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How to make graphene

How to make graphene

...former relies on manipulating temperatures and pressures to deposit carbon onto a copper or nickel substrate, typically from methane or C2H2 gas. Various combinations have... Read more

8 June, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff
BT chases cable thieves with RABIT

BT chases cable thieves with RABIT

...as it seeks to crack down on thieves trying to steal valuable copper. Image credit: BT The 'RABIT' technology monitors signals on broadband and telephone... Read more

26 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Police and BT target cable thieves

...The Metropolitan Police has launched a unit to tackle copper cable theft following a spate of robberies that have caused telecommunications and... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

BT's copper broadband upgrade now hitting 2.5 million extra homes and businesses

...cent of UK premises by 2013... BT is upgrading more of its copper broadband estatePhoto: Shandchem BT is upgrading its copper infrastructure, extending the reach... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

BT to extend reach of 20Mbps broadband

...has set a new target for its rollout of up-to-20Mbps copper-based broadband, saying on Monday that it will offer such services to... Read more

4 April, 2011 by Ben Woods

Kroes attacks Dutch net-neutrality rules

Europe's digital agenda chief has criticised the Netherlands for passing legislation to protect net neutrality, saying it is too early for lawmakers to take sides on the issue Read more

3 October, 2011 by David Meyer

Ofcom aims for lower real-term broadband prices

...s recognition that it needs a fair rate of return on its copper and fibre-based network investments, but "would question some of the underlying... Read more

1 April, 2011 by David Meyer

Small telcos call for end to 'copper gravy train

...are still charging them too much in wholesale fees for their legacy copper networks. The companies, which are members of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association... Read more

21 May, 2012

Copper not dead for super-fast broadband, says BT

...The UK could squeeze extra speed out of its copper broadband network rather than depending on full fibre-to-the-premises connectivity... Read more

11 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

North Lincs village hit by BT copper cable theft

Hundreds of meters of copper cable were stolen in the North Lincolnshire village of Winteringham earlier this... Read more

24 September, 2010

Want batteries fit for the Grid? Just add copper

...farms or solar arrays. Lab tests showed that an electrode made with copper nano particles was capable of maintaining 80 per cent of its original... Read more

28 November, 2011

Graphene ribbons to replace copper on chips

...in all its two-dimensional glory is giving the evil eye to copper. According to an announcement from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graphene is a promising... Read more

20 November, 2011

BT takes forensic approach to copper theft

...save on the "millions" it said it loses each year due to copper theft. The telecoms company is starting a national trial of the forensic... Read more

26 July, 2010 by Jack Clark
Demo Abstract: Human-CoAP Interaction With <endeca_term>Copper</endeca_term>

Demo Abstract: Human-CoAP Interaction With Copper

The authors introduce 'Copper,' a generic browser for the Internet of Things based on the Constrained... Read more

2 June, 2011
Southwire Proof Positive <endeca_term>Copper</endeca_term> 1.0

Southwire Proof Positive Copper 1.0

Southwires Proof Positive Copper app helps to track your stolen wire. After Proof Positive Copper has... Read more

19 April, 2012

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

13 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

14 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

15 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

19 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

19 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

22 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

22 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

23 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

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

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything