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RSS ratIBM lands Darpa 'build a brain' contract
News Already, Modha said, scientists have managed to create computing tools that have rivalled the abilities of a rat's brain. IBM and five university partners have been awarded a Darpa contract to work on a cognitive... [21 Nov 2008]
Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects
News The division has already teamed up with 4K to make Marvi Hämmer, a bilingual science magazine programme for children starring a 3D computer-animated rat. The glamour of Hollywood and the Indian outsourcing industry will... [29 Apr 2008]
Storage Consolidation: The Best of Both Worlds
White Paper Storage consolidation has become a buzz phrase for IT departments looking for ways to escape the escalating storage-requirement rat race. More storage for less money: The promise of storage consolidation can seem like... [12 Mar 2008]
Bored and underpaid? You're not alone…
News One per cent, meanwhile, is escaping the rat race altogether - and heading for that retirement sangria in the sun. Take a good look at your IT department because the same old faces may not be around for much longer. [17 Jan 2008]
Sat-nav tackles congested HGV 'rat runs'
News Digital road routing information from the Ordnance Survey (OS) is being used by sat-nav mapping company Tele Atlas on its map database to help prevent lorries getting stuck down small roads and villages. [21 Dec 2007]
BSA offers £20k piracy bounty to rat on your boss
News Anti-software piracy group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) is offering a £20,000 reward to anyone who informs on their employer using illegal or unlicensed software. The BSA already has an online hotline for people to report the use... [27 Apr 2006]
Bog reel: Welsh company puts cables in the sewer
News As the ground below city streets becomes ever more congested with cables of all types, it's getting more and more difficult for network companies to find new pathways. Now, H2O Networks of North Wales has come up with a cost-effective... [25 Apr 2006]
Text messages rat on benefits cheats
News Almost £500,000 has been recovered from fraudsters after a council set up a texting service for locals to finger benefits cheats. The benefit fraud investigation unit at a Yorkshire council has issued 106 sanctions against fraudsters... [02 Dec 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.08.05
Round-Up Though just for the hell of it - and picking names almost at random with similar disregard for any sensible criteria such as them actually having to be real - the Round-Up would vote for Rin-Tin-Tin, Lassie, Godzilla, Top Cat, Yogi Bear,... [19 Aug 2005]
The Vegas CIO: Tim Stanley, Harrah's Entertainment
Comment High-tech development is having as pronounced an impact on the gaming industry in Las Vegas as the legalisation of gambling, the opening of the Hoover Dam and the endorsement of the Rat Pack. It's 37°c outside and I'm in... [11 Jul 2005]
Photos: Viva Las Vegas...and tech
Photo Binion's Horseshoe: It's an image of Las Vegas we're all familiar with but the idea of Sin City's casinos throbbing with Rat Packers, crooners, gangsters and molls is being superseded by a 21st century crowd of visiting... [08 Jul 2005]
Devil's Advocate: In search of wireless nirvana
Comment Most computers are a mess of connections and a rat's nest of cables. To realise the dream of a wireless world, we need to find a new way to deliver power to computers and other electronics, says Martin Brampton. [22 Mar 2005]
My first computer: The Acorn Electron
News Roland Rat was everywhere you looked and Shergar was nowhere to be seen. This article was first published in January 2002 as part of our 'Technologies That Time Forgot' series. We are running the full series again to... [14 Jan 2005]
Will 'bounty' scheme stop spammers?
News While detective work can often uncover circumstantial evidence the Commission believes it needs sworn testimony from insiders who will 'rat out' spammers for money. The US Federal Trade Commission is considering offering... [17 Sep 2004]
'Health scare' mobile masts face Tory crackdown
News The Conservative Party has announced plans to impose strict measures controlling the placement of mobile phone masts - and took the opportunity to use the issue as a political stick with which to beat the current government. [18 Aug 2004]
