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
Asus unveils OLPC competitor

Asus unveils OLPC competitor

A low cost notebook PC touted as a potential competitor to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has gone on sale in Taiwan..
Simon Burns Oct 18 2007 6:42AM Hardware
British boffins float flying saucer

British boffins float flying saucer

UK scientists have perfected a 'flying saucer' that could be used to replace helicopters..
Iain Thomson Oct 17 2007 7:21AM Hardware
Biometrics, forefront of new Unisys R&D Centre

Biometrics, forefront of new Unisys R&D Centre

A device capable of capturing the image of veins in a person’s finger is amongst a range of innovative biometric technologies unveiled at the official launch of the Unisys Security Innovation Centre in Canberra.
Negar Salek Oct 15 2007 3:39PM Security
Dell ships entry-level workstation

Dell ships entry-level workstation

Dell is shipping a new workstation that offers performance and features not seen before in a mainstream system, the company said
Phil Muncaster Oct 15 2007 3:01PM Hardware
Expert slams IT recycling as 'rubbish'

Expert slams IT recycling as 'rubbish'

The recycling of electronic equipment is "stupid" and should be a last-ditch solution before dumping in landfill, an environmental expert said today.
Iain Thomson Oct 12 2007 7:22AM Hardware
Data centre carbon emissions soar

Data centre carbon emissions soar

Data centres account for around a quarter of all IT industry carbon emissions, according to a new report from Gartner..
Iain Thomson Oct 10 2007 10:28PM Hardware
Sun ships first Niagara 2 servers

Sun ships first Niagara 2 servers

Sun Microsystems has unveiled three servers running its T2 processor released last August. The chip is also known by its Niagara 2 codename.
Tom Sanders Oct 10 2007 7:16AM Hardware
Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough

Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough

US boffins have unveiled a material which they believe could be as important to next-generation quantum computing as silicon is to the computers of today.
Robert Jaques Oct 9 2007 10:38PM Hardware
41,000 PCs seek bird flu cure

41,000 PCs seek bird flu cure

An international grid of more than 41,000 computers is offering new hope in the search for treatments for the deadly avian influenza virus.
Simon Burns Oct 9 2007 1:55PM Hardware
Boffins promise large-scale nano-material manufacture

Boffins promise large-scale nano-material manufacture

Scientists have demonstrated that a new 'soft lithography' technique can be used to manufacture complex nano-materials inexpensively on an industrial scale.
Robert Jaques Oct 9 2007 9:20AM Hardware
Novell ships Open Enterprise Server 2

Novell ships Open Enterprise Server 2

Novell has begun shipping its Open Enterprise Server 2 Linux platform to customers worldwide.
Robert Jaques Oct 9 2007 9:20AM Hardware
Intel rebrands processor lines

Intel rebrands processor lines

Intel plans to modify the way it brands its processor offerings in an effort to consolidate and simplify its line-up.
Shaun Nichols Oct 8 2007 10:32AM Hardware
Nintendo helps Wii owners get a grip

Nintendo helps Wii owners get a grip

Nintendo is providing all Wii owners with free non-slip covers for their Wii-mote controllers after complaints that the devices become slippery during use.
Staff Writers Oct 5 2007 2:40PM Hardware

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