Prawn cocktail to power biodiesel cars By Mark Harris in Seattle published 29 July 09 Fishy story from China has seafood catalysing bio fuel reactions
Game your way to faster hardware By Mark Harris in Seattle published 28 July 09 A new computer game prototype combines work and play to help solve a fundamental problem underlying many computer hardware design tasks.
New GPS texter gets you out of tight Spot By Mark Harris in Seattle published 22 July 09 Updated Spot GPS Messenger is smaller, lighter, smarter
iPhone leak probe linked to Chinese suicide By Mark Harris in Seattle published 21 July 09 Illegal searches. Beatings. Solitary confinement. Not the latest Guantanamo Bay scandal but tactics used during the interrogation of a Chinese man suspected of leaking details of a new iPhone.
Apple selling 57,000 iPhones every day By Mark Harris in Seattle published 21 July 09 Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended June 27, 2009. The Company posted revenue of over £5 billion and a net quarterly profit of £750 million
Self-destructing messages will Vanish By Mark Harris in Seattle published 21 July 09 Firefox Add-on works with webmail and Facebook posts
Barnes & Noble nabs Plastic Logic reader By Mark Harris in Seattle published 20 July 09 And launches 'world's largest ebookstore' with 700,000 titles
Microsoft goes open source with Linux drivers By Mark Harris in Seattle published 20 July 09 Calls 20,000 lines of code a 'break from the ordinary'
Yuneec electric plane takes off By Mark Harris in Seattle published 20 July 09 Exclusive Sino-British aircraft company Yuneec has successfully test-flown the E430, the world's first electric two-seater plane, in Los Angeles.
Cyber Neighbourhood Watch boosts security By Mark Harris in Seattle published 17 July 09 New software allows systems to share information on digital attacks
Is your Nokia a zombie? By Mark Harris in Seattle published 17 July 09 Get ready for a wave of zombie mobile phones, as security company Symantec reveals the first SMS virus that can set up a full-scale bot-net.
Google earns nearly £10 million a day from ads By Mark Harris in Seattle published 16 July 09 Google reported net income for the second quarter of 2009 was $1.48 billion as compared to $1.25 billion in the second quarter of 2008. Revenues were up but paid clicks were down.
Is Sent Forever the worst Apollo 11 tie-in? By Mark Harris in Seattle published 16 July 09 A UK firm is marking the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission by letting people send a free text message into space.
Exer-games as healthy as a walk, say scientists By Mark Harris in Seattle published 16 July 09 Scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found that playing active video games can be as effective for children as moderate exercise.
Seeing-eye car enables blind people to drive By Mark Harris in Seattle published 15 July 09 A revolutionary car designed by Virginia Tech's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory allows blind people to get behind the steering wheel for the first time.
Gamers to help create bot-proof CAPTCHA By Mark Harris in Seattle published 15 July 09 A new computer game designed by a researcher at Newcastle University could help to create CAPTCHA systems immune to attack from AI bots.
Inkjet printers to help track bioweapons By Mark Harris in Seattle published 13 July 09 TechRadar Pro A research team at McMaster University, Canada have found a method for printing a toxin-detecting biosensor on paper using a FujiFilm Dimatix Materials Printer.
Lensless cameras weave images from fibre By Mark Harris in Seattle published 10 July 09 MIT researchers have developed light-detecting fibres that, when weaved into a web, act as a flexible camera.
3D solar cells will be cheap and flexible By Mark Harris in Seattle published 10 July 09 Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient 3D solar cells from low-cost and flexible materials.
IBM screen shield scrambles private data By Mark Harris in Seattle published 9 July 09 IBM Research has developed software that more efficiently and effectively hides sensitive or personal information that might otherwise appear on the computer screens of unauthorised personnel.
Who's behind US/Korea cyber attacks? By Mark Harris in Seattle published 9 July 09 Does North Korea have the resources to have mounted the ongoing cyber attacks on the US and its southern neighbour?
Robot Einstein learns to smile By Mark Harris in Seattle published 9 July 09 A hyper-realistic Einstein robot at the University of California, San Diego has learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning.
Neural nets clean up digital snaps By Mark Harris in Seattle published 8 July 09 Indian researchers have designed a neural network system that can remove noise and sharpen edges in digital images much more efficiently than current software.
Half a billion broadband users by next year By Mark Harris in Seattle published 8 July 09 Global household penetration of fixed broadband continues apace, with total subscribers on track to break the 500 million barrier next year, according to recent research from Futuresource Consulting.
Virtual supercomputer earns IBM award By Mark Harris in Seattle published 7 July 09 World Community Grid earns Big Blue the Coffey International Award