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'Lego' design promises cheap solar cells

'Lego' design promises cheap solar cells

Researchers at a Dutch university have devised a method of "substantially improving" the production of relatively inexpensive dye-sensitised solar cells..
Robert Jaques Mar 25 2008 2:38PM Hardware
Scientists crack room temperature superconductors

Scientists crack room temperature superconductors

Scientists have created a new substance that will superconduct at room temperature, but only under high pressure..
Iain Thomson Mar 25 2008 2:38PM Hardware
iPhone almost ready for business prime time

iPhone almost ready for business prime time

Support for security and enterprise email in the upcoming software upgrade for the iPhone have led Gartner to change its tune on the device's suitability for the enterprise environment..
Guy Dixon Mar 25 2008 2:38PM Hardware
iPhone effect drives smartphone sales

iPhone effect drives smartphone sales

The smartphone market will grow from around 10 percent of total handset sales in 2007 to 31 percent in 2013 driven by the "iPhone effect", new research predicts..
Robert Jaques Mar 25 2008 2:38PM Hardware
IBM plans Dublin computing centre

IBM plans Dublin computing centre

IBM revealed its plans to build a cloud computing centre in Dublin..
Shaun Nichols Mar 25 2008 7:24AM Hardware
Boffins devise organic molecular microchips

Boffins devise organic molecular microchips

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) have identified an "evolutionary link" between today's microelectronics built from semiconductor compounds, and future generations of devices made largely from complex organic molecules..
Robert Jaques Mar 21 2008 9:20AM Hardware
Boffins to build robotic spy-bat

Boffins to build robotic spy-bat

Scientists at the University of Michigan have been awarded a US$10 million grant from the US military to develop a 6 inch robotic bat to be used in surveillance operations..
Iain Thomson Mar 20 2008 2:22PM Hardware
Silent microchip 'fan' has no moving parts

Silent microchip 'fan' has no moving parts

Boffins in the US have developed a microchip fan with no moving parts that operates silently and generates enough wind to cool a laptop computer..
Robert Jaques Mar 20 2008 7:13AM Hardware
Toshiba and Samsung top green rankings

Toshiba and Samsung top green rankings

Toshiba has risen through the green IT rankings to share the top spot with Samsung as the world's most environment friendly consumer electronics companies..
Guy Dixon Mar 20 2008 7:13AM Hardware
Dell pitches R300/T300 servers at SMEs

Dell pitches R300/T300 servers at SMEs

Dell has unveiled a range of servers for small and medium-sized businesses..
Shaun Nichols Mar 19 2008 10:00PM Hardware
Wi-Fi trolley finds shopping for you

Wi-Fi trolley finds shopping for you

A trolley has been developed that uses Microsoft software to tell customers where items are located within shops..
Iain Thomson Mar 19 2008 2:36PM Hardware
Carbon nanotubes beat copper nanowire for next-gen transistors

Carbon nanotubes beat copper nanowire for next-gen transistors

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have conducted research indicating that carbon nanotube interconnects can outperform copper nanowires in next-generation semi conductors..
Robert Jaques Mar 19 2008 2:36PM Hardware
Mobile Internet: the wireless convergence

Mobile Internet: the wireless convergence

The national telecommunications industry has experienced some strife in recent days. Weighed down by regulatory issues to do with a once-government-owned incumbent copper network, international comparisons of Australian broadband pricing and availability have proved to be embarrassing at best.
Liz Tay Mar 19 2008 2:17PM Hardware
Intel offers sneak peek of next-gen chips

Intel offers sneak peek of next-gen chips

Intel offered reporters a peek at some of the announcements it will be making at next month's Intel Developer Forum (IDF) event.

Shaun Nichols Mar 19 2008 7:34AM Hardware
Emerson and Digital Sense pioneer first Australian high-density data centres

Emerson and Digital Sense pioneer first Australian high-density data centres

Digital Sense has chosen Emerson Network Power Australia to provide infrastructure to build two of Australia’s highest-density data centres located in Brisbane.
Leanne Mezrani Mar 18 2008 2:01PM Hardware
HP strengthens datacentre management capabilities

HP strengthens datacentre management capabilities

HP has unveiled a series of new services and hardware releases aimed at helping organisations maintain the effectiveness of their datacentres.
Dave Bailey Mar 18 2008 1:59PM Hardware
Intel details roadmap to more cores

Intel details roadmap to more cores

Intel has laid out its future product roadmap, including a forthcoming six-core upgrade to its Xeon processor line, details of its next micro-architecture codenamed Nehalem, future 32nm chips, and technology with which it plans to meet requirements for high-performance graphics and visualisation.
Daniel Robinson Mar 18 2008 1:59PM Hardware
Boffins build world's smallest nano-photonic switch

Boffins build world's smallest nano-photonic switch

Scientists at IBM have built the world's tiniest nano-photonic switch with a footprint about 100 times smaller than the cross section of a human hair. The breakthrough brings Big Blue another step closer to creating chips that use light rather than electrons to transmit data..
Staff Writers Mar 18 2008 7:21AM Hardware
Asia PC sales up, but prices down

Asia PC sales up, but prices down

Retail sales of PCs in Asia surged 21 percent last year, according to new research, but prices paid by region's consumers fell dramatically..
Simon Burns Mar 17 2008 2:05PM Hardware
Researchers hack into pacemakers

Researchers hack into pacemakers

Researchers have successfully launched attacks against common heart pacemakers..
Shaun Nichols Mar 16 2008 8:19PM Hardware

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