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Article | 13/01/2011 MIT pioneers ad hoc network-bottleneck breaker
Two researchers may have found a way to greatly reduce traffic bottlenecks that could take place in ad hoc networks. Such work may be essential for th...
Article | 6/01/2011 IBM's Jeopardy strategy: Divide and conquer
When it comes tackling a challenge as tough as answering a human question, the best computational approach may be to break the job down into multiple ...
Article | 21/12/2010 Spintronic memory gets a breakthrough
An international group of researchers has figured out how to encode information within the spin of an electron, a technique that may one day lead to s...
Article | 4/12/2010 Japan's Holographic 3D Soccer Dream Denied
Earlier this year, we reported on Japan's plans for a <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/196844/japan_proposes_global_holographic_world_cup_broad...
Article | 30/11/2010 Microsoft pioneers tactile display technology
Possibly leapfrogging today's touch-screen technologies, Microsoft has figured out a way to make the computer displays themselves change in shape unde...
Article | 24/11/2010 Intel switches on 'first virtual retail salesperson in Asia'
Silicon solutions firm Intel Malaysia has launched the Intel Virtual Retail Salesperson (RSP) to enhance consumers' IT shopping experience in a mall.
Article | 20/11/2010 Intel: 1,000-core processor possible
An experimental Intel chip shows the feasibility of building processors with 1,000 cores, an Intel researcher has asserted.
Article | 13/11/2010 At IBM's Zurich nanotech laboratory, silence is key
Inside laboratory No. 2 at IBM's new nanotechnology research facility, no can hear you scream. Once the heavy door is closed, the laboratory is essent...
Article | 28/09/2010 Mainstream media fixated on Apple
With its seemingly endless parade of shiny new consumer electronic devices, Apple gets more coverage in the mainstream media than any other technology...
Article | 21/09/2010 Chemical engineer unveils 'spray-on' wool T-shirt
Got a hot date? Pop out the spray can and spray on your very own personalized t-shirt. With your polymer-composite t-shirt you'll be hipper (or not) t...
Article | 24/08/2010 Time waits for no one: 'leap seconds' may be cut
Sparking a fresh round of debate over an ongoing issue in time-keeping circles, the International Telecommunications Union is considering eliminating ...
Article | 14/08/2010 Materials research needed to make space elevator a reality
While much of the first day of the Space Elevator Conference was dedicated to the problem of space trash, the concept also faces another significant c...
Article | 10/08/2010 HP researcher claims to crack compsci complexity conundrum
While Hewlett-Packard reels from the fallout of its CEO Mark Hurd stepping down, the company can bask in the glory of at least one potentially positiv...
Article | 6/08/2010 Speech recognition systems must get smarter, professor says
Those who loathe talking on the phone to automated speech recognition systems may take solace in the fact that scientists are working to make such sys...
Article | 29/07/2010 IBM invests in infrastructure sensing and analysis tech
IBM will develop technology to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure in a new laboratory it is...