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In a bid to keep up with rivals Intel and IBM, Sun has revealed more of its "Throughput Computing" strategy by unveiling the new UltraSPARC IV processor that uses multithreading to speed performance twofold compared with the UltraSPARC III. Sun said the UltraSPARC IV will begin shipping in systems d...
By soaking up laser light and converting it to electricity to power its propeller, a model airplane maintained its flight for a team of NASA researchers using laser light to power the craft from the ground. Officials at NASA's Marshall and Dryden flight centers, as well as the University of Alabama ...
Touting more than 150 new features -- including improved interoperability with Windows and Linux -- Apple Computer has announced that its updated Mac OS X Panther operating system will be available on October 24th. The Cupertino, California-based company said Mac OS X version 10.3 delivers new featu...
The iBOT mobility system, called the Ferrari of wheelchairs, is now helping disabled users break through physical barriers. The iBOT can climb stairs, bump up curbs, glide through gravel and even elevate a seated passenger to reach the top shelf at a grocery store. To help get the iBOT out on the ma...
In the ever-expanding arena of large-display technology, is plasma here to stay? "Plasma displays, I think, are a very awkward technology," James Jaskie, chief scientist at Motorola's Microelectronics and Physical Sciences Laboratory, told TechNewsWorld. Plasma display panels use emissive technology...
Microsoft has announced it is releasing a beta version of Windows XP for AMD's new 64-bit processor. That's both good news and bad news for AMD. The good news is that Microsoft is showing significant support for the new processor by making a version of XP for it. The bad news is that Microsoft won't...
Is it an urban myth, or is it really true that NASA sent the first men to the moon with less computing power than what sits inside today's average desktop? The answer largely depends on how you define "computing power." But however you define it, today's typical PC packs more punch than a 1960s main...
Computer hobbyists for years have tweaked their computers' innards to squeeze out extra bits of performance. Known as overclocking, the practice has long been a holy grail to users who demand maximum performance from their systems. But overclocking a system poses hazards to the hardware, making the ...
Hoping to hook manufacturers and shippers beholden to modest radio frequency identification (RFID) implementation requirements from companies like Wal-Mart, IBM has announced new service and software offerings to help roll out the wireless tag-tracking technology. Wal-Mart is putting manufacturers u...
You are walking past a coffee shop one morning, your mobile phone beeps, and up pops a coupon for a free croissant. You are driving on the highway when your computer screen displays a message telling you that an accident has occurred 10 miles up the road, so you take an alternate route. Zealous vend...
An Internet-connected grid project of potentially millions of personal computers is being launched by a group of UK-based universities, weather services and software companies in an effort to predict global climate. As a collaboration of Oxford, the Open University, Met Office, the Rutherford Applet...
Coming to a notebook near you -- it's 3D display technology from Sharp. But industry observers say it is likely to be a slow start for the Mebius PC-RD3D notebook, which the electronics giant is planning to release in Japan next month and in the United States by the end of the year. Sharp said its 1...
Biometric security devices -- which authenticate a person's identity on the basis of physical characteristics, such as a fingerprint -- have been available in one form or another for 30 years. But biometrics technology for computer security might never achieve widespread use because of the predomina...
Leveraging new wireless network technology that will more than double data rates in mobile phones, Intel has developed a single-chip processor for the next generation of mobile networks, called Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). The chip, the Intel PXA800EF processor, is the industry's fi...
Mainstream computer users soon will see a lot of new developments -- thanks to the vision of haptics technology pioneers. Haptics technology, mainly developed to assist the blind when using computers, is bringing the sensation of touch to the Internet and the desktop, and enabling computer users at ...
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