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Photos: The world's fastest supercomputers revealed
Photo The system is named after an open star cluster. The colossi of computing took their places on the supercomputing podium today. Able to slice through quadrillion tasks every second, the searing performance of US... [17 Nov 2008]
Photos: Google receives a visit from the Queen
Photo Her whirlwind induction continued with a face-to-face meeting with the less than regally named daveyboyz, aka David Bass, and other UK YouTube superstars Peter Oakley and Lauren Luke. The Queen joined the Web 2.0... [16 Oct 2008]
Photos: Military robot wars
Photo Team leader Julian Richardson, pictured here, cradles the RJ Mitchell Trophy, named after the designer of the World War II Spitfire fighter plane, the metal from one of which was used to make the trophy. [21 Aug 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo The modestly named Hero bot uses its spotlights and high resolution cameras to scan the underside of UK-bound lorries and coaches travelling through Calais - one of Europe's biggest ports. The Tesla Roadster, a sporty... [01 Aug 2008]
Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo The modestly named Hero bot uses its spotlights and high resolution cameras to scan the underside of UK-bound lorries and coaches travelling through Calais - one of Europe's biggest ports. It might only be the size of a... [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs
Photo The screen shows schematics for Satyam's virtual car HeraFxV, named after the Greek goddess of marriage. Passing through the soothing blue glow of a giant neon tube sets the tone perfectly for outsourcer Satyam's R&D... [19 May 2008]
Photos: BlackBerry Boldly goes Qwerty over touch again
Photo BlackBerry-maker RIM has been showing off the latest addition to its smart phone line-up at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) in Orlando, Florida - named the BlackBerry Bold. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas [15 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Scientists in the US have developed a robot (pictured above) - named El-E - that uses lasers to help it pick up items from both floors and shelves, and could be a lifeline for people with mobility difficulties. [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo El-E, named after its arm's resemblance to an elephant trunk, as seen here, can grasp a range of household items including towels, pill bottles and telephones from floors or tables. You know the future has arrived when... [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: Cool tech behind an Arctic expedition
Photo The survey vessel is named after Lady Herbert - the widow of Sir Wally Herbert who trekked across the North Pole on a dog-sledding expedition in the late 1960s and collected similar data on ice thickness. [17 Oct 2007]
Photos: Robot racer hits the street
Photo Also, Caltech's first robot in the 2004 Grand Challenge was named "Bob. Team Caltech, a robotics group at the California Institute of Technology, is one of 35 teams competing in DARPA's Urban Grand Challenge, a race of... [27 Sep 2007]
Photos: Inside the Entropia Universe
Photo The Asteroid was named 'Club NEVERDIE' after the owner's avatar and contains 1,000 apartments, a shopping mall and stadium for virtual sporting events. The winning bidder, an avatar named "Deathifier",... [26 Jun 2007]
Photos: Second Life business evolution
Photo AOL has them if you've got the Lindens (the currency used in Second Life, named after the virtual world's creator Linden Lab). And as that audience grows, big brands are making sure they have their own outpost in place. [10 May 2007]
Photos: Is Tesco more trustworthy than Microsoft?
Photo One computer shopper who did not wish to be named said they would not buy PC software from Tesco, citing doubts about what the helpdesk support would be like. Tesco's range of budget office, security and multi-media PC... [29 Nov 2006]
A photo guide to London's wi-fi pubs
Photo In case you're wondering, the pub is reportedly named after a poor soul called Nathanial Bentley who, following the death of his wife, locked himself away and eschewed such things as company and hygiene.map) [31 Aug 2006]
