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Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
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IBM at 100: From Typewriters to the Cloud
Say IBM—and you probably still think of computers. But today, the firm that was once all about hardware, makes its living from more intangible technology.
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Code-Cracking Machine Returned to Life
The National Museum of Computing has finished restoring a Tunny machine—a key part of Allied code-cracking during World War II.
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Is Graphene a Miracle Material?
The material graphene was touted as "the next big thing" even before its pioneers were handed the Nobel Prize last year. Many believe it could spell the end for...
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Memristors' Current Carves Protected Channels
A circuit component touted as the "missing link" of electronics is starting to give up the secrets of how it works.
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Helmet Camera Technology Enables Live Front-Line Video
Helmet-mounted cameras mean live video can be sent direct from the front line back to headquarters. This technology enabled military and intelligence chiefs to...
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Quantum Computing Device Hints at Powerful Future
One of the most complex efforts toward a quantum computer has been shown off at the American Physical Society meeting in Dallas in the U.S. It uses the strange...
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The Birth of a .k. Tech Giant
British chip designer ARM will soon be 20 years old. Bill Thompson was there at the start.
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Supercomputers 'will Fit in a Sugar Cube,' Ibm Says
IBM researchers led by Bruno Michel have developed a water-cooling method for creating supercomputer processors that could shrink them to the size of a sugar cube...
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Campaign Builds to Construct Babbage Analytical Engine
A U.K. campaign to build a truck-sized, prototype computer first envisaged in 1837 is gathering steam.
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Neurons to Power Future Computers
Researchers are developing novel computers by mimicking the way that neurons are built and how they talk to each other.
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Haptics Brings a Personal Touch to Technology
Of all the senses, touch as been somewhat neglected as a human means of interacting with machines. Labs around the world are now racing to close the gap while...
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Internet Approaches Addressing Limit
Experts say that the net's entire existing address space will be exhausted about a year after that date. A newer scheme is being rolled out but many firms and countries...
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Chemical Computer That Mimics Neurons to be Created
A team of international researchers is developing a new way of building computing machinery inspired by chemical processes in living systems. The project, led...
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China Joins Supercomputer Elite
China has become one of a handful of nations to own one of the top five supercomputers in the world. Its Tianhe-1 computer, housed at the National Super Computer...
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Quantum Computer Slips Onto Chips
A silicon chip about the size of a penny that uses photons to run Shor's algorithm has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of Bristol in the...
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Computer 'agents' Take to the Web
Artificial intelligence agents that automatically negotiate for online shoppers, called Negotiation Ninjas, will be tested on a shopping Web site called Aroxo this...
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Call For Debate on Autonomous Military Robots
BBC NewsAs robots are increasingly used in warfare, civilian lives will be put at greater and greater risk, according to University of Sheffield professor NoelView...
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Shedding Light on the Catacombs of Rome
Researchers have completed a three-year project to create the first comprehensive, three-dimensional (3D) image of the Catacombs in Rome. The project used laser...
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