3d in news
Tech leaders honoured at glittering CNET Awards
News Business leaders at the forefront of the UK tech industry were honoured at a glittering award ceremony on Tuesday. The CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2008 at London's Park Lane Hilton hotel saw impressionist Jon Culshaw host... [24 Sep 2008]
Web 2.0, cloud computing 'to transform business'
News Web 2.0 technologies may make you roll your eyes dismissively right now but the likes of software-as-a-service (SaaS), mash-ups and online services will have a change-inducing impact on business within the next two years, despite... [11 Aug 2008]
Microsoft previews research efforts
News Microsoft has been making much of the company's myriad multi-touch input projects. But Microsoft's view of what the user interface of the future will look like is more complex than that. Instead of allowing users to interact only with... [29 Jul 2008]
Get a Lively life, with Google avatars
News Google has unveiled an online 3D social arena called Lively, the internet giant's take on Second Life. Second Life requires users to download and install a separate "client" software package that taps into the online world. [09 Jul 2008]
Holograms on handsets by 2010
News Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D images have been developed by an Indian tech company. By 2010 the devices will routinely beam 3D films, games and virtual goods... [19 Jun 2008]
IBM gets chips to chill out in water
News Scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micropipes of water to cool itself, IBM announced yesterday. The chip's components are built in a 3D... [06 Jun 2008]
HTC shows its business Touch
News HTC has launched the latest in its range of keyboard-equipped handsets for enterprise users. On Wednesday the company unveiled the HTC Touch Pro, an own-branded Windows Mobile 6.1 device that has already surfaced as the T-Mobile MDA... [05 Jun 2008]
The future, in 3D
News The mobile phone is already revolutionising societies around the world but its impact is accelerating as phones become more powerful and find their way into the hands of more and more people, says futurist, inventor and author Ray Kurzweil. [19 May 2008]
Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps
News Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco this week with a series of keynote presentations designed to showcase JavaFX, the company's new rich internet-application (RIA) technology, due to be launched to... [08 May 2008]
Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects
News The glamour of Hollywood and the Indian outsourcing industry will collide on the big screen this year. Outsourcer Satyam will bring CGI effects to the silver screen when First Fear hits the cinemas around June this year. [29 Apr 2008]
Real and virtual worlds combine in India
News You open a door, pass through and close it behind you - nothing unusual except this door is nothing more than a hologram. This futuristic vision is almost here says Indian outsourcer Satyam as it unveiled a technology to blend the real... [25 Apr 2008]
Fifa World Cup to get high-tech makeover
News Indian IT company Satyam is promising to "transform" the way fans watch football on the back of its World Cup deal with the game's governing body Fifa. Latest photo stories from silicon.com Photos: Australian broadband goes for a... [23 Apr 2008]
Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future
News Within two years, the brand and model of the enterprise laptop could be decided by the user, not the IT department. End users' preferences will account for up to 50 per cent of all purchasing decisions relating to hardware, software and... [14 Apr 2008]
Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome
News Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Server 2008 has been given a cautious welcome by customers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched Windows Server 2008 this week, calling it the most significant Windows Server release since the first... [28 Feb 2008]
EC monopoly warning after record Microsoft fine
News Competition commissioner for the EC, Neelie Kroes, has issued a stern warning to any company planning to blow off the regulatory agency and European antitrust laws. Photo stories Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here… [28 Feb 2008]