Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 by Tim
BBC news reveals a camera that can "see" explosives, drugs and weapons hidden under clothing from 25 metres has been invented, which builds on the idea that all objects emit terahertz radiation.
A camera that can The ThruVision system could be deployed at airports, railway stations or other public spaces. ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 by Andy
Google has won unconditional approval from the European Commission to buy rival web advertising firm DoubleClick for $3.1 billion, despite objections from rivals and privacy advocates.
Google has already won approval from US antitrust authorities. "The Commission's in-depth market investigation found that Google and DoubleClick were not exerting major competitive constraints ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008 by Matt
It appears that Microsoft might be feeling the pressure from it's main rival the PS3; especially now that HD-DVD
has lost, and the PS3 is currently the best value Blu-ray player.
The German edition of The Financial Times is claiming the Xbox 360 Arcade has dropped by EUR 80 across Europe, ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 by Tim
A revolutionary medical imaging technology will soon allow doctors to ‘feel’ your organs without having to resort to surgery.
Computer image analysis is already used to create three-dimensional models of organs like the liver, but researchers in Sweden have developed a special piece of equipment that will allow radiologists to ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008 by Andy
When I saw this I couldn't help thinking "about time" - powerline adaptors, whilst insanely useful are traditionally bulky and awkward:
You know the dilemma. You need a network at home. You find WiFi doesn’t cut it and CAT-5 cabling is a major pain to install.
En-Twyn, a company from London, have ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008 by Tim
Microsoft has released the first beta version of Internet Explorer 8 for download, demonstrating its new features at the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas.
One new feature called Activities allows users to combine web services within one tab. For example, a Windows Live Maps "Activity" can be used to superimpose ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 by Tim
The UK's communication networks could be at risk from Chinese backdoors hidden in firmware, according to a security company.
SecureTest believes spyware could be easily built into Asian-manufactured devices such as switches and routers, providing a simple backdoor for companies or governments in the Far East to listen in on communications.
"Organisations ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008 by Andy
Asus shows off it's latest incarnation of the Eee PC at CeBIT 2008:
The wait is nearly over for an Eee PC with a larger screen. Today, images and details are finally rolling out for the highly-anticipated update.
Engadget was able to fondle ASUS's new Eee PC at CeBIT, but ASUS officials ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008 by Tim
Facebook, the social network site that has enjoyed spectacular international growth in the past year, despite being published only in English until recently, said on Monday it was offering a German version.
More than 2,000 German speaking Facebook members volunteered to translate the site from English to German in under ...
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 by Tim
The largest and most advanced supercomputer in the U.K. has been unveiled in Edinburgh.
Hector--or the High-End Computing Terascale Resource--can handle 63 trillion calculations per second, which is the equivalent processing power of 12,000 desktop systems and four times faster than its predecessor. The amount of calculations the system can handle ...
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