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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
US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'

US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'

Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have suggested building a supercomputer based on low-power embedded microprocessors to improve global climate change predictions..
Robert Jaques May 8 2008 7:18AM Hardware
Spintronics professor wins grant, discusses technology

Spintronics professor wins grant, discusses technology

The U.S. Department of Defense has invested half a million dollars in a grant that aims to further the emerging field of quantum spin-based electronics.
Liz Tay May 7 2008 4:38PM Hardware
US State Department loses a lot of laptops

US State Department loses a lot of laptops

It has surfaced that the US State Department can't account for up to about 1,000 laptops, perhaps as many as 400 of which belonged to the department's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program.
Egan Orion May 7 2008 2:25PM Hardware
AMD and Intel fling more legal briefs

AMD and Intel fling more legal briefs

AMD and Intel traded more court filings last week as their ongoing legal dispute in the antitrust case AMD filed in 2005 grinds towards trial next year.
Egan Orion May 7 2008 2:25PM Hardware
New HTC phone promises 3D graphics

New HTC phone promises 3D graphics

HTC claims that its Touch Diamond phone, due this summer, is the first in the world to feature a 3D graphical interface..
Iain Thomson May 7 2008 7:40AM Hardware
Dell’s building-block approach to virtualisation needs software support

Dell’s building-block approach to virtualisation needs software support

Dell has launched two new servers that have been designed to simplify virtualisation.
Liz Tay May 7 2008 12:01AM Hardware
Melting microchip defects may overcome manufacturing limitations

Melting microchip defects may overcome manufacturing limitations

A new method for fixing defects on microchips could extend Moore’s Law, leading to smaller, more powerful chips.
Liz Tay May 6 2008 5:32PM Hardware
AMD's Puma ready to pounce

AMD's Puma ready to pounce

Give Intel a taste of the cat
Nick Farrell May 6 2008 7:47AM Hardware
Google to team up with IBM again

Google to team up with IBM again

Not content with its plans to corner the Small and Medium Business market (SMB), IBM is now apparently looking to strike a deal with Google which would help it flog desktop applications to big businesses.
Sylvie Barak May 5 2008 7:44AM Hardware
Bristol University unveils £7m supercomputer

Bristol University unveils £7m supercomputer

The University of Bristol has taken the wraps off a £7m supercomputer known as 'BlueCrystal' which will assist research on climate change, drug design and aerospace engineering..
Guy Dixon May 3 2008 1:19PM Hardware
ASG granted $30M Federal Govt contract

ASG granted $30M Federal Govt contract

Australian IT services provider ASG Group has been awarded a $30 million contract to provide managed services to the Federal Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.
Staff Writers May 2 2008 4:11PM Hardware
Microscopic nanoassembler to build future nano machines

Microscopic nanoassembler to build future nano machines

Researchers have developed a prototype of a microscopic device that can construct nano machines.
Liz Tay May 2 2008 4:02PM Hardware
IT greenhouse emissions to quadruple by 2020

IT greenhouse emissions to quadruple by 2020

Greenhouse gas emissions from datacentre operations are set to quadruple by 2020, reports management consultancy McKinsey.
IT Week May 2 2008 2:24PM Hardware
Researchers create nanowires that grow on trees

Researchers create nanowires that grow on trees

Nanowires that grow from long, twisting tree trunks could yield a new breed of nanomaterials, scientists say.
Liz Tay May 2 2008 2:01PM Hardware
Xerox shows off paper that wipes itself

Xerox shows off paper that wipes itself

Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (Parc) has been showing off a new printer paper that wipes itself clean every day..
Iain Thomson May 2 2008 8:48AM Hardware

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