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Google ready to start shipping Glass to #ifihadglass Explorers

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:58:00 GMT

For the 8,000 or so people who signed up this spring to be Glass Explorers, your wait for the computerized eyeglasses may soon be over.

Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 percent more battery life

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:17:00 GMT

Intel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops than did their "Ivy Bridge" predecessors, Intel said on Thursday.

Powerful thin clients may be alternative to PCs

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:00 GMT

Thin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processor than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving to the cloud.

IT weather forecast: Hurricanes with a chance of dead satellites

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Patrick Thibodeau) — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:12:00 GMT

NOAA is working to fix a broken weather satellite -- the one that watches the Atlantic Ocean -- even as it gears up for what's expected to be an above-normal year for hurricanes.

HP profit falls 32 percent as PC and server sales decline

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (James Niccolai) — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:42:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packard reported a 32 percent drop in profit for its second fiscal quarter, due partly to slower sales of PCs and servers.

Study ranks US least riskiest place to open data centre

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:35:00 GMT

Last year the U.S. was the least riskiest place in the world to open a data center, according to a study released this week.

HP's Envy Rove 20-inch 'tablet' tackles Windows 8 desktop PC woes

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:08:00 GMT

Windows 8 has not found wide adoption among desktop users, so HP has announced a new portable all-in-one and lowered the price of touch PCs so users can take advantage of the operating system.

Apple to build Macs in low-tax Texas

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Gregg Keizer) — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:35:00 GMT

Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December.

Cyborgs arrive! Scientists build 3D printed ear

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:25:00 GMT

Merging electronics with human tissue, scientists at Princeton University have used 3D printing tools to build a functioning ear. Yes, an ear.

In hunt for life, NASA rover makes second drill on Mars

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:00 GMT

NASA's rover Curiosity has drilled into a rock on Mars for just the second time during its mission.s

Shrinking chips challenge Moore's Law

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 GMT

Intel will continue to fulfill Moore's Law for the foreseeable future, but the challenge of keeping up with it is growing as chips get smaller, says a company executive.

Google Glass ecosystem grows with Twitter, Facebook and CNN apps

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:34:00 GMT

Google is working to build out the app ecosystem for its upcoming Glass, showing off work today at Google I/O from partners like Twitter, Facebook, CNN and Elle.

NASA's planet-hunting telescope is spinning out of control

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:57:00 GMT

NASA's Kepler space telescope, launched in 2009 to search for Earth-like planets, is now spinning uncontrollably in space.

After tweeting from space station, astronauts return home

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:20:00 GMT

A new crew is taking over the International Space Station after two NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut successfully returned to Earth Monday night.

Intel loses ground as world's top semiconductor company, survey says

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:47:00 GMT

As Intel mulls a plan to expand its contract-manufacturing operations, the company has lost ground as the world's top semiconductor company to chip suppliers benefitting from the success of mobile devices, according to a study by IC Insights released on Monday.

Virginia Tech researchers create underwater spy robot

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:16:00 GMT

Researchers at Virginia Tech have built an autonomous, robotic jellyfish that could someday work as an underwater military spy.

Houston, we have a leak. Space station losing ammonia

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:45:00 GMT

NASA ground engineers and astronauts aboard the International Space Station are working together to fix an ammonia leak on the station.

Teradata takes on SAP’s HANA with ‘intelligent’ in-memory

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez) — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:56:00 GMT

Teradata has stepped into the in-memory database market to take on the likes of SAP’s HANA with a solution that aims to reduce the cost of placing data in RAM by ‘intelligently’ identifying the most used data.

Data centre offers 100Gbps links to customers for cloud and mobile apps

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:17:00 GMT

Data centre operator Redstation is offering its customers data speeds of up to 100Gbps to better support access to cloud and mobile applications.

Terrafugia to develop four-seat flying car

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:46:00 GMT

The company that built a flying car is working on its next project -- a four-seat, hybrid-electric flying car.

It works! First 3D-printed gun test fired

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:12:00 GMT

The company producing a 3D-printable gun today test fired it successfully, demonstrating the viability of the technology that would allow anyone with a printer and special resin toner to make their own weapons.

Harvard aims to help developers make cheaper solar panels

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Mon, 06 May 2013 09:09:00 GMT

Hoping to usher in an age of low-cost solar power, Harvard's Clean Energy Project in June plans to release a list of 20,000 organic compounds that could be used to make cheap, printable photovoltaic cells.

MIT envisions future of talking cars that can plan driver's day

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Sun, 05 May 2013 05:11:00 GMT

You wake up in the morning and your robot starts the coffee maker and then sends your daily calendar to your car, which then chooses alternate routes to work so you can avoid major construction on your normal path.

Google Glass apps start to hit. Wink! Wink!

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin) — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:28:00 GMT

Now that developers have Google Glass in hand, the first apps are starting to come out.

Rare working Apple-1 computer to hit auction block this month

cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Gregg Keizer) — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:38:00 GMT

A German auctioneer will put a working Apple-1 computer on the block later this month, and expects the handmade computer to fetch between $261,000 and $392,000 at Thursday's exchange rate.