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Mechanical arm could spark memory breakthrough 
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Mechanical arm could spark memory breakthrough
By Stewart Mitchell | Mar 29, 2011 | Comment Now 
Researchers have grand designs for Flash replacement technology.
 
Researchers make programming breakthrough 
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Researchers make programming breakthrough
By Nick Farrell | Feb 27, 2009 | Comment Now 
Researchers have developed a software tool which makes the translation of code for global markets faster.
 
Open Source makes historic UK breakthrough 
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Open Source makes historic UK breakthrough
By Mark Ballard | Sep 23, 2008 | Comment Now 
Open Source companies have been granted official permission to supply software to the UK public sector for the first time in British history.
 
Breakthrough in Trend Micro/Barracuda showdown 
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By Iain Thomson | Jun 26, 2008 | Comment Now 
A search through the open source community has provided a breakthrough that could settle the ongoing patent dispute between Trend Micro and Barracuda Networks..
 
Hynix claims Flash memory breakthrough 
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Hynix claims Flash memory breakthrough
By Simon Burns | Jun 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
A more compact form of Flash memory will help to cut prices of the storage chips by 30 percent, according to Korean media reports..
 
MIT engineers claim fuel cell breakthrough 
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MIT engineers claim fuel cell breakthrough
May 19, 2008 | Comment Now 
A group of engineers at MIT has developed a new type of membrane for one type of fuel cell which they claim could improve power output by more than 50 percent..
 
Big Blue planning HD video breakthrough 
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Big Blue planning HD video breakthrough
By Shaun Nichols | Apr 14, 2008 | Comment Now 
IBM is planning to introduce a new encoding system that will allow video providers to stream HD video at a lean 3Mbps..
 
Researchers claim solar cell breakthrough 
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Researchers claim solar cell breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Mar 4, 2008 | Comment Now 
An international research collaboration has developed a technology that could dramatically improve the efficiency of solar cells..
 
Nanostructure film promises solar breakthrough 
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Nanostructure film promises solar breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Jan 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
Two nanotech methods for engineering solar cell materials are showing "particular promise", US academics reported today..
 
Stanford boffins promise battery breakthrough 
Hardware
Stanford boffins promise battery breakthrough
By Matt Chapman | Dec 21, 2007 | Comment Now 
Researchers at Stanford University claim to be able to extend the battery life of lithium-ion batteries by a factor of 10 using silicon nanowires..
 
Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough 
Hardware
Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Oct 9, 2007 | Comment Now 
US boffins have unveiled a material which they believe could be as important to next-generation quantum computing as silicon is to the computers of today.
 
Breakthrough revolutionises microchip patterning 
Hardware
Breakthrough revolutionises microchip patterning
By Robert Jaques | Sep 3, 2007 | Comment Now 
US research engineers claim to have developed a low-cost technique for patterning microchips.
 
US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough 
Software
US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Aug 14, 2007 | Comment Now 
US computer scientists have developed a technique that allows the generation of highly complex images like smoke-filled bars and smog-choked cityscapes without the computational...
 
Japanese boffins claim ultraviolet breakthrough 
Hardware
Japanese boffins claim ultraviolet breakthrough
By Simon Burns | Jul 16, 2007 | Comment Now 
Better optical disks, light sources and flat-panel displays.
 
Boffins claim molecular switch breakthrough 
Strategy
Boffins claim molecular switch breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Jul 12, 2007 | Comment Now 
Small is beautiful.
 
Boffins hail quantum computing breakthrough 
Strategy
Boffins hail quantum computing breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Jun 19, 2007 | Comment Now 
NETHERLANDS - Delft University of Technology carries out calculations with quantum bits.
 
Microsoft breakthrough scratches the Surface 
Software
Microsoft breakthrough scratches the Surface
May 31, 2007 | Comment Now 
'Minority Report' interactive interface unveiled.
 
MIT boffins claim analogue circuit breakthrough 
Hardware
MIT boffins claim analogue circuit breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Feb 20, 2007 | Comment Now 
Engineers promise improved consumer electronics.
 
MIT boffins claim optical breakthrough 
Oddware
MIT boffins claim optical breakthrough
By Robert Jaques | Feb 7, 2007 | Comment Now 
Optical chips promise 'inconceivable' computing performance.
 
Boffin breakthrough beams bits onto photons 
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Boffin breakthrough beams bits onto photons
By Robert Jaques | Jan 25, 2007 | Comment Now 
'It sort of sounds impossible', scientist admits.
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