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Intel divulges Nehalem details

Intel divulges Nehalem details

Intel has disclosed more details on its forthcoming Nehalem architecture, which is expected to appear in production processors before the end of 2008.
Daniel Robinson Jun 19 2008 11:54AM Hardware
Toshiba touts high-end Qosmio notebooks

Toshiba touts high-end Qosmio notebooks

Toshiba has taken the wraps off three new notebooks, the Qosmio F50, G50 and X300.
Staff Writers Jun 19 2008 7:59AM Hardware
Smartphone makers bullish despite iPhone 3G

Smartphone makers bullish despite iPhone 3G

Smartphone makers and analysts have downplayed fears that Apple's iPhone 3G could pose a serious challenge for older smartphone manufacturers..
Simon Burns Jun 19 2008 7:59AM Hardware
Photo gallery: Apple’s Sydney store ready for business

Photo gallery: Apple’s Sydney store ready for business

While punters will have to wait until 5pm tomorrow to get inside Sydney’s new $15 million Apple store, members of the press were given a sneak-peek tour of company’s second largest retail store in the world this morning.
Mitchell Bingemann Jun 18 2008 12:39PM Hardware
Intel spins off SpectraWatt division

Intel spins off SpectraWatt division

Intel has spun off its SpectraWatt photo-voltaic division which develops and manufactures the building blocks of solar-energy systems..
Andrew Charlesworth Jun 18 2008 8:18AM Hardware
Supercomputer mimics stroke-affected brain

Supercomputer mimics stroke-affected brain

Scientists have teamed up with psychologists at Manchester University to develop a model of speech and language using a computer system 1,000 times more powerful than a standard PC..
Guy Dixon Jun 18 2008 8:18AM Hardware
Average iPod has 800 illegal tracks

Average iPod has 800 illegal tracks

Young iPod owners are walking around with an average of 842 illegally copied songs, according to research by the University of Hertfordshire..
Guy Dixon Jun 17 2008 10:02PM Hardware
IBM supercomputer dual boots Windows and Linux

IBM supercomputer dual boots Windows and Linux

IBM has built the biggest ever dual-boot Windows/Linux HPC system for a consortium of Swedish research groups and universities.
Sylvie Barak Jun 17 2008 11:29AM Hardware
Nintendo nobbles Nyko's Nunchuk

Nintendo nobbles Nyko's Nunchuk

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against a company that makes accessories for the Wii, claiming that one of its products has infringed Nintendo's intellectual property..
Andrew Charlesworth Jun 17 2008 11:22AM Hardware
Muggers use iPhone to lure victims

Muggers use iPhone to lure victims

Four men have been arrested in New York after offering iPhones over the internet and robbing those who responded..
Shaun Nichols Jun 17 2008 8:46AM Hardware
EMC backs research into cloud computing

EMC backs research into cloud computing

Storage firm EMC has joined the Daoli Trusted Infrastructure Project which conducts research into "trust and assurance" in cloud computing environments..
Ian Williams Jun 17 2008 8:46AM Hardware
Your broken computer is China's garbage dump

Your broken computer is China's garbage dump

There’s no doubting that Australia loves technology. We’re often hailed as an early adopter of technology and if our voracious appetite for anything and everything new – Blu-Ray, iPhone, plasma televisions, computers – is anything to go by, the assessments are spot on. But what happens when today’s toys turn into tomorrow’s trash?
Mitchell Bingemann Jun 16 2008 4:43PM Hardware
Boffins tout computer models to save forests

Boffins tout computer models to save forests

Improved modelling methods and better ways of analysing information could help save the world's forests, according to scientists at Microsoft Research Cambridge, Princeton University and Universidad de Alcalá in Madrid..
Matt Chapman Jun 16 2008 3:23PM Hardware
LG claims world's 'greenest' screen

LG claims world's 'greenest' screen

LG has launched a 22in widescreen LCD screen which it claims is the world's most energy efficient monitor..
Staff Writers Jun 16 2008 3:23PM Hardware
NSW State Protection Group protects with Aussie product

NSW State Protection Group protects with Aussie product

Surveillance company Zylotech has beaten US competition to become the chosen supplier of surveillance products to the NSW State Protection Group.
Lilia Guan Jun 16 2008 3:15PM Hardware
Aussies to receive 1.31m iPhones over next five years

Aussies to receive 1.31m iPhones over next five years

A new report by IDC claims that 1.31 million 3G iPhones will be shipped to Australia by the end of 2012 in order to satisfy the increasing consumer demand for converged mobile devices.
Staff Writers Jun 16 2008 10:37AM Hardware
Roadrunner supercomputer reaches full speed

Roadrunner supercomputer reaches full speed

Less than a week after the Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at record-breaking speeds, researchers are using the device to analyse "extremely complex" neurological processes..
Robert Jaques Jun 14 2008 12:19PM Hardware
Nasa awards Moon suit contract

Nasa awards Moon suit contract

Nasa has awarded a contract worth US$183.8m to Oceaneering International for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system..
Clement James Jun 14 2008 12:19PM Hardware
Labor kicks off round one of its Digital Education Revolution

Labor kicks off round one of its Digital Education Revolution

Secondary schools across Australia are set to benefit under the Rudd Government's $1.2 billion Digital Education Revolution.
Lilia Guan Jun 13 2008 3:34PM Hardware
Government invests $1.8M in tracking device for mentally ill

Government invests $1.8M in tracking device for mentally ill

The Australian Federal Government will invest almost $50 million in strengthening mental health services - $1.8 million of which will be spent on a mobile tracking systems.
Lilia Guan Jun 13 2008 3:34PM Hardware

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