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Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report

Technology / Other

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.


Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5

Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory, today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed ...


The Gorillapod SLR-Zoom flexible tripod

Gadgets: Digital photo gift ideas

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Once again it's that shopping time of year and if digital photography is on your shopping list, here is a roundup of accessories to kick off the season.


Gadgets: Picks from the PhotoPlus Expo

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

This past weekend at the 2009 PDN PhotoPlus Expo, companies from all over showed off the latest and greatest in digital photography gear. Here is a sampling of items that caught my attention while walking the floor at the ...


Acer goes deep with 3-D laptop for gaming, movies (AP)

Acer goes deep with 3-D laptop for gaming, movies

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen.


Kodak Zi8

Gadgets: Kodak Zi8 takes great video for under $200

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Kodak's Zi8 video camera is outstanding, but to me what makes it great compared to similar models from other manufacturers is the unlimited amount of storage.


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Gadgets: 'Drop-and-go' Duracell pad makes charging some gadgets easier

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

People who regularly visit my house often want to see what's the latest and greatest new cool electronic item on the market today.


Toshiba to Launch First SDXC Memory Card

Toshiba to Launch First SDXC Memory Card

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of the world's first 64GB SDXC Memory Card with the world's fastest data transfer rate compliant with the new SD Memory Standard Ver. 3.00, UHS 104.


When good computers go bad

Technology / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Personal computers are complex devices. We use them every day to do so many things and quite frankly, I don't know how I got along without one back in the olden days (that's the '70s in case you were wondering). Their complexity ...


See your photos in 3D on new website

See your photos in 3D on new website

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- You could turn your holiday snaps or favourite figurines into three-dimensional images with new free software developed by a researcher from Queensland University of Technology and the Australasian ...


Gadgets: A solution for working with underwater cameras

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anyone who takes underwater photos knows how challenging it is to navigate in the water while holding a camera. Another obstacle can be trying to see through the camera's viewfinder or LCD screen while wearing an underwater ...


Khatib MEMS

A Glimpse of the Future MEMS-based Storage: Totally Green & Thumbnail Size

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

The University of Twente--Enschede, The Netherlands published newly conferred PhD Mohammed Ghiath Khatib's thesis, "MEMS-based Storage Devices: Integration in Energy-Constrained Mobile System". The new MEMS, ...


Carl Linnaeus invented the index card

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As a consequence of overseas discoveries, early modern scientists faced serious information overload. The sheer amount of exotic, hitherto unknown species reaching the shores of Europe forced naturalists to reconsider the ...


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 ...


Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics

Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a new class of electronic devices ...