Tag: promise

Software

Office 2010 shows early promise

By Dave Bailey | Jul 24, 2009 | Comment Now

Test drive the technical preview.

Software

Apple breaks price promise on UK Itunes

By Stewart Meagher | Jul 16, 2008 | Comment Now

When Apple promised six months ago to equalise the cost of Itunes download throughout Europe, the chaps in the accounts department at Cupertino were probably thinking they had ...

Hardware

Boffins promise flexible laptops

By Robert Jaques | Jul 3, 2008 | Comment Now

Pioneering work to develop next-generation plastics could pave the way for electronic billboards, flexible laptops and high-definition television screens only 1cm thick.

Storage

Boffins promise 500,000GB iPod

By Guy Dixon | Apr 18, 2008 | Comment Now

A nanotechnology breakthrough at the University of Glasgow could pave the way for MP3 players with a storage capacity 150,000 times greater than today's top-of-the-range devices..

Hardware

Boffins promise inkjet-built solar panels

Mar 11, 2008 | Comment Now

Researchers at Konarka Technologies have demonstrated a new method of manufacturing solar cells using highly efficient inkjet printing techniques..

Software

Researchers promise to stop terrorists

By Robert Jaques | Feb 27, 2008 | Comment Now

Researchers at the University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer Studies have developed a software-based system designed to fight terrorism..

Hardware

Nano-liquids promise next-gen mobile displays

By Robert Jaques | Feb 22, 2008 | Comment Now

A combination of nanoparticles and liquids could pave the way for new miniature camera lenses, mobile phone displays and other microscale fluidic devices, according to US ...

Security

Users tricked by promise of celebrity porn

By Shaun Nichols | Feb 14, 2008 | Comment Now

Malware distributors are using a fabricated sex scandal to push their wares, according to security researchers..

Networking

Microsoft honours Xbox Live promise

Jan 24, 2008 | Comment Now

Microsoft is offering a free copy of action shooter Undertow to Xbox Live subscribers to compensate for network issues over the festive period.

Telco/ISP

More “bang for buck” for ISPs who jump aboard new undersea cable

By Mitchell Bingemann | Jan 15, 2008 | Comment Now

Internode, iiNet and iPrimus have all jumped aboard PIPE Network’s new $200 million undersea high-speed cable, announcing they will use it to route up to 60 percent of their ...

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..

Hardware

Boffins promise large-scale nano-material manufacture

By Robert Jaques | Oct 9, 2007 | Comment Now

Scientists have demonstrated that a new 'soft lithography' technique can be used to manufacture complex nano-materials inexpensively on an industrial scale.

Hardware

US boffins promise organic semiconductors

By Robert Jaques | Jun 28, 2007 | Comment Now

New material could be used in flexible e-book screens.

Hardware

Research promises cheaper and brighter LED displays

By Robert Jaques | May 18, 2007 | Comment Now

US researchers have reported a breakthrough in LED manufacture that could pave the way for more efficient, cheaper and higher quality flat panel displays.

Hardware

Researchers promise cheaper nano-scale chips

By Robert Jaques | Jan 19, 2007 | Comment Now

Nano-imprint breakthrough paves way for smaller, cheaper circuits.