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Carbon-Nanotube Memory that Really Competes

Carbon-Nanotube Memory that Really Competes

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Finland have created a form of carbon-nanotube based information storage that is comparable in speed to a type of memory commonly used in memory cards and USB "jump" drives.


Dell's Latitude Z introduces wireless charging

Dell's Latitude Z introduces wireless charging (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell has introduced its new ultra-thin Latitude Z laptop with the world's first wireless laptop battery charger.


Stanford open-source camera could revolutionize photography

Open-source camera could revolutionize photography (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford photo scientists are out to reinvent digital photography with the introduction of an "open-source" digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create ...


New memory material may hold data for one billion years

New memory material may hold data for one billion years

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (45) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- Packing more digital images, music, and other data onto silicon chips in USB drives and smart phones is like squeezing more strawberries into the same size supermarket carton. The denser you ...


'Sleep talking' PCs save energy and money

'Sleep talking' PCs save energy and money

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 6

Personal computers may soon save large amounts of energy by "sleep talking." Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers ...


Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone

Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, ...


Conficker Worm April 1 Release

Conficker Worm Prepares For A New Release On April 1

Technology / Software

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 39

(PhysOrg.com) -- The conficker worm created havoc last year when it infected over 10 million computers on a global scale. The unique design of the conficker worm allowed for this large scale attack to over ...


Asus Dual Touchscreen Flipbook

Asus Reveals Their Dual Touchscreen Flipbook and Eee Keyboard At CeBit 2009

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- At CeBit 2009, Asus has revealed an array of Eee PC products, one being a touchscreen Flipbook PC. It can be used as a laptop, an e-book reader or a multimedia machine for watching movies, ...


Molecular machines drive plasmonic nanoswitches

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Plasmonics -- a possible replacement for current computing approaches -- may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smaller ...


Asus 1000HE Netbook

Asus 1000HE Netbook Claims 9.5 Hour Battery Life

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has just introduced an Eee PC netbook that uses the Intel Atom N280, which has slightly better performance than the previous N270 chip. The N280 runs at 1.67GHz, up from the N270's 1.6GHz, ...


Downadup Worm

The Raging Windows Worm has attacked over 8.9 Million Computers

Technology / Internet

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week the global internet community was hit by the Downadup worm also know as Conficker, or Kido. This worm is now using multiple ways of infecting computers, including USB sticks. If s ...


Palm pre

Palm Pre Smartphone Takes CES 2009 By Storm

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Palm prē smartphone arose out of the doldrums and took CES 2009 by storm. Palm appeared to be down for the count among the likes of Apple, Samsung and Research In Motion. Palm lured ...


WowWee Rovio

WowWee Rovio WiFi Webcam A Consumer Wunderkind

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- WowWee introduces the first consumer WiFi roving Webcam for being there without having to go there. The WowWee Rovio is PC/Mac compatible and measures approximately 13.5-inches x 12-inches ...


HP Compaq Mini 700

HP Compaq Mini 700 Netbook Launched in Europe

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- HP has launched their 10.2 inch netbook in Europe yesterday. The Compaq Mini incorporates a 1.6 GHz processor using an Intel Atom CPU along with an GMA950 graphics processor, with 1 GB of ...


Catching quakes with laptops

Catching quakes with laptops

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (29) | comments 3

Inside your laptop is a small accelerometer chip, there to protect the delicate moving parts of your hard disk from sudden jolts. It turns out that the same chip is a pretty good earthquake sensor, too -- ...