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Article | 30/06/2008 NASA: Ice, mineral-rich soil could support human outpost on Mars

The ice and minerals found using a robotic arm in the Martian soil could make it easier for humans to live on the planet in the not-so-distant future.

Article | 27/06/2008 NASA: Tests show Martian soil can support life

Finding more familiar than alien elements, NASA scientists Thursday announced that their initial analysis found that Martian soil could support life.

Article | 26/06/2008 NASA waiting on first chemical analysis of Martian soil

NASA scientists are eagerly waiting for the first test results to come down from a wet chemistry lab on the Phoenix Mars Lander that Tuesday analysed ...

Article | 26/06/2008 Scandinavian scientists designing robotic snakes

People are becoming accustomed to robots in space, robotic vacuum cleaners and even the notion of robotic friends and spouses. But robotic snakes?

Article | 23/06/2008 Scientists build robot that can replicate itself

English researchers have developed a robot that can not only create 3-D replicas of objects like shoes and door handles - it also can replicate itself...

Article | 24/06/2008 NASA: With Martian ice discovered, major tests beginning

After a technical glitch and the loss of data last week, NASA engineers and scientists are finally finding what they'd hoped to discover in the latest...

Article | 24/06/2008 Gartner expects 2 billion PCs will be in use by 2014

As the number of PCs in use around the world passed the one billion mark, a research firm is estimating that the total will double in just another six...

Article | 24/06/2008 Toshiba unveils laptop that uses powerful Cell chip

Toshiba Monday unveiled the first laptop computer to use the computing-intensive Cell chip that was first was designed for Sony's PlayStation 3 game c...

Article | 17/06/2008 AMD graphics card breaks teraflop barrier

Advanced Micro Devices Monday unveiled a new graphics chip designed to be less power hungry than its predecessors by allowing it to be doubled up on h...

Article | 16/06/2008 Man gets six months for posting terror threat online

A 22-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for repeatedly posting online threats that dirty bombs were going to be...

Article | 13/06/2008 Intel's future: Cars with eyes, processors with engines

Intel Wednesday laid out its vision of the future with a show-and-tell that focused on multi-core chips, cars with cameras and brains, and robots that...

Article | 12/06/2008 Researchers use DoD satellites to aid Burma relief workers

Scientists at Arizona State University are using satellite images from the US Department of Defense to aid disaster relief efforts in Burma.

Article | 10/06/2008 NASA: 'Extreme programming' controls Mars Lander robot

Scooping up soil samples and searching for elements that could support life on Mars isn't just an adventure for the Mars Lander and the robotic arm do...

Article | 5/06/2008 AMD broadens the battle; goes after Intel with Puma

Advanced Micro Devices Wednesday ramped up its competition with rival Intel by unveiling its first processor platform designed specifically for laptop...

Article | 5/06/2008 Acer bets big on Linux-based ultra-portable laptops

Acer is looking to be part of what the company hopes will be a hot new market - the mini laptop.