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Beijing emergency teams cut Olympics smog

Beijing emergency teams cut Olympics smog

Emergency services teams in Beijing have been equipped with motorcycles incorporating new technology to reduce smog levels.
Staff Writers Aug 12 2008 2:49PM Hardware
Pictures of keyboard-less Palm Centro leaked

Pictures of keyboard-less Palm Centro leaked

The rumour making the rounds is that a keyboard-less version of Palm's Centro smartphone is in the works.
Fernando Cassia Aug 12 2008 7:34AM Hardware
Korea delays space launch

Korea delays space launch

South Korean space officials have said they will delay the country's first space launch until the second quarter of 2009, according to local press reports..
Simon Burns Aug 12 2008 7:26AM Hardware
3G dongles grow in popularity

3G dongles grow in popularity

Mobile broadband dongles are becoming so popular that specialist unlockers – such as Nextgen – are starting to offer software which enables them to be used on any suitable 3G network.
Tony Dennis Aug 11 2008 4:08PM Hardware
First Look: ASUS M51 Va, Centrino 2 benchmarks are in

First Look: ASUS M51 Va, Centrino 2 benchmarks are in

Intel has been banging on about Centrino 2 lately, so it was good to finally get a chance to test the claims courtesy of a spanking new mid-range Centrino 2 M51 Va courtesy of ASUS.
Staff Writers Aug 11 2008 2:38PM Hardware
Review: First Look: ASUS M51 Va, Centrino 2 benchmarks are in

Review: First Look: ASUS M51 Va, Centrino 2 benchmarks are in

Intel has been banging on about Centrino 2 lately, so it was good to finally get a chance to test the claims courtesy of a spanking new mid-range Centrino 2 M51 Va courtesy of ASUS.
Staff Writers Aug 11 2008 2:38PM Hardware
Have no fear, the $99 laptop is here

Have no fear, the $99 laptop is here

Jointech's JL7100 laptop is apparently ready to sell – but is this actually a laptop or just a glorified PDA?
Emma Hughes Aug 11 2008 7:15AM Hardware
Apple twice the price of PCs

Apple twice the price of PCs

Research by analyst house NPD has shown that on average Apple users pay twice as much in the shops as PC users..
Iain Thomson Aug 11 2008 7:11AM Hardware
Blade slowdown put to the sword

Blade slowdown put to the sword

Local blade vendors have slammed predictions by Gartner that the segment will experience the slowest growth in shipments and revenue globally until 2012.
Ry Crozier Aug 11 2008 6:40AM Hardware
B4dly speld email? Blame the iPhone

B4dly speld email? Blame the iPhone

Three-quarters of people are willing to excuse spelling errors in emails sent from a mobile device like the iPhone, a survey has found.
Ry Crozier Aug 11 2008 6:30AM Hardware
iPhone 'blacklist' reported

iPhone 'blacklist' reported

The iPhone is equipped with a possible application 'blacklist' which could allow Apple to remotely remove certain applications, claims one researcher.
Shaun Nichols Aug 8 2008 12:34PM Hardware
Researchers tout super-stretchy electronic material

Researchers tout super-stretchy electronic material

Researchers have created ‘super-stretchy’ integrated circuits that could be used in intelligent surfaces for curved objects, or in movable parts such as the joints of a robot’s arm.
Liz Tay Aug 8 2008 12:15PM Hardware
Weak hypervisors push customers to mainframe, IBM says

Weak hypervisors push customers to mainframe, IBM says

Cloud computing has emerged as the next evolution for grid architectures. At least part of the early success of the cloud model is due to virtualisation – and mainframe makers like IBM still claim bragging rights for creating the hypervisor. iTnews sat down with IBM Fellow for Server Design, Jim Rymarczyk, to pry into Big Blue’s plans in the cloud.
Ry Crozier Aug 7 2008 3:03PM Hardware
Dragonfly spies hit the skies

Dragonfly spies hit the skies

The worlds smallest nano air vehicle was unveiled last week by Delft University of Technology.
Emma Hughes Aug 6 2008 2:27PM Hardware
MIT boffins promote solar-fuel cell combo

MIT boffins promote solar-fuel cell combo

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have combined solar and fuel cell technologies to create what is being hailed as a clean energy breakthrough..
Andrew Charlesworth Aug 6 2008 7:34AM Hardware
Light compression method could enable optical computers

Light compression method could enable optical computers

A newly-developed method of compressing light could yield new technology in the fields of optical communications, miniature lasers and optical computers.
Staff Writers Aug 5 2008 1:28PM Hardware
New computing cluster explores data-intensive computing

New computing cluster explores data-intensive computing

The University of Illinois has joined a collaboration between Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Yahoo! and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) that aims to explore data-intensive computing.
Staff Writers Aug 5 2008 11:00AM Hardware
Gadgets sold by vending machine

Gadgets sold by vending machine

If you are ever caught short at an airport without an iPod or some similar electronic gadget, it is now possible to grab a new one from a vending machine.
Nick Farrell Aug 5 2008 7:38AM Hardware
Apple making 800,000 iPhones a week

Apple making 800,000 iPhones a week

Apple is currently asking its Taiwanese assembly plant to churn out 800,000 iPhones every week according to Tech Crunch.
Stewart Meagher Aug 5 2008 7:38AM Hardware
Seven more LiMo phones

Seven more LiMo phones

Motorola, NEC and Panasonic have launched seven mobile handsets based on the LiMo (Linux for Mobile) software platform, bringing to 21 the number of phones now available in this format, all made by the same trio of companies.
Andrew Charlesworth Aug 5 2008 7:30AM Hardware

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