Hardware

Networked fridges ‘negotiate’ electricity use

Networked fridges ‘negotiate’ electricity use

The CSIRO has developed a way to network household and commercial fridges together in a distributed peer-to-peer fashion that lets them ‘negotiate’ with each other the best time to consume electricity.
Ry Crozier Jan 14 2009 2:25PM Hardware
Solar storms could lead to IT blackouts

Solar storms could lead to IT blackouts

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has been consulting with experts on the likely damage to the world’s internet infrastructure in 2012, when the solar storms are expected to peak.
Iain Thomson Jan 14 2009 2:08PM Hardware
Review: Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Review: Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Well designed, solid and well-featured, but the battery
life sells it short.
Zara Baxter Jan 13 2009 3:14PM Hardware
Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Well designed, solid and well-featured, but the battery
life sells it short.
Zara Baxter Jan 13 2009 3:14PM Hardware
HP Mini 1001TU

HP Mini 1001TU

Stylish, sophisticated and super-portable: this is the netbook you’ll have to hide from your friends.
Zara Baxter Jan 13 2009 11:11AM Hardware
Review: HP Mini 1001TU

Review: HP Mini 1001TU

Stylish, sophisticated and super-portable: this is the netbook you’ll have to hide from your friends.
Zara Baxter Jan 13 2009 11:11AM Hardware
AMD supercomputer drives HD content to mobiles

AMD supercomputer drives HD content to mobiles

AMD has teamed with content developer OTOY to build a supercomputer that will make it possible to port high-definition content wirelessly to mobile devices.
Staff Writers Jan 12 2009 3:37PM Hardware
Going for gold in IT performance

Going for gold in IT performance

The IT team that will build and support the systems behind the London 2012 Olympic Games is taking shape.
Tom Young Jan 9 2009 2:50PM Hardware
CES: Palm Pre wows CES crowds

CES: Palm Pre wows CES crowds

As expected Palm has unveiled a new smartphone and operating system that it believes outperforms every other smartphone on the market.
Iain Thomson Jan 9 2009 12:53PM Hardware
Opinion: Compiling evidence boils down to a matter of time

Opinion: Compiling evidence boils down to a matter of time

IT needs a consistent approach to creating timestamps for forensic computing.
John Mitchell Jan 9 2009 2:45AM Hardware
Thumbs-down for vendor trips and smartphone upgrades

Thumbs-down for vendor trips and smartphone upgrades

CIOs should turn the tables on vendors in 2009 by ‘politely declining’ vendor courtesy trips and instead inviting them to a free lunch at a chain restaurant to discuss cost optimisation, according to Gartner.
Staff Writers Jan 7 2009 2:11PM Hardware
Sandisk punts next gen SSD

Sandisk punts next gen SSD

Sandisk has unveiled the next generation of Solid State Drives (SSDs) aimed at the phenomenally successful netbook market.
INQUIRER Newsdesk Jan 7 2009 6:48AM Hardware
Steve Jobs ends cancer rumours

Steve Jobs ends cancer rumours

Steve Jobs has announced that his weight loss is due to a hormone imbalance, rather than the resurgence of pancreatic cancer, and has insisted that he has no plans to step down as Apple chief executive.
Rosalie Marshall Jan 6 2009 6:32AM Hardware
2009: The year ahead in the US

2009: The year ahead in the US

Predictions are notoriously difficult to make in the IT industry, but here are half a dozen anyway. Some may be wrong, some will be right, but all are based on experience of how the industry works.
Iain Thomson Jan 2 2009 7:34AM Hardware
Intel adds to SATA drive range

Intel adds to SATA drive range

Intel is expanding its range of SATA solid state drives with a 160GB version in two different sizes.
David Neal Dec 24 2008 6:55AM Hardware
ACS renews calls to include ICT in energy star system

ACS renews calls to include ICT in energy star system

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has renewed its call for the Federal government to introduce an energy star rating system for commercial ICT products.
Staff Writers Dec 19 2008 10:34AM Hardware
Transformation initiatives to target the data centre

Transformation initiatives to target the data centre

More than eight out of 10 enterprises will embark on datacentre transformation projects in 2009, as the need to cut costs and minimise business risks intensifies
Gareth Morgan Dec 19 2008 6:21AM Hardware
Apple iPhone driving up Wi-Fi use

Apple iPhone driving up Wi-Fi use

Smartphone users are driving up the use of Wi-Fi hotspots, according to a new survey, with Apple's iPhone accounting for nearly 10 per cent of access requests in the US.
Daniel Robinson Dec 19 2008 6:18AM Hardware
Apple feels the pinch as recession bites

Apple feels the pinch as recession bites

Apple is beginning to feel the effects of the economic crisis, according to new research from retail sales tracking firm NPD Group.
Rosalie Marshall Dec 18 2008 6:34AM Hardware
Jobs to skip Macworld

Jobs to skip Macworld

Apple has announced that Steve Jobs will not be making the keynote address at this year's Macworld expo.
Shaun Nichols Dec 17 2008 2:04PM Hardware

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