.
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