PCB-Search.com Blog: November 2005

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Assembly/Placement System utilizes VRM linear motors

Assembly/Placement System utilizes VRM linear motors.
Industrial News Room - New York,NY,USA
... & ... more. PCB Manufacturers With PCB Design & Assembly Capabilities. PCB Design Capabilities Include: ... more. Manufacturer of ...

4th Dimension PCB is Part of Team Awarded NASA (MSFC) Contract
EMSNow - West Yorkshire,UK
4th Dimension PCB, Inc., a provider of PCB design services, announced it is part of the team of contractors recently awarded NASA's Marshall Space Flight ...

MYDATA announces first stencil-free solder paste printer
EMSNow - West Yorkshire,UK
... It is both the answer to an industry demand today and a necessity for a future in which new technology will call for an increased freedom in PCB design.".

Advanced Circuits Announces Management Buyout; John Yacoub to ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Unlike other printed circuit board companies, Advanced Circuits combines real-time online ... In addition, the company offers free design for manufacturability ...

Coretec announces the closing of the sale of real estate ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... Coretec distinguishes itself from its competitors by providing complete printed circuit board solutions, including design, advanced prototyping and quick ...

Fidus Grows After Contract Wins
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... develops its customer's products from the ground up, or supplies targeted design of architecture, hardware, FPGA, software, printed circuit board layout and ...

HyperLynx update supports Serdes design
Eetasia.com (subscription) - USA
New capabilities in Mentor Graphics' HyperLynx signal-integrity product will help facilitate PCB designs that use Serdes interconnects, according to the company ...

Innovative Semiconductors iPHY USB 2.0 Transceiver Technology is ...
Design and Reuse (press release) - Paris,France
... IBM, Infineon, LSI Logic, Mentor Graphics, Micron, Mitel, Motorola, NASA, National Semiconductor, nVidia, OKI, PortalPlayer, S3, Samsung, Siemens, ST, Trident ...

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Thursday, November 17, 2005

Check Your Phone Bill for Fake Charges from OAN and Nationwide Connections

Check Your Phone Bill for Fake Charges from OAN and Nationwide Connections, Inc.

OAN, Billview.com, Billingconcepts.com, Nationwide Connections, inc., oanweb.com, Qwest are all involved, but make it very hard to trace back to the source of the bogus phone bill charges

In looking over my phone bill this month I discover a charge for $6.25. Now, you would think I would remember a collect a call from Spearfish, SD from last month, right? Well it's a bogus charge and I also discovered we had one on our bill from last February that was supposed to have been made in December 2004. That one was from Michigan and also for $6.25.

The numbers they provide in the bills will take you to Nationwide Connections whose supposedly bill on behalf of OAN, whatever those letters mean. All the numbers they give you at Nationwide Connections for OAN just take you back to Nationwide Connections. OAN really does not want to be contacted by you...!

The good thing is that Nationwide Connections readily gives you credit or in the case of my old charge says they will send a voucher that can be used against our phone bill for credit. We'll see if we really get one.

The message here is to check your phone bill every month and question any funny-looking charges.

Do some searches in Google for oan scam and billview scan and you will find it ain't just me.

Here's one blog entry that I found that confirms what I've seen:

http://chittahchattah.blogspot.com/2005/04/seebach-exhibit-7-spurious-collect.html

(hris

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

The return of ECN and EDN Free Magazine Subscriptions

The return of ECN and EDN...

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We are happy to announce the return of two old favorite in the electronics and engineering space: ECN and EDN. ECN has long served as a resource, educational tool, source guide, and even a phone book for the electronics market.

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DO NOT install the Windows Authenticode Certified "Secure service pack" if prompted!!!

This site, http://www.placementpower.org/ seems to be the one behind the distribution of a browser add-in that has nothing to do with security except to violate yours. It really adds the ability to server ads to you that you may or may not want. It may do other harmful things, but this has not been verified. Don't trust something that has to hide what it really is and what it really does to your computer.

They also offer Surf Speak surfspeak.com and Voice command browser. If you are considering these, look for the same thing somewhere else, or make sure you read all about what the do to your computer and what rights you give up by doing so.

They also say they are Windows Authenticode Certified which they may or may not be, I don't know what it takes to be able to claim that, but it does NOT mean that Microsoft approves of what they are doing. If they do, let me know and I'll print that. They also try to make you think that the Secure Service Pack is something important like Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Quicktime Player and they mention those products on their site and on the phone if you call them.

Don't be suckered in and tell everyone you know that it's a another scam to use you to generate advertising revenue for them. What do you get? Nothing, or maybe some software you could get elsewhere without the spy ware/adware.

Placement Power, Inc.
43264 Business Park Dr. Suite 106
Temecula, CA 92590
Telephone: (951)506-3500
FAX: (951)506-3509

Email: info@placementpower.com

DO NOT install the Windows Authenticode Certified, "Secure service pack"!

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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

SchmartBoard to Give Free Samples of Prototyping Boards

SchmartBoard to Give Free Samples of Prototyping Boards

(PRWEB) October 20, 2005 -- SchmartBOARD, a company that manufactures a new type of prototyping board that makes hand soldering surface mount components so simple that a 10 year old can do it, has announced a program to give out free samples.

According to VP Sales & Marketing, Neal Greenberg: The new Schmartboard|ez has been shipping for 1 month now. After launching it at DEMOfall. Although we have been very successful in capturing the attention of engineers, universities and hobbyists, our product is a huge improvement for prototyping and it is hard to convince people that a better mousetrap exists until they actually use it. We have found out that our best advertisement is to physically get the product in the hands of people. The link to the program details and electronic form is at: http://www.schmartboard.com/index.asp?page=SchmartLAND_samples

"Engineers have historically used prototyping boards to test circuits and avoid costly custom printed circuit board (PCB) revisions" said Andrew Yaung, SchmartBoard's CEO. "Prototyping boards have existed for a long time, but as surface mount components have become smaller and smaller, these boards have not kept up with the technology and have not remained a practical tool for most applications. Because of this, engineers are forced to use custom PCBs and can spend large amounts of time and money on revision after revision of expensive custom PCBs before they finally have the circuit perfected. By making prototyping boards viable again, SchmartBoard|ez will save companies a tremendous amount of time and money." In addition to this need for an easy prototyping tool, SchmartBoard|ez can be used as the circuit board in mass-produced technologies.

About SchmartBoard(www.schmartboard.com)
SchmartBoard is committed to helping engineers, students, and hobbyists develop electronic circuits faster, easier, and less expensively than previously possible. At SchmartBoard, our three-word mission statement is "Electronics for Everyone". More information is available at http://www.schmartboard.com.

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Press Contact: Neal Greenberg
Company Name: SchmartBoard, Inc.
Email: neal.greenberg@schmartboard.com
Phone: 510-659-1549
Website: www.schmartboard.com

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