Europe, Japan join forces to map out future of intelligent robots July 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The field of robotics could be poised for a breakthrough, leading to a new generation of intelligent machines capable of taking on multiple tasks and moving out of the factory into the home and general workplace. The great ... | |
 Graphics processing installation to boost Argonne's Blue Gene/P visualization capabilities July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will soon have the data analytics ... | |
 Emotional robots in the spotlight July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot with empathy sounds like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but with the aid of neural networks European researchers are developing robots in tune with our emotions. The tantalising work ... | |
 Toshiba Launches 400GB 2.5-inch HDD Introduces New Line-up of 7,200rpm Drives July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Toshiba today announced a new line-up of high performance 2.5-inch HDDs, including a low-noise flagship model that boosts areal density to 477Mbit/mm2 (308Gbpsi) to achieve a capacity of 400GB on just two ... | |
 Lenovo Launches Complete PC Solution for Small Businesses with New ThinkPad SL Notebooks July 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Lenovo today unveiled a complete computing solution for small-to-medium business (SMB) users that includes the new SL series of ThinkPad notebooks, value-added software and unique new services. The trio of ... | |
 New Intel-Based Laptops Advance All Facets of Notebook PCs July 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Intel Corporation unveiled its Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology products for laptops today, powered by five new Intel Core2 Duo processors. Close to 250 innovative consumer and business notebook PC designs ... | |
Fujitsu, Sun Microsystems Unveil Next-Generation SPARC Enterprise Servers July 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Fujitsu Limited and Sun Microsystems today announced an enhanced line of SPARC Enterprise servers – M4000, M5000, M8000 and M9000 -- that delivers a highly scalable, enterprise-class virtualization and consolidation platform ... | |
 Samsung Launches New Compact Camcorder with YouTube Connectivity July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Samsung Electronics unveiled today the SC-MX20, the successor to the company’s popular SC-MX10 compact digital camcorder. The ideal camcorder for the exploding generation of consumers uploading video content ... | |
Hitachi Delivers New Power-Efficient Terabyte Hard Drive July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Hitachi Global Storage has announced today the Deskstar 7K1000.B, the world’s most energy-efficient 7,200 RPM one terabyte (1TB) hard drive. | |
 Canon Announces EOS Rebel XS SLR Camera July 08, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Canon USA today announced the introduction of the EOS Rebel XS, a new entry-level digital camera that affordably puts Canon SLR technology such as an Optical Imaged Stabilized lens and easy-to-use professional ... | |
 Sharp Unveils Solar-Powered TV July 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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For the 1.6 billion people living in areas without utility-supplied electricity, Sharp has designed a TV that can get 100% of its power from the sun. The company plans to exhibit the 26-inch LCD prototype ... | |
 GoLive2 Introduces a Wiimote for PC Games July 03, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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For all Wii-lovers out there, GoLive2 has recently announced the Stix, a motion-sensing remote control that can be used to play PC games. | |
 Care-O-bot 3: Always at your service July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household ... | |
 Standards Set for Energy-Conserving LED Lighting June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing the first two standards for solid-state lighting ... | |
New computer does Windows 3,000 times faster June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The most powerful Windows-based computer in Europe is being installed in Sweden's Umeå University. Nicknamed "Akka", the supercomputer incorporates IBM Power microprocessors, Cell Broadband Engines and Intel processors and ... | |
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