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It Industry Working Toward Energy Efficiency, Report Finds
The information technology industry is on track to achieve the Climate Savers Computing Initiative's goal of reducing annual carbon dioxide emissions by 54 million...
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Intel Makes Advance in Silicon-Based Lasers
New technology from Intel could lead to the development of computers that use light beams to move data. Intel says it has built a prototype communications device...
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Defcon Ninja Party Badge
A hacker group known as the Ninjas has created what may be the best DefCon badge ever. The badge allows wireless ninja battle between badge holders. Unlike the...
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Cheaper Substrates Made of Oxide Materials
Researchers at Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University have made a discovery that opens the door to building cheaper electronic components like diodes on a variety...
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High-Speed Laser Chips Move Data at 50 Gbps
A new research breakthrough from Intel combines silicon chips and lasers to transmit data at 50 gigabits per second—and someday, maybe as fast as a terabit per...
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Acrobatic Robots
Dennis Hong is living his dream, in a lab filled with wacky robots. He is director of Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory, which is filled with...
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Polymer Synthesis Could Aid Future Electronics
Canadian and Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a process that could lead to the development of brighter, clearer, and more energy-efficient...
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In Ruling on Iphones, Apple Loses a Bit of Its Grip
Apple likes to maintain tight control over what programs can appear on the iPhone—a task that just became a little bit harder.
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Nanowick at Heart of New System to Cool 'power Electronics'
Purdue University researchers have developed an advanced cooling technology that can handle about 10 times the heat generated by conventional computer chips.
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Xml Pioneer Pitches Functional Programming For Concurrency
XML co-inventor Tim Bray says that functional programming, rather than threads, is the best option for programmers developing code for multicore processors.
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Celebrating the Legacy of Plato
The PLATO@50 Conference marked the semicentennial of the computer system that was the forerunner of today's social media and interactive education.
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India nveils Prototype of $35 Tablet Computer
It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India on Thursday (July 22) unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which...
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IBM nveils a New Generation of Mainframes
The mainframe business is to IBM what manufacturing is to the American economy, a shrinking but strategically vital part of the franchise. With the introduction...
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Spending Soars on Internet's Plumbing
Behind the recovery in business spending is a surge in purchases of the computers that form the backbone of the Internet, as companies scramble to meet growing...
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se of Flexible Robotics Reduces Trauma in Surgery
Research conducted by surgeons from the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center shows that using robotics reduces blood vessel trauma during minimally invasive...
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European Mobile Robot Collects Garbage On Demand
European researchers have built a robot for 'on-demand' garbage collection—just make a call and it will soon arrive at your door. It's ideal for collecting waste...
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Brighter Color For Reflective E-Reading Displays
Hewlett-Packard researchers are developing a composite material that use ambient light to create more vibrant colors for video-capable, low-power screens.
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Touch-Sensitive Virtual Reality Tools Will Train and Test Tomorrow's Surgeons
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers receive $2.3 million NIH grant to develop and validate virtual reality hardware, software for training and certifying...
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'broken Symmetry' Discovery Opens Path to Room-Temperature Superconductors
In a major step toward understanding the mysterious "pseudogap" state in high-temperature cuprate superconductors, a team of scientists have found a "broken symmetry...
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