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Nanotubes 'as deadly as asbestos'

Nanotubes 'as deadly as asbestos'

Certain carbon nanotubes may be as hazardous to humans as asbestos, according to a new report..
Shaun Nichols May 21 2008 10:18PM Hardware
Living computers best left Open Source, researcher says

Living computers best left Open Source, researcher says

Researchers are making headway in creating computers from genetically altered bacteria -- but don’t expect to see these “living computers” in the enterprise anytime soon.
Liz Tay May 21 2008 4:08PM Hardware
Greenpeace says game consoles just aren't green

Greenpeace says game consoles just aren't green

Greenpeace's latest report, on the "green-ness" of game consoles, reckons that all three major gaming units, Nintendo’s Wii, Sony’s PlayStation 3 Elite, and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 still have a way to go before being eco-friendly.
Sylvie Barak May 21 2008 2:46PM Hardware
Seagate Momentus comes to Dell laptops

Seagate Momentus comes to Dell laptops

Dell has become the first PC manufacturer to ship systems using Seagate's Momentus 7200.3 hard drive, which the vendor claims is the industry's first 7,200rpm 320GB hard drive for mobile computing..
Robert Jaques May 21 2008 2:41PM Hardware
Australia’s IT banking revolution is here

Australia’s IT banking revolution is here

The antiquated systems of our banks are in need of an IT makeover and the pressure is starting to come to a head for the majors.
Mitchell Bingemann May 21 2008 11:12AM Hardware
iPhone drives touch-screen adoption

iPhone drives touch-screen adoption

Apple's iPhone continues to drive touch-screen adoption, and experts predict that global shipments of touch-screen display modules will more than double by 2012..
Robert Jaques May 21 2008 7:35AM Hardware
Superconductors feel the pressure

Superconductors feel the pressure

Boffins at Stanford University claim to have found a way to create "high temperature" superconductors..
Robert Jaques May 21 2008 7:35AM Hardware
IDC: HP and EDS - a marriage of convenience?

IDC: HP and EDS - a marriage of convenience?

Do opposites really attract? IDC Australia has taken a hard look at what HP's recent acquisition of EDS for US$13.9billion, really means for the Australian outsourcing market.
Staff Writers May 20 2008 2:56PM Hardware
Integrated circuit design to yield infinite mobile battery life

Integrated circuit design to yield infinite mobile battery life

Mobile phone users could benefit from patented technology that promises infinite battery life – if only electrical engineer Ray Winton would take it to market.
Liz Tay May 19 2008 12:35PM Hardware
Computer downtime could solve world hunger

Computer downtime could solve world hunger

IBM hopes to eradicate world hunger using donated processing power to study the atomic make-up of rice protein.
Ambrose McNevin May 19 2008 12:18PM Hardware
MIT engineers claim fuel cell breakthrough

MIT engineers claim fuel cell breakthrough

A group of engineers at MIT has developed a new type of membrane for one type of fuel cell which they claim could improve power output by more than 50 percent..
Staff Writers May 19 2008 7:45AM Hardware
Boffins take gigapixel photos using ordinary camera

Boffins take gigapixel photos using ordinary camera

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a device that lets a standard digital camera take pictures with a resolution of 1-gigapixel (1,000-megapixels)..
Iain Thomson May 17 2008 3:04PM Hardware
Gates builds out Touch Wall vision

Gates builds out Touch Wall vision

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates this week took the wraps off Touch Wall, a 6ft x 4ft prototype screen based on Microsoft's Surface multi-touch technology..
Guy Dixon May 17 2008 3:04PM Hardware
Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

Heisenberg fan boys are shaking their heads this week to the tune of a pair of Swedish mathematicians who claim to have broken quantum cryptography.
Liz Tay May 17 2008 7:00AM Security
Fujitsu boffins outline the future of IT

Fujitsu boffins outline the future of IT

Technologists at Fujitsu Siemens Computers are predicting that the computing power within a PC will have increased a million-fold in 25 years time.
IT Week May 16 2008 4:05PM Hardware
Gates looks ahead

Gates looks ahead

In his speech at the Microsoft CEO Summit, titled The Next Wave of Technology, Bill Gates has been looking ahead to how businesses can capitalise on the huge leaps being made in technology.
Staff Writers May 16 2008 4:05PM Hardware
Nanomaterials to boost solar cell efficiencies

Nanomaterials to boost solar cell efficiencies

Two new solar cell designs are using light-directing nanomaterials to develop thin-film solar cells with record-breaking conversion efficiencies.
Liz Tay May 16 2008 12:21PM Hardware
Google beams cash into solar power

Google beams cash into solar power

Google has stepped up its commitment to solar power with an investment of US$10 million in local company BrightSource Energy..
Shaun Nichols May 16 2008 7:30AM Hardware
Ants cripple computers in Texas

Ants cripple computers in Texas

Electrical systems in Houston have been failing after a huge influx of ants, according to reports from Associated Press..
Iain Thomson May 16 2008 7:30AM Hardware
Dell promises PC power cut

Dell promises PC power cut

Dell has announced it will cut the power consumption of its desktop and laptop systems by 25 percent by 2010, a move that will lower carbon dioxide emissions and save customers money on energy bills, the firm said.
Daniel Robinson May 15 2008 3:18PM Hardware

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