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The sun's solar flares put on astral show

The sun's solar flares put on astral show

...to reach its maximum period of activity in 2013. Pictured above, shifting magnetic field lines arc high above the sun between 23 and 27 February... Read more

6 May, 2011 by Staff
Fujitsu develops wireless charging devices

Fujitsu develops wireless charging devices

...An example from Fujitsu's wireless charging computer model shows how magnetic resonance changes when the position of the three small receiving coils are... Read more

4 October, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

Heat promises to speed up hard-disk data storage

...and efficiently, through a technique that uses heat rather than an external magnetic field. A single pico laser pulse switches magnetic state, scientists have demonstrated... Read more

8 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Voyager probes find space forever blowing bubbles

...s aging Voyager spacecraft may have encountered what scientists believe are huge magnetic bubbles churning at the interface between the sun's influence and interstellar... Read more

10 June, 2011 by William Harwood

Samsung develops app to map user location

...Samsung is working on an app that uses the Earth's magnetic field to detect a person's smartphone or tablet's exact location... Read more

23 February, 2011 by Flora Graham

Cern scientists trap antimatter

...time, scientists have managed to produce antimatter atoms and trap them using magnetic fields, the world's premier particle physics laboratory announced in a statement... Read more

18 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Fujitsu readies wireless charging tech for 2012

...Laboratories has been investigating a technique proposed in 2006 that's called magnetic resonance. It uses a coil of wire and an electronic component called... Read more

14 September, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

IBM stores one bit of data using 12 atoms

...currently needed. Image credit: IBM The technique could pave the way for magnetic storage that is ultra-small or ultra-dense, and devices could hold... Read more

13 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

Endeavour launches with particle physics payload

...in orbit, Endeavour will deploy its payload, the 7.5-ton Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). Using a massive magnet to bend the trajectories of high... Read more

17 May, 2011 by William Harwood
CES: Qualcomm strikes wireless charger deal

CES: Qualcomm strikes wireless charger deal

...CES 2011 in Las Vegas. WiPower uses a method called near-field magnetic resonance technology. "We are extremely excited with the prospect of working closely... Read more

7 January, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Magnetic carbon? Mind bending graphene strikes again

...took two approaches: either they studded the graphene lattice with another non-magnetic material, such as fluorine, or they knocked out some of the carbon... Read more

11 January, 2012

Nobel prize winner waves magnetic wand over graphene

...in the journal Science, describes how the researchers applied a relatively weak magnetic field to graphene, inducing a flow of spins perpendicular to electric current... Read more

15 April, 2011

Graphene lines up vacancies for a magnetic moment

...his team have shown that vacancies in the graphene lattice have a magnetic moment. These magnetic moments disrupt the conductivity of graphene, especially at low... Read more

13 April, 2011

Directing magnetic molecules for quantum computing fun and profit

...layer of SMMs on to gold, and retain the molecule'™s magnetic character. According to the Royal Society of Chemistry, Roberta Sessoli and colleagues... Read more

29 October, 2010
Elliptic Cylinder with Slotted Antenna Coated with <endeca_term>Magnetic</endeca_term> Metamaterials

Elliptic Cylinder with Slotted Antenna Coated with Magnetic Metamaterials

The radiation properties of an axially slotted elliptic antenna coated with magnetic metamaterials are investigated. The fields inside and outside the dielectric coating are... Read more

16 April, 2011

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

13 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

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

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