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Gadget Watch: Toshiba Satellite L550-113
Photo The Toshiba Satellite L550-113 is far from the best-looking desktop-replacement laptop around, but it packs a surprising amount of brawn. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? [09 Oct 2009]
Photos: The top five UK supercomputing projects
Photo Darwin will process information from the Planck satellite, the European Space Agency's telescope launched last week. Want to travel back in time to the Big Bang, unlock the secrets of the human genome or discover alien... [18 May 2009]
Photos: Tech ahoy in round the world yacht race
Photo Stuart Bannatyne, captain of Ericsson 4, is pictured here talking on the satellite phone on leg one of the race. The two teams use satellite phones to call home or headquarters. They are also able to... [16 Apr 2009]
Photos: Future tech with an Orange hue
Photo The box, which has a 160GB hard drive, and is compatible with ADSL, HD terrestrial and satellite TV channels. Twice per year, Orange stages La Collection to reveal its up and coming kit and silicon.com went along to... [08 Apr 2009]
iPhone 3.0, Windows 7, robots and the office of the future
Photo The Central Data Unit or Onboard Sledge Computer, seen here amid other tech kit, is ruggedised, custom-built equipment, which couples a computer to a multi-modem data uplink system that connects to the Iridium satellite... [07 Apr 2009]
Photos: F1 tech races into the real world
Photo The Hinode (Solar-B) satellite uses composite materials pioneered in F1 in its three-metre telescope to save weight and withstand the intense conditions found in space. The exhibition shows how technology initially... [30 Mar 2009]
Photos: Tech cracks the Arctic frontier
Photo The Central Data Unit or Onboard Sledge Computer, seen here amid other tech kit, is ruggedised, custom-built equipment, which couples a computer to a multi-modem data uplink system that connects to the Iridium satellite... [16 Mar 2009]
Human robots, Android Magic and classic radar tech
Photo It also lets users travel back in time to see earlier versions of the service's aerial and satellite photography. A robot called Berti - or Bristol Elumotion Robotic Torso 1 to you - was on display at London's Science... [02 Mar 2009]
Photos: Google Earth - deep-sea dive and travel back in time
Photo It also lets them travel back in time to see earlier versions of the service's aerial and satellite photography. The new history feature in Google Earth 5 lets you go back in time to see satellite and... [04 Feb 2009]
Photos: Computers usher in pilots' vision 2.0
Photo Indian technology giant HCL recently revealed its suite of visual processing tech, including this satellite image processing technology, used to clean up images of the earth from orbit and bring them into sharper focus. [16 Jan 2009]
Photos: Windows 7, supercomputers, Google Labs, iPill
Photo Practically the only contact with the outside world skipper of BT, Sebastien Josse, will have is through satellite communications provided by BT. Here a WinHEC attendee checks out a touchscreen version of Microsoft's... [27 Nov 2008]
Photos: The tech behind the sixth Vendée Globe
Photo Practically the only contact with the outside world Josse will have is through satellite communications provided by BT. The competition - a non-stop solo yacht race around the globe - is regarded as one of the toughest... [20 Nov 2008]
Photos: Inmarsat satellite lifts off
Photo The Proton Breeze M rocket has successfully launched the third Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellite, which weighs more than six tonnes and is the size of a London double-decker bus. The satellite was launched from... [20 Aug 2008]
Photos: Top summer holiday gadgets
Photo There is no shortage of sat-navs to choose from but the Navigon 2110 Series Satellite Navigation System - Western Europe (pictured) will give you Western European maps for around £120. Remembering what the kids got up to... [11 Aug 2008]
Photos: The solar powered speedster
Photo The best option for sun-powered racers are space-grade solar arrays - made from rejected satellite solar cells - which have a conversion efficiency rate of about 30 per cent, about double that of cheaper terrestrial... [16 Jun 2008]
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