Hardware

900 laptops lost at Heathrow per week

900 laptops lost at Heathrow per week

More than 3,300 laptops are lost or go missing at the eight largest airports in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) each week, according to new research commissioned by Dell.
Staff Writers Aug 1 2008 8:01AM Hardware
Telstra installs 3D TV for purpose-built advertising

Telstra installs 3D TV for purpose-built advertising

A 3D TV in Telstra’s newly-opened Executive Briefing Centre is said to be the first commercial installation of three-dimensional content and technology in Australia.
Liz Tay Jul 31 2008 3:33PM Hardware
Toshiba master plan unveiled

Toshiba master plan unveiled

Some people have been speculating about Toshiba’s so-called Super-Resolution Technology (SRT) and the 'DVD Download DL' logo that has come up recently, as the company had registered this with the DVD Forum at their last Steering Committee.
Jul 31 2008 1:52PM Hardware
Laptop sales slump in Australia

Laptop sales slump in Australia

When the Rudd Government decided to remove tax breaks on laptops bought for home use, and sales seemed to dry up overnight.
Nick Farrell Jul 31 2008 1:52PM Hardware
Shove over iPhone: Blackberry Bold comes to Australia

Shove over iPhone: Blackberry Bold comes to Australia

The Australian mobile market has welcomed yet another device with the launch of the BlackBerry Bold Smartphone this week.
Staff Writers Jul 31 2008 11:24AM Hardware
Heart robot just wants to be loved

Heart robot just wants to be loved

The Science Museum in London is playing host to a pair of Emotibots, robots designed to react to the environment in a more human and emotive fashion.
Jul 31 2008 7:57AM Hardware
'Nanonet' circuits to enable flexible electronics

'Nanonet' circuits to enable flexible electronics

Researchers are arranging carbon nanotubes into strips of fishnet-like structures that could produce a new breed of flexible electronic circuits.
Staff Writers Jul 30 2008 2:32PM Hardware
Scientists claim warp drive is technically possible

Scientists claim warp drive is technically possible

A research paper has suggested that a warp drive capable of moving a craft at faster than light speed could indeed be possible.
Iain Thomson Jul 30 2008 1:46PM Hardware
Asus takes Eee PC to the desktop

Asus takes Eee PC to the desktop

Asus is releasing a version of its lightweight Eee PC laptop for the desktop market.
Iain Thomson Jul 30 2008 1:46PM Hardware
Dell goes green with new PC line

Dell goes green with new PC line

Dell has launched a new range of desktop PCs that it claims are among the company’s most environmentally friendly products.
Iain Thomson Jul 30 2008 8:14AM Hardware
Nasa boffins reveal aurora trigger

Nasa boffins reveal aurora trigger

Nasa scientists have uncovered the precise event that triggers the auroras of light at the Earth's polar regions.
Staff Writers Jul 30 2008 8:14AM Hardware
Ferromagnet imaging technique could enable 'spintronic' devices

Ferromagnet imaging technique could enable 'spintronic' devices

Researchers have developed a new method of studying tiny magnets that could yield high-density memory based on the emerging field of spintronics.
Liz Tay Jul 30 2008 8:07AM Hardware
Virgin Galactic rolls out new Mothership

Virgin Galactic rolls out new Mothership

Commercial space venture Virgin Galactic has unveiled the plane which will launch its SpaceShipTwo orbital craft..
Shaun Nichols Jul 29 2008 1:19PM Hardware
World’s cheapest laptop goes on sale

World’s cheapest laptop goes on sale

A Taiwanese manufacturer is selling what is possibly the world’s cheapest laptop.
Iain Thomson Jul 29 2008 1:19PM Hardware
LiMo kills Linux smartphone

LiMo kills Linux smartphone

If you were anxiously awaiting "The World's first smartphone based on Access Linux Platform (ALP)" then wait no more, and the Samsung i800 has gone the way of the dodo.
Fernando Cassia Jul 29 2008 7:43AM Hardware
IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list

IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list

IBM has once again dominated the Green500 list which ranks the world's supercomputers by performance-per-watt rather than pure processing power.
Staff Writers Jul 29 2008 7:39AM Hardware
Digital photo frames explode into a living room near you

Digital photo frames explode into a living room near you

Photographs have long been the most popular way to capture a moment in time, but the good old-fashioned family photo album is rapidly being replaced by Harry Potterish digital displays.
Emma Hughes Jul 28 2008 2:07PM Hardware
AMD takes 'new' initiative

AMD takes 'new' initiative

Processing powerhouse AMD wants to share the love and deepen the penetration of technology in India through IT channels.
Emma Hughes Jul 28 2008 9:33AM Hardware
VIA appoints open source champion

VIA appoints open source champion

The Ottowa Linux Symposium last week witnessed the marriage of VIA Technologies and Harald Welte.
Emma Hughes Jul 28 2008 9:33AM Hardware
EU and Russia unveil new spacecraft

EU and Russia unveil new spacecraft

Space flight planners have unveiled a new spaceship design for a joint EU/Russian trip to the Moon.
Iain Thomson Jul 26 2008 1:18PM Hardware

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