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RSS prototype in newsCelebrating 60 years of computing
News In modern terms, the prototype Baby had a random access memory (RAM) of just 32 locations or 'words'. On Saturday, it will be exactly 60 years since the world's first stored-program, electronic, digital computer flickered into life in a laboratory... [20 Jun 2008]
The future, in 3D
News I can use this prototype to talk to people around the world," he explained after showing a video of the application in use. The mobile phone is already revolutionising societies around the world but its impact is accelerating as phones become more... [19 May 2008]
Dell commits to green dream
News In 2006, laptop maker Asus unveiled plans for a prototype modular PC based around the possibility of leasing individual component modules, so it would be easier for users to repair and replace them. Dell has committed to improving the energy... [16 May 2008]
Microsoft: Walls will become computers of the future
News Speaking to a crowd of CEOs, Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman, showed off prototype technology he said will allow home and office walls to become computers. What Gates showed yesterday was a four-foot by six-foot prototype called TouchWall. [15 May 2008]
Microsoft shows "concept-car style" OS
News Microsoft used its annual TechFest gathering of research lab technicians in Redmond last week to launch a new prototype operating system, 'Singularity'. Original article: Microsoft launches 'Singularity' OS prototype from ZDNet UK [11 Mar 2008]
Mobiles on the moon, Google Android, Facebook fall
News It's all still a long, long way off however (if not in a galaxy far, far away) - a prototype trial of the satellite system is several years away from blast off. One thing most definitely on the menu in Barcelona was Google Android, after Texas... [28 Feb 2008]
Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff
News The joint Nasa/BNSC MoonLite mission, due to be launched after 2012, will test a prototype version of the satellite phone network - similar to the Inmarsat network on Earth. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [19 Feb 2008]
Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress
News The company has the Android software running on a prototype device using the ARM9 processor technology, which is already two generations old. But Bob Morris, director of platform solutions for ARM, said the ARM9 technology used on the demonstration... [12 Feb 2008]
Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News Coupland said: "We hope to have a prototype system running by the end of the project. Leicester's De Montfort University (DMU) and the University of Missouri are linking up in a £45,000 six-month project starting this month to develop fuzzy logic... [03 Jan 2008]
UK passports face massive price hike
News The prototype ePassport and the manufacturing process were both subject to substantial testing, and the agency gave itself enough time for a progressive rollout rather than a big-bang switch from digital to ePassport. [10 Oct 2007]
Real world terrain coming to the virtual sphere
News Google is rumoured to be working on a prototype virtual world, a beta test of which may or may not be under way at Arizona State University. Virtual-worlds platform developer Multiverse Network is set to announce a partnership that will allow... [09 Oct 2007]
Intel eyeing up the mobile space
News It showed off prototype devices built on Silverthorne that look an awful lot like the UMPCs that didn't exactly fly off the shelves: larger than a smart phone, dependent on a stylus, and many with a fixed keyboard. [20 Sep 2007]
HP's inkjet tech seeks to replace hypodermic needles
News HP has tested out a prototype of the patch, but has not performed animal or medical testing. What else can inkjet technology be used for? Injecting drugs into humans, according to Hewlett-Packard. The company is licensing a medical patch it has... [11 Sep 2007]
IBM working on spinning magnetic memory
News Under the current plan, IBM and TDK, an integral player in magnetic recording components for hard drives, will develop a 65-nanometre prototype within the next four years. IBM has linked with Japan's TDK to develop so-called spin torque transfer... [20 Aug 2007]
Intel spurs Linux gadget development
News Developers often write and debug software on a regular PC before transferring it to a device or prototype for further testing. The iPhone doesn't run Linux but Intel has begun work to help improve the operating system for future devices of its ilk. [17 Jul 2007]
