Researchers Improve MRAM, Replace STT With Voltage By Wolfgang Gruener published 25 December 12 Researchers at UCLA have developed a variant of MRAM, which they claim can reach much higher densities and consume up to 1000 times less power than current STT-MRAM.
Microsoft Follows Google, Files For Desktop Remoting Patent By Wolfgang Gruener published 25 December 12 Desktop remoting is emerging as one of the killer features of Google's Chrome OS, as it allows even small low power devices to connect to a regular and powerful desktop PC and run traditional x86 or Mac OS X apps.
Apple Gets 2012 Wireless Turkey Award By Wolfgang Gruener published 25 December 12 The tech industry will envy you when you are flying high. And it will beat you down when you are already lying on the ground.
Microprocessor Report: Intel, Fix the PC! By Wolfgang Gruener published 24 December 12 There is little doubt that the PC market could use some uplift these days as tablets and smartphones have clearly captured the mindshare of consumers, press and analysts.
AMD's China Division Executive Departs Company By Wolfgang Gruener published 24 December 12 AMD has lost another key executive. The company confirmed the departure of David Tang, who was senior vice president and president of Greater China region for the company.
MIT Discovers Third Kind of Magnetism By Wolfgang Gruener published 24 December 12 Scientists at MIT announced that they have found and demonstrated the existence "a fundamentally new kind of magnetic behavior" that could make its way into new computer memory devices.
Japan Leads Race To Build Next Particle Smasher By Wolfgang Gruener published 23 December 12 It appears that Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, will not be able to secure the funding to build the International Linear Collider (ILC) as the potential successor of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.
ARM and Cadence Tape Out First 14nm FinFET Test Chip By Wolfgang Gruener published 23 December 12 AMD and Cadence taped out the first ARM Cortex-A7 test chip in Samsung's 14-nanometer FinFET process.
Warner Bros, Intel File DMCA Suit Over HDCP Crack Devices By Wolfgang Gruener published 22 December 12 Warner Bros. and Intel subsidiary Digital Content Protection are suing Freedom USA and its CEO Alex Sonis for selling devices that circumvent HDCP.
Windows 8 Tablets Delayed, Atom Testing Blamed By Wolfgang Gruener published 21 December 12 Intel is taking some heat over a delay of Windows 8 tablets that are apparently stuck in quality control testing at Microsoft.
Open Source Notebook Novena Gets First Motherboard By Wolfgang Gruener published 21 December 12 Chumby developer Andrew Huang is working on a new project that could result in an open source DIY notebook.
Intel to Launch Four New Mobile Ivy Bridge Celerons in Q1 2013 By Wolfgang Gruener published 21 December 12 Intel is preparing the release of four new mobile Celeron processors based on its Ivy Bridge architecture. According to CPU World, the CPUs will be launched in the first quarter of next year.
MakerBot Deletes AR-15 Rifle 3D Blueprints By Wolfgang Gruener published 21 December 12 3D printer maker MakerBot quietly deleted blueprints for the lower receiver of the AR-15 assault rifle.
Kim Dotcom Flaunts New Mega Servers: 720 TB Per Rack By Wolfgang Gruener published 20 December 12 Kim Dotcom is tweeting the progress of the buildup of his new sharehosting service Mega.
Mini ITX Motherboard Supports Up to 16 GB DDR3 By Wolfgang Gruener published 20 December 12 Axiomtek released a new Mini ITX motherboard for compact and embedded systems.
Apple Files HDR Imaging Patent Application By Wolfgang Gruener published 20 December 12 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application that reveals the company's intent to protect high-dynamic range (HDR) photo capability in its products.
Intel Wins Ethernet Data Communication Patent Fight By Wolfgang Gruener published 19 December 12 Intel has landed a victory against Negotiated Data Solutions (N-Data) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, following a 4-year long battle.
Specifications of Intel's Mobile Haswell CPUs Leaked By Wolfgang Gruener published 18 December 12 Following on the heels of the desktop Haswell processor specifications, information about the mobile CPUs has been leaked as well.
First Complete HTML5 Spec Released By Wolfgang Gruener published 18 December 12 The W3C has published the first complete specifications for HTML 5 and Canvas.
Engineer builds Self-Balanced, Motorized Unicycle By Wolfgang Gruener published 18 December 12 First, Nick Thatcher built a Segway-like vehicle called the No-Way. Then he built something more unique: An electric unicycle.
Rice Researchers Build Plant-Based Cathode For Li-ion Batteries By Wolfgang Gruener published 17 December 12 Rice researchers discovered that the perennial climbing madder plant can be used as a source for purpurin, an organic dye that can be turned into a highly effective, natural cathode for lithium-ion batteries.
Infiniti JX35: One Step Away From the Self-Driving Car By Wolfgang Gruener published 15 December 12 If you love technology, then this could be the most interesting family car yet.
Global Data Volume Grew to 2.8 Zettabytes in 2012 By Wolfgang Gruener published 14 December 12 IDC has released the results of a study commissioned by EMC, which concludes that the pace of data generation has accelerated significantly.
Robot Crosses Pacific Ocean For The First Time By Wolfgang Gruener published 14 December 12 Liquid Robotics said that its WaveGlider has become the first autonomous device to cross the pacific Ocean and has set a world record for the longest distance covered by an autonomous vehicle.
Via Labs Intros Next-Gen USB 3.0 to NAND Flash Controllers By Wolfgang Gruener published 14 December 12 Via Labs launched two new USB 3.0 device controllers.