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Samsung turns on 240Hz Blue Phase LCDs

Samsung turns on 240Hz Blue Phase LCDs

Samsung claims to have developed a 'Blue Phase' LCD panel which operates at an "unprecedented" 240Hz..
Robert Jaques May 15 2008 7:35AM Hardware
Mobile carriers find demand for GPS handsets

Mobile carriers find demand for GPS handsets

More than 550 million GPS-enabled mobile phone handsets will ship by 2012, market watchers predict..
Robert Jaques May 15 2008 7:35AM Hardware
IBM touts supercomputers for the enterprise

IBM touts supercomputers for the enterprise

IBM has announced an initiative to offer smaller versions of its high-performance computers to enterprise customers..
Shaun Nichols May 15 2008 7:35AM Hardware
Nokia's global influence growing fast

Nokia's global influence growing fast

Nokia is emerging as a "hidden power behind the throne" in the global semiconductor market, an industry expert reported today..
Robert Jaques May 14 2008 2:55PM Hardware
FIRST LOOK: HP Mini-Note 2133, makes my leg feel like it's on fire

FIRST LOOK: HP Mini-Note 2133, makes my leg feel like it's on fire

We're worried about the damn hot operating temperature, but otherwise we're blown away by this mini notebook.
William Maher May 14 2008 2:36PM Hardware
Review: FIRST LOOK: HP Mini-Note 2133, makes my leg feel like it's on fire

Review: FIRST LOOK: HP Mini-Note 2133, makes my leg feel like it's on fire

We're worried about the damn hot operating temperature, but otherwise we're blown away by this mini notebook.
William Maher May 14 2008 2:36PM Hardware
AMD execs quit in corporate shake-up

AMD execs quit in corporate shake-up

Two senior AMD executives have quit as part of a corporate restructuring designed to refocus the company more solidly onto engineering..
Iain Thomson May 14 2008 8:11AM Hardware
US gets own Difference Engine No. 2

US gets own Difference Engine No. 2

A working replica of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 has been installed in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California..
Iain Thomson May 13 2008 11:45AM Hardware
IBM unveils water-cooled supercomputer

IBM unveils water-cooled supercomputer

IBM has delivered the first of its new range of 'Bluefire' water-cooled supercomputers..
Shaun Nichols May 13 2008 7:26AM Hardware
Remote access app catches crook

Remote access app catches crook

Two thieves have been arrested after the owner of an Apple laptop used a remote access technology to identify the culprits..
Iain Thomson May 13 2008 7:26AM Hardware
Apple settles iPod battery suit

Apple settles iPod battery suit

Apple has settled a lawsuit in Canada over the battery life of its iPod music player by issuing US$45 store vouchers..
Andrew Charlesworth May 13 2008 7:26AM Hardware
XP SP3 crashes some AMD machines

XP SP3 crashes some AMD machines

The long-awaited and much-delayed update to Windows XP, Service Pack 3, is giving owners of machines with AMD hardware headaches aplenty it seems.
Stewart Meagher May 12 2008 7:45AM Hardware
Boffins aim to mass produce nanowire circuits

Boffins aim to mass produce nanowire circuits

An international team of scientists has developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that could be suitable for high-volume commercial production..
Robert Jaques May 12 2008 7:30AM Hardware
Ultra low-cost laptops to remain niche

Ultra low-cost laptops to remain niche

Ultra low-cost notebook PCs will remain niche products despite recent hype, and will not become market "blockbusters", experts predict..
Robert Jaques May 12 2008 7:30AM Hardware
AMD unveils plans for many-core chips

AMD unveils plans for many-core chips

Six-core and 12-core chips planned for coming years
Daniel Robinson May 9 2008 2:05PM Hardware
Researcher discusses iPod supercomputer

Researcher discusses iPod supercomputer

Microprocessors from portable electronics like iPods could yield low-cost, low-power supercomputers for specialised scientific applications, according to computer scientist John Shalf.
Liz Tay May 9 2008 1:52PM Hardware
US military plans robot swarms

US military plans robot swarms

Weapons manufacturers are planning the next generation of military robots using designs based on creatures from the natural world..
Iain Thomson May 9 2008 7:39AM Hardware
3D ultrasound wand to aid autonomous robotic surgeons

3D ultrasound wand to aid autonomous robotic surgeons

Researchers have developed ultrasound extensions to contemporary medical robots that could make surgical procedures safer for patients.
Liz Tay May 8 2008 3:04PM Hardware
RFID testbed could lower manufacture costs

RFID testbed could lower manufacture costs

U.S. researchers have designed a radio frequency identification (RFID) testbed for the rapid evaluation of new RFID tag prototypes.
Liz Tay May 8 2008 12:22PM Hardware
Laptops to overtake desktops in 2009

Laptops to overtake desktops in 2009

The PC microprocessor market is heading for an "inflection point" in late 2008 or early 2009, when the number of microprocessors shipping for notebooks will exceed those shipping for desktops for the first time..
Robert Jaques May 8 2008 7:18AM Hardware

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