Research

Storage Breakthrough Claimed With Hot Disk Technology

Scientists are detailing a potential storage breakthrough that uses heat to magnetically record and store data

13 years ago

Google ‘We Solve For X’ Targets The Big Technology Challenges

Google's "We Solve for X" initiative will enable some of the world's top thinkers to collaborate on worldwide challenges

13 years ago

Scientists Achieve Advance Toward Graphene Transistor

Researchers at Manchester University have found a way of creating viable graphene transistors, without lowering the material's extraordinary conductivity

13 years ago

Apple Surges Past HP To Become The Top PC Maker

Tech analyst firm Canalys declares Apple as the global PC market leader, but only when iPad sales are included

13 years ago

Cloud And SaaS Benefits Bolster Business Intelligence Market

Gartner has identified the drivers for the adoption of SaaS and cloud offerings for BI, analytics and performance management

13 years ago

Huawei Acquires Green UK Photonics Technology Developer CIP

Huawei has completed its acquisition of UK photonics researcher CIP as an investment in green fibre-optic technologies

13 years ago

Silver Ink Solution For Cheaper, Faster Flexible Circuits

University of Illinois researchers have come up with an easily-made, more conductive silver ink that can be used in fine-nozzled…

13 years ago

Cambridge Scientists Reveal Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Researchers have generated a quantum fluid thousands of times larger than usual that acts as a superconductor

13 years ago

Quantum Dots Pave Way For Flexible Displays

A UK firm is helping manufacturers to make flexible TVs and wall-sized screens using quantum dots

13 years ago

IBM Creates Cloud App For Drugs Research

IBM's new cloud analytics platform helps researchers extract data from patents and scientific journals

13 years ago

Multiple Device Uptake Makes Cloud Attractive

Survey reveals use of multiple devices, acceleration of business and cost are main incentives of cloud

13 years ago

Researchers Reveal Skype Stalking Flaw

A Skype user's IP addresses can be captured over time to covertly track them and view P2P transfers, researchers say

13 years ago

HP Dismisses Malicious Printer Hijack Hack

Firmware print job redirection hack publicly demonstrated by a Columbia University team disputed by HP

13 years ago

Researchers Use Graphene For Printable Electronics

Cambridge scientists use wonder-material graphene to improve speed and density of printable electronics

13 years ago

Augmented Reality Contact Lenses Could Display Emails

Researchers are creating contact lenses capable of streaming data directly to the eye

13 years ago

Seniors’ Health Tracked By Avatars In WebSphere

The University of Alberta's virtual world in IBM's Websphere traces elderly patients' health and activity

13 years ago

Data Centre Spend To Surpass Pre-Downturn Level

Worldwide data centre hardware spending for 2011 is set to rise 12.7 percent from 2010, says Gartner

13 years ago

Government To Fund Graphene Research Hub

Wonder-material graphene will get its own £50m research hub as part of the government's IT investment package

13 years ago

Cool Technology Could Revive Moore’s Law

A California research team has found a way to increase power on chips without creating heat: micro-capacitors

13 years ago

British Scientists Invent Jelly Battery

A jelly lithium battery has been developed that is safer and cheaper than traditional lithium-ion batteries

13 years ago

Mac Laptop Batteries Could Run Malware

A security researcher is to demonstrate hacking Mac laptop chips, causing them to run malicious code or overheat

13 years ago

IBM Scientists Claim Phase-Change Memory Breakthrough

IBM boffins have developed a new memory technology said to be cheaper and faster than Flash

14 years ago

Researchers Propose Energy Generation From Typing

Typing on the keyboard of a laptop or smartphone could power it, boffins have said

14 years ago

AWS Virtual Machines Deployed With Security Holes

Researchers found security holes in VMs created on Amazon Web Services but Amazon is not at fault

14 years ago

NHS Researchers Lose Laptop With 8m Patient Records

Researchers for London Health Programmes have lost unencrypted records of 8.63 million NHS patients

14 years ago

BT In Research Tie-Up With China’s ZTE

BT has tightened its relationship with Chinese equipment maker ZTE in a new R&D deal

14 years ago

Most Organisations See IPv6 Transition As Low Priority

As World IPv6 Day approaches, research shows companies feel no urgency to adopt the new standard

14 years ago

Lost Revenue From Software Piracy Rising Rapidly

BSA estimates software piracy costs the software industry at least $59 billion worldwide

14 years ago

Future Business Apps Could Use Kinect UI

Natural user interfaces derived from Kinect will boost productivity, says Microsoft Research

14 years ago

UK Team Proves Smartphone ‘Death Grip’ Is Real

Bristol University researchers have proven the iPhone's antenna problem affect most mobile phones

14 years ago