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Intel shows off ultra-fast silicon optical network

By building ultra-fast laser circuits into standard silicon circuits, Intel says it can revolutionise affordable data communications across IT... Read more

27 July, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Entangled LED shines light on quantum computing

A twist in standard LED technology creates a vital component for quantum computing, although practical circuits... Read more

4 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
IBM spins nanotubes, wire and graphene

IBM spins nanotubes, wire and graphene

...at 200° C.The combination of high-quality graphene transistors built into standard 8-inch wafers through standard production processes "is a major step in... Read more

8 December, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

...approved modem from the early 1980s that packed just about every contemporary standard into one box. It was nevertheless quite a simple design, based on... Read more

2 May, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Acorns land at Bletchley Park

Acorns land at Bletchley Park

...in November that year in order to sell it. Built on two standard Eurocard-sized boards, the System 1 had a 1MHz 6502 processor, 1... Read more

25 April, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Oracle vs Google: One claim that should not stand

Oracle claims that Google appropriated the Java API fror Android and that money is due. That's not the way the law has worked in the past, nor how it should in the future Read more

19 April, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins
Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

Dennis Ritchie, father of Unix and C, dies

As one of the founders of modern computing, Dennis Ritchie's contributions to software are legendary within the industry, yet deserve to be known to all Read more

13 October, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
A tour of the UK's Vintage Computer Festival

A tour of the UK's Vintage Computer Festival

...to have as many interfaces as possible and built to a high standard by Acorn Computers, it has survived in large numbers, is beloved by... Read more

22 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
DEC's 40 years of innovation

DEC's 40 years of innovation

...around one million instructions a second, making one VAX MIPS an industry standard benchmark metric. The VAX range, which was in production until the early... Read more

12 February, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
CES: BlackBerry PlayBook tablet hands-on

CES: BlackBerry PlayBook tablet hands-on

One of the standard features of the PlayBook is the photo gallery. The tablet form factor... Read more

7 January, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Building the perfect enterprise storage cloud

Building the perfect enterprise storage cloud

...storage are surprising: here, the specialist solution is giving way to the standard, and the benefits of highly tuned, thoroughbred architectures pall in comparison with... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
Inside Intel's 50Gbps silicon optics

Inside Intel's 50Gbps silicon optics

...at bottom right, and optical receiver, at top left, connected by a standard fibre. The transmitter chip is the long silver device behind the connector... Read more

27 July, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Neul sets date for white-space network's arrival

...year, once regulatory approval is available, the network will become commercial." Open standard Neul and around 50 other companies are developing an open standard through... Read more

25 April, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins
Meet Android's patron saint: The IBM PC

Meet Android's patron saint: The IBM PC

One of Android's besetting sins is fragmentation, creating an uncertain market and confused users. At least, that's the argument: as history demonstrates, the truth is rather different Read more

6 April, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

Four-strong team builds digital TV revolution

Proving that small independent teams can produce top-quality consumer design, Ascot-based Promise TV has come up with a clever way to record Freeview. But it faces a familiar barrier: how to sell it? Read more

25 March, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

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