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Emotional machines - Do we want them?
News Yes, we have the library in Java, COM and C++/C packages for game machines; and it can be tailored for custom hardware, such as, warning systems or even house hold appliances like "Smart Fridges". It can apparently be used to quite convincingly...
[June 21, 2002, 9:36]
Intelligent machines threaten humankind
News Science fiction has portrayed machines capable of thinking and acting for themselves with a mixture of anticipation and dread, but what was once the realm of fiction has now become the subject of serious debate for researchers and writers.
[January 23, 2001, 13:12]
Europe to have 14m SIM-toting machines by 2009
News More than 14 million machines will be hooked up to mobile networks in Europe by the end of the year, according to a Swedish analyst firm. Berg Insight estimates 14.1 million machines, such as smart electricity meters and vehicle-tracking systems...
[October 27, 2008, 16:35]
Apple: Rumours of a $300 price cut on G4 machines
News Less than 48 hours after news broke that Apple would sell customers G4 machines equipped with slower processors than ordered with no price change, the company seems to be buckling, albeit reluctantly.
[October 15, 1999, 10:35]
HP licenses inkjet tech for dialysis machines
News HP's printer division has struck a licensing deal with a maker of home dialysis machines. The deal with Home Dialysis Plus (HD+) will see HP's inkjet technology used to mix water and concentrated dialysate, a mixture of chemicals used to extract...
[October 17, 2008, 16:42]
Magnificent MEMS and the micro-machines
News Some of the major themes include microfluidics, or small machines that can test biological samples, and films or surfaces with sensory capabilities. Nanotechnology -- the science of making devices with features measuring less than 100 nanometres...
[February 25, 2003, 10:58]
Win XP - now available in slot machines
News Microsoft launched on Wednesday a version of its Windows XP operating system for devices such as automated teller machines, cash registers and slot machines. As previously reported, Windows XP Embedded offers hardware makers the opportunity to pick...
[November 29, 2001, 8:26]
Y2K bug strikes early for credit-card machines
News Thousands of shops have reported problems with credit-card machines that have apparently malfunctioned when attempting to recognise the year 2000, causing chaos in the January sales. Many shops have resorted to using archaic credit-card machines...
[December 29, 1999, 14:54]
Investigation launched into e-voting machines
News As voters in California go to the polls, the state is launching an investigation into alleged illegal tampering with electronic voting machines in a San Francisco Bay Area county. The voting machine fracas involves Diebold Election Systems, whose...
[November 5, 2003, 11:25]
Unpatched machines 'Net's biggest threat'
News People are finding a way to gain access to control a machine, or group of machines, through a variety of ways, and to then use those computers to spam or steal. Unpatched computers continue to represent the IT world's biggest security problem...
[April 26, 2005, 10:10]
Kazaa a 'blight on users' machines'
News Kazaa a 'blight on users machines' Sharman Network's CTO has admitted, in an internal memo, that Kazaa will noticeably slow down users machines and affect other activities The document said the adware "slows down users' machines and can affect...
[February 4, 2005, 10:35]
Tiny and Dell offer UK's first 1GHz Intel machines
News Details of when it will be possible to order and take delivery of 1GHz machines are, however, unclear. The take-up of these machines is, however, unlikely to be particularly high as these extremely high-cost and high-power computers will appeal...
[March 24, 2000, 9:52]
Getting real results from virtual machines
News VMware's software lets an x86 computer be divided into separate virtual machines, each with its own copy of an operating system. The company started with workstations, enabling programmers to simulate the interaction of several machines or debug...
[October 21, 2005, 14:35]
Trials begin for phone-operated vending machines
News The service will allow i-mode users to purchase soft drinks from custom-designed vending machines without the need for cash, in effect charging the payment through to the i-mode billing system. Coca-Cola Japan operates about one million of Japan's...
[August 8, 2001, 17:02]
Talking to machines via mind control
News At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the chipmaker's Justin Rattner talks to Emotiv Systems president Tan Le about new interface technologies that are making humans more like machines. In a demonstration for conference attendees, Le shows...
[August 26, 2008, 12:46]
Gateway finds flaw with 1GHz Thunderbird machines
News Gateway says the problem, which causes machines to freeze up, is limited to a small percentage of its computers. Gateway has however ceased shipping 1GHz Athlon machines using the Thunderbird processor.
[July 4, 2000, 14:49]
Apple allows Leopard virtual machines
News The Apple licensing agreement had specifically stated that it was breaking the agreement if a user ran multiple versions of the server version of Leopard on a single machine, which ruled out users being able to run multiple virtual machines.
[November 1, 2007, 15:15]
Enabling machines to reason like humans
News A goal in AI is not so much to make machines be like humans, having human intellectual capabilities, but to have the equivalent of human intellectual capabilities, correct? The summer rendezvous in the Connecticut River Valley town of Hanover, New...
[July 5, 2006, 16:00]
Smart signs and digital slot machines at IDF
News At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, executive vice president Sean Maloney demonstrates some new embedded technologies. He shows off a new digital billboard and virtual slot machine that can be remotely managed and reprogrammed on the fly...
[September 24, 2009, 15:31]
Siemens introduces talking therapy for sick machines
News Diagnosing faults in machinery may become as simple as talking to it, according to Siemens researchers at the company's Princeton, New Jersey labs -- and the same technology may extend to our daily lives.
[January 25, 2002, 13:20]
