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This section looks at some of the new technologies that are emerging, or could be upcoming in future months or years.

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Apple puts screen opening under the microscope

Apple puts screen opening under the microscope

Apple claims the designers of its new MacBooks used an electron microscope to examine ‘hundreds of versions’ of the indentation that lets users open the display.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2008 10:27AM Hardware
New tech, old threats

New tech, old threats

With flaws in many new products, vendors should listen a bit more to the research community perhaps
Ken Munro Oct 14 2008 3:26PM Security
Opinion: Dynamic contrast ratio is the new evil in displays

Opinion: Dynamic contrast ratio is the new evil in displays

Consumer digital displays (oh alright, LCD TVs and some LCD computer monitors) are getting steadily better across the board. But in an attempt to lure customers, the companies that make them have resorted to adding crap to their displays that reduces the overall picture quality.
David Field Oct 3 2008 5:35PM Hardware
Apathy, security and fear hinder social media, study finds

Apathy, security and fear hinder social media, study finds

While social media like Facebook, Linkedin and instant messaging are increasingly being used in the workplace, new research shows that it's a highly unplanned area of development.
Kathryn Small Oct 3 2008 11:45AM Strategy
Non-equilibrium chips could avoid overheating laptops

Non-equilibrium chips could avoid overheating laptops

Researchers are re-examining the Second Law of Thermodynamics in a bid to manage heat from laptops and other miniaturised electronics.
Liz Tay Oct 2 2008 1:52PM Hardware
Otellini: PCs are the new time machines

Otellini: PCs are the new time machines

Intel chief executive Paul Otellini has hailed the PC as a 'time machine', which allows users to predict the future and examine the past.
Iain Thomson Sep 26 2008 2:20PM Hardware
Telstra rebuffs R&D criticism

Telstra rebuffs R&D criticism

Telstra’s chief technology officer Hugh Bradlow today responded to NICTA CEO David Skellern’s comments that Telstra was 'a disgrace' to the state of research and development in Australia.
Kathryn Small Sep 24 2008 3:43PM Strategy
Dell tries new method to conquer developing markets

Dell tries new method to conquer developing markets

Dell has said it will sell PCs in stores rather than just online, in a move to cater specifically to emerging markets.
Sylvie Barak Sep 24 2008 9:26AM Hardware
Intel ships first dual core Atom processors

Intel ships first dual core Atom processors

Intel has begun shipping the first of its dual-core Atom line of chips.
Shaun Nichols Sep 23 2008 4:04PM Hardware
Angel investor seeks geek chic innovations

Angel investor seeks geek chic innovations

Australian Web site developer Geekdom is seeking geeky ideas for its online business incubation program.
Liz Tay Sep 23 2008 3:58PM Financial Services
3D, 1.4 GHz processor chips emerge

3D, 1.4 GHz processor chips emerge

Researchers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) processor chip with synchronisation circuitry that runs at 1.4 gigahertz.
Staff Writers Sep 17 2008 3:10PM Hardware
Berners-Lee opens new web foundation

Berners-Lee opens new web foundation

Web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee has announced the formation of the World Wide Web Foundation.
Staff Writers Sep 16 2008 8:55AM Software
NEC joins IBM 32nm chip plan

NEC joins IBM 32nm chip plan

NEC has become the latest company to partner up with IBM in its efforts to build a 32nm processor..
Shaun Nichols Sep 12 2008 4:19PM Hardware
Researchers uncover new tool for building fake YouTube pages

Researchers uncover new tool for building fake YouTube pages

A new tool makes it easier for malware spreaders to create bogus YouTube pages.
Dan Kaplan Sep 12 2008 9:47AM Security
New satellite system to get developing world online

New satellite system to get developing world online

Plans are afoot to build a new system of satellites that could bring the internet to people in Africa, Asia and South America online.
Iain Thomson Sep 11 2008 9:08AM Hardware
Intel ships new solid-state drives

Intel ships new solid-state drives

Intel has shipped its first line of solid-state hard drives for notebooks and PCs.
Shaun Nichols Sep 10 2008 10:24AM Hardware
Company claims to have made unclonable RFID chips

Company claims to have made unclonable RFID chips

Silicon Valley start-up Verayo is claiming to have produced a system that provides unclonable RFID chips..
Iain Thomson Sep 9 2008 3:15PM Hardware
Cisco warns of new security risks

Cisco warns of new security risks

Attack can cripple Access Control Server, security appliances.
Shaun Nichols Sep 6 2008 12:41PM Networking
RFID leakage is hushed up - claim

RFID leakage is hushed up - claim

Most RFID products – like passports and Oyster cards – leak data like sieves says Brit firm, Peratech.
Tony Dennis Sep 5 2008 10:07AM Security
PHOTO GALLERY: Inside the Microsoft Tech Ed RFID boiler room

PHOTO GALLERY: Inside the Microsoft Tech Ed RFID boiler room

Microsoft Tech Ed delegates are most likely IT professionals who like dance music, Facebook, Crysis, and have never attended the event before.
Ry Crozier Sep 3 2008 1:52PM Hardware

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