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From the iPad to ID cards: 2010's quotes of the year

"You can love your robot but it's not going to love you back..." Read more

23 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Smart grids raise risk of cyberattack, says US expert

...and data acquisition (Scada) system. These Scada systems are based on 1960s-era technology and often perform relatively simple functions, such as turning a turbine... Read more

29 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Space exploration: The computers that power man's conquest of the stars

...second-hand computer market. One of the last relics of the Apollo-era technology still in use within mission control is the Nascom block communications... Read more

25 September, 2010 by Nick Heath

UK scientist researches IT hazards for EC

...end networking kit, or mercury in some lamps. Dr Paul Goodman of ERA Technology, which has been commissioned by the EC to assess the validity... Read more

13 October, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

US flights grounded by failure of '70s-era' tech

...at the FAA, officials said. One representative referred to Nadin as "'70s-era technology" that was bought from a third party and then maintained in... Read more

28 August, 2008 by Stefanie Olsen

Military spectrum eyes civvy street

...include research and development firms such as Qinetiq, Roke Manor Research and ERA Technology. Network equipment providers will be invited to join later in the... Read more

18 September, 2006 by David Meyer

Adobe looks to the future as Flash turns 10

Can 1990s-era technology for cute Web animations lead a new generation of cutting-edge... Read more

9 August, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

Report: Hands-free mobiles triple radiation risk

...reduce radiation. The Consumers' Association says that its research, carried out by ERA Technology and which included SAR tests, indicates that the DTI's missed... Read more

2 November, 2000 by Will Knight
TealInfoDB: Magic Eight Ball

TealInfoDB: Magic Eight Ball

...the yes/no ones, anyway) with this magical artifact of 70's era technology.; Submitted by TealPoint Software. View this folio document with TealInfo, the... Read more

5 March, 2002

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Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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