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China's top chip maker hit by DRam decline

China's top chip maker hit by DRam decline

China's largest contract chip maker is the latest firm to report losses from the continuing fall in prices of DRam memory chips.
Simon Burns Nov 1 2007 12:30PM Hardware
Sydney Uni discovers nanotech vest

Sydney Uni discovers nanotech vest

Nanotechnology experts have found a way to harness the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to create a material that can not only stop bullets, but rebound their force.
Robert Jaques Nov 1 2007 11:14AM Hardware
Boffins fire up quantum cascade microscope

Boffins fire up quantum cascade microscope

Engineering researchers have developed a quantum cascade laser nano-antenna in what they describe as a "major feat" of nanotechnology..
Robert Jaques Oct 31 2007 7:47AM Hardware
Market surge predicted for thin-film batteries

Market surge predicted for thin-film batteries

The value of the thin-film and printed battery market will reach US$5.6 billion by 2015, new research predicts..
Robert Jaques Oct 31 2007 7:47AM Hardware
Nigeria shuns One Laptop Per Child

Nigeria shuns One Laptop Per Child

The Nigerian government has shunned the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) programme and placed an order for 17,000 Intel Classmate budget PCs..
Iain Thomson Oct 31 2007 7:47AM Hardware
Saudis build US$10bn IT research centre

Saudis build US$10bn IT research centre

The cornerstone has been laid on the King Abdulla University of Science and Technology (Kaust) a new US$10bn university in Saudi Arabia devoted to pure research and applied sciences.
Iain Thomson Oct 30 2007 6:39AM Hardware
Graphics processors get integrated

Graphics processors get integrated

A growing trend in PC design is the integration of graphics processors in chipsets, market watchers report..
Robert Jaques Oct 26 2007 7:32AM Hardware
PC processor shipments hit new record

PC processor shipments hit new record

Fuelled by strong demand for mobile computing devices, global PC processor shipments grew 14.3 percent sequentially to reach record levels in the third calendar quarter of 2007, new research reveals..
Robert Jaques Oct 26 2007 7:32AM Hardware
Sony unveils 4Gb digital camera

Sony unveils 4Gb digital camera

Electronics giant Sony has launched a digital camera with a whopping 4Gb of internal memory..
Clement James Oct 25 2007 2:19PM Hardware
Video game helps players beat stress

Video game helps players beat stress

Playing a newly developed social-intelligence game reduces stress hormone levels by 17 per cent, researchers reported today.ower levels of stress-hormone, cortisol.
Robert Jaques Oct 25 2007 2:19PM Hardware
Nintendo raids Wii mod chip factory

Nintendo raids Wii mod chip factory

Nintendo has raided a factory that it claims was making devices used to pirate games for its Wii and DS games consoles. Working with local authorities, Nintendo representatives seized more than 10,000 game copying devices and modification chips from the factory in Hong Kong two weeks ago, Nintendo announced in a press statement..
Simon Burns Oct 24 2007 2:59PM Hardware
Alienware opens computer recycling exchange

Alienware opens computer recycling exchange

High-end PC manufacturer Alienware has opened an exchange website that allows users to trade in their electronic kit for payment or credit towards a new gaming computer..
Matt Chapman Oct 24 2007 2:59PM Hardware
Profit slump at second largest memory maker

Profit slump at second largest memory maker

Giant memory chip maker Hynix is unlikely to dig its way out of its current slump in profits before the second quarter of next year, say analysts in South Korea, where the manufacturer of DRAM and flash memory chips is based..
Simon Burns Oct 23 2007 3:26PM Hardware
Gaming vest allows players to 'feel' bullets

Gaming vest allows players to 'feel' bullets

Gaming accessories developer TN Games has developed a vest that will allow gamers to feel the bullets slamming into them during a first person shooter game..
Clement James Oct 23 2007 3:26PM Hardware
Recycled mobile phones to ring up US$3.5 billion sales in 2007

Recycled mobile phones to ring up US$3.5 billion sales in 2007

Recycled and refurbished mobile handsets will clock up sales of over US$3.5 billion in 2007, market watchers predict..
Robert Jaques Oct 23 2007 3:26PM Hardware
China opens mobile manufacturing to all

China opens mobile manufacturing to all

China has announced plans to remove the legal restrictions that prevent companies making mobile phones in the country without permission.
Simon Burns Oct 22 2007 12:07PM Hardware
Boffins develop wind-powered USB charger

Boffins develop wind-powered USB charger

Boffins have created a small fan-based charger that can help boost the battery life of consumer technology goods..
Matt Chapman Oct 22 2007 6:34AM Hardware
DRam makers battered by falling prices

DRam makers battered by falling prices

Module makers cut purchases after being caught out by slack demand.
Simon Burns Oct 22 2007 6:34AM Hardware
Apple faces iPhone legal challenge

Apple faces iPhone legal challenge

An environmental group is planning to sue Apple over hazardous materials used in the iPhone unless the company changes the design..
Iain Thomson Oct 22 2007 6:34AM Hardware
Boffins give computers 'common sense'

Boffins give computers 'common sense'

Computer scientists use Google Labs widget in object recognition software.
Robert Jaques Oct 19 2007 6:49AM Hardware

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