| Cargo backlog grows on West Coast ports
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 There are 36 ships anchored offshore waiting to get into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Despite a new contract for dockworkers, there's still an enormous backlog of cargo waiting to be shipped overseas. Omar Villafranca reports.
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| U.K. authorities linked 'Jihadi John' to militant killed by U.S. drone in Somalia
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 British authorities have linked Mohammed Emwazi, a Londoner identified by U.S. national security sources as "Jihadi John," the knife-wielding militant who appeared in videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, to another British militant killed in Somalia in a U.S. drone attack. A British court ruling dated December 2011 reported that Emwazi was an associate […]
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| Llamas run amok on Arizona streets
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 Police close in on escaped llamas; video screen grab In a scene strangely reminiscent of the Running of the Bulls, folks in Sun City, Arizona, on Thursday spent nearly 45 minutes running with–and trying to capture–two spooked llamas. Several llamas, said by some to be alpacas, were being delivered to an assisted-living facility to provide therapy for a former llama-rancher. But two of the animals bolted from trailer the moment the door was opened, sparking a bizarre pursuit that took on its own life on Twitter under the hashtag, #Llamasontheloose. (Even the Arizona Cardinals were captivated enough to chime in.) The #AZCardinals have agreed to one-year deals with the #llamasontheloose. Each llama will earn 2,340 lbs of hay. Steve Keim does it again. — Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) February 26, 2015 The llamas, one black and the other white, tore through the streets in a comedic episode that gained social media followers as it was being videotaped by local news agencies, via helicopter. On the ground, a ...
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| A 4x Increase In Spectral Efficiency With Broadcom SoCs
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 Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) has introduced two new system-on-chip (SoC) devices to provide mobile access carriers with industry-leading capacity and spectral efficiency to boost existing microwave backhaul infrastructure. The new SoCs are the first to deliver 5 gigabit per second (Gbps) speeds and deliver a 4X increase in spectral efficiency1 of 48 bps/Hz. Broadcom will showcase its innovations for the mobile and carrier ecosystem at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, March 2-5. Broadcom's two new SoCs are each designed to support the growing surge in data traffic over the wireless network. With more than six billion ...
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| Iridium Bringing Certus Compatriots Into Service
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 Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has announced four industry-leading, value-added manufacturing partners that will design, manufacture and distribute products compatible with Iridium Certus broadband, the company's next-generation broadband service. Iridium Certus will leverage the enhanced capabilities of Iridium NEXT to deliver versatile, enterprise-grade, reliable communications, anywhere and everywhere in the world. This announcement represents another step in Iridium's long-term, strategic plan to team with manufacturers to make available a new set of services and capabilities through the launch of Iridium NEXT, ...
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| For Broadcast Betterment, Advantech's New SBM75X Satellite Modulator
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 Advantech Wireless has released their new Satellite Modulator SBM75X, high data rate, for broadcast applications. The new SBM75x modulator series from Advantech Wireless, is fully compliant with the new DVB-SX standard. With data rates up to 75 Msps, and low Roll-Off Factor of 5 percent, it can cover a full 72 MHz transponder with maximum bandwidth efficiency. Designed for the broadcast industry, the Advantech Wireless' SBM75X Satellite Modulator accepts IP traffic, or it can multiplex up to 8xASI independent streams into one single 75 MHz carrier. Combined with Advantech Wireless Series of SapphireBluTM UltraLinearTM GaN ...
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| Globalstar's SPOT Gen3's Critical Role...!,450 Runners Outfitted w/SPOT In "The Toughest Foot Race On Earth"
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 "Most of us can't even begin to imagine the physical, intellectual and emotional hurdles the runners in MDS will face." Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. (NYSE MKT: GSAT) aannounces that its SPOT Gen3 safety device has been selected to track and protect all participants in MARATHON DES SABLES 2015 (MDS), the world's most extreme running race, as well as in the MDS 2016 and 2017 races. Each MARATHON DES SABLES2015 participant, some 1,450 extreme athletes representing over 70 nations, will carry the latest version of SPOT from Globalstar, the SPOT Gen3. Now in its 30th edition, ...
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| Kratos' RT Logic's SpectralNet™ A One-Of-A-Kind...Transports RF Anywhere + On Any IP Network
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 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) announces the release of SpectralNet™by its RT Logic subsidiary. SpectralNet is the only commercially available product that eliminates the distance constraints of RF transport by digitizing RF signals for transport over IP networks in a way that preserves both frequency and timing characteristics then uniquely restores the RF signals at their destination. By eliminating the distance constraints between antennas and signal processing equipment, SpectralNet's patent pending technology enables operators to deploy new ground architectures with numerous advantages, such as the ...
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