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- Self-powered nanowires
- Many research teams around the world are building nanodevices of some kind. But these very small devices need very small sources of power to be fully functional. Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign UIUC have shown that a single nanowire can produce power by harvesting mechanical energy...
- Blog posts 2007-09-29
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- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09
- These are consistently your most useful columnsI really look forward to these, especially since I'm thinking about building a new video editing machine. One that can handle full frame 1080 24p h.264 video. I can transcode it with cineform but unless you're doing a lot of color work, it's...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Cambrionix debuts 49-port USB 2.0 hub for business
- UK-based Cambrionix has made a built-to-order, 49-port USB 2.0 hub available to the public for £399, or approx. $657 USD. Intended for professional test labs or businesses where host rigs must be protected against faulty USB devices, the second-generation hub is intense, requiring...
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Intel announces new chips, excited about notebooks, WiMax
- Intel offered a sneak peek Monday afternoon at some news it plans to announce today at the Computex show in Taiwan. The company said it will introduce three new Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a new ultra low voltage Pentium processor and a new mobile chipset. Statement ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Hybrids to increase market share, but...
- Hybrids to increase market share, but...Pretty glacial statements . . .Pretty cold language around here. Why the scare quotes around re-tool? Why the talk about hidden agendas again?Do you just hate them because they exist or something? Is there [b]any[/b] way they could earn your trust?Now that they're finally turning...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Dell debuts 14-in. ultrathin Studio 14z notebook for $649
- Dell announced and made available today its Studio 14z, its budget, ultrathin, ultralight notebook with a 16:9 HD screen, Nvidia 9400m graphics and no optical drive for $649. The notebook fills the gap between the traditional laptop segment and the growing netbook segment....
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- Would you buy a Lenovo business-class ThinkPad netbook?
- Lenovo's IdeaPad netbooks have been met with acclaim, but a new report by APC indicates that the company is looking into a ThinkPad-branded netbook for business customers. Lenovo is reportedly preparing a successor to its 2.6-lb., 10-in. IdeaPad S10 netbook, which retails for $350. The IdeaPad line...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?
- Updated: Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to a Wall Street Journal. The report highlights the latest vulnerabilities facing U.S. power infrastructure. The Journal notes that the spies are from China,...
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Scosche PassPort HomeDock
- Photo gallery:Scosche PassPort HomeDockThe Scosche PassPort HomeDock ($39) adapts older, iPod accessories such as speaker systems and docks, to work with the iPhone and recent iPod models. Specifically, the PassPort steps down the voltage of older accessories from 12 volts to 5 volts, to address the fact that the iPhone...
- Product reviews 2009-03-18
- Harman/Kardon Go + Play
- (Editors' note: Harman/Kardon plans to release an updated model of the Go + Play in Spring of 2009 that may address many of the concerns expressed in this review, such as compatibility with recent models of iPods and the iPhone. If you're considering purchasing a Go + Play and you're...
- Product reviews 2009-01-23
- Apple's 8 hour battery: breakthrough or bungle?
- The new 17" MacBook Pro has a non-removable, 8 hour battery that Apple claims can recharge 3x more times than standard batteries and has a 5 year life. Are they nuts? The "removable" battery mistake Removable batteries are a kludge, not a feature. The only...
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- CES 2009: World's thinnest plasma is 8.8mm thick [day 3]
- Panasonic has taken the crown again for world's thinnest plasma with their 1/3-in. thick NeoPDP HDTV: This recently-developed NeoPDP technology has been incorporated into two types of PDPs: a super high-efficiency 42-inch PDP "that achieves triple luminance efficiency while reducing the power consumption...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget
- Desktops get little love these days as more and more users opt for notebook PCs. Laptops have closed the gap in recent years in terms of features and performance. But the fact remains that desktops deliver a lot more bang for buck. In fact, you can...
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Al Gore's 'Unified Smart Grid' vision for repowering the USA - will it happen?
- This week's Web 2.0 Summit was characterized by some very big picture ideas culminating in final keynote speaker former US vice president Al Gore laying out his vision for a 'Unified National Smart Grid': a new, state of the art integrated electrical infrastructure for the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- Design of an RFID-Based Battery-Free Programmable Sensing Platform
- This paper presents the Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform WISP, which is a programmable battery-free sensing and computational platform designed to explore sensor-enhanced Radio Frequency Identification RFID applications. WISP uses a 16-bit ultralow-power microcontroller to perform sensing and computation while exclusively operating from harvested RF energy. Sensors that have successfully...
- White papers 2008-11-01
- Google makes waves and may have solved the data center conundrum
- Google is pondering a floating data center that could be powered and cooled by the ocean. These offshore data centers could sit 3 to 7 miles offshore and reside in about 50 to 70 meters of water. The search giant filed for a patent in February. The...
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Sun Exec: Your 'Eco Data Center' doesn't have to cost millions. Some tips for getting there.
- OK, so here’s the $100 million question: Do you really want to spend that much to make your data center more green or at least more efficient? I thought not, which is why I agreed to speak with Sun Chief Technologist for EcoDC and Virtualization Services, Phillip Morris, about more...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Hybrid cars and the power grid
- Today, people who care about the environment are attracted by hybrid electric cars. But in 2020, hybrid cars and trucks might represent 25% of all the vehicles in the U.S. Of course, these vehicles will need to be plugged to the power grid to recharge their batteries. A recent Oak...
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Early photos of AMD Shanghai CPU
- Credit: Fuad Abazovic, Fudzilla Photos of CPU-Z highlighting AMD's 45nm Shanghai quad-core processor appeared on Fudzilla last week. It confirms that AMD's latest processor will have a total of 2 megabytes L2 cache (512 KB...
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?
- AMD kicked off the "premier" of their latest microprocessor offering with a launch party at the Herbst International Exhibit Hall Monday night. Partners like VMware, HP, Dell, Sun, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and others were on hand or were there by video link to celebrate the launch of AMD's single-die quad-core...
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
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