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Dell: Dump The Floppy
News The company on Tuesday began offering the USB Memory Key, a small, removable storage device. While Dell won't remove floppy drives on all of its notebooks, the launch of the new device represents another small step toward the eventual retirement of...
[October 30, 2002, 11:56]
Soundbug Turns Flat Surfaces Into Speakers
News It may be more famous for making typewriters, but Olympia has just revealed what some observers are calling one of the sexiest gadgets of this year's CeBIT -- a small device that can turn pretty much any flat surface into a soundboard.
[March 14, 2002, 12:25]
Nuggets: Fuji's Identity Crisis
News You might expect that packing all this technology into so small a device would make the Finepix a harrowing bundle of complexity, but it doesn't. A combined digital camera and MP3 player that can also record digital video, the Fujifilm Finepix 40i...
[December 15, 2000, 12:50]
Photos: Steorn's Free-energy Device Hits London
News The demonstration device, called Orbo, is the small Perspex wheel mounted inside the large Perspex box. The device is small and set back from the window, making detailed photography difficult. Irish company Steorn claims to have invented a device...
[July 5, 2007, 14:39]
Clockwork Mobile Phone Charger Is No Wind-up
News The device will allow mobile users to use their phone even if the battery has run flat. Freeplay, the company that designed the device, claims that turning the crank for 30 seconds will generate enough power for a six-minute phone call.
[September 6, 2001, 14:26]
Netgear Slashes NAS Cost To £75
News The toaster-shaped device, which holds two IDE drives and supports logical drives that can be mirrored or spread between the two, is available for preordering from Expansys. The device comes with bundled software for Windows that includes wizards...
[September 15, 2005, 13:40]
Ethernet Security Leak Discovered
News The report from @stake, "EtherLeak: Ethernet frame padding information leakage," indicates that the threat derives from the fact that some Ethernet device drivers have been padding small Ethernet packets with previously transmitted and other...
[January 27, 2003, 12:03]
Look Who's Joining Linux Bandwagon
News There are only a handful of companies making Linux server appliances, but analysts believe this sort of device has the potential to become an entry-level Internet access, e-mail and file server for millions of small businesses -- that is, if the...
[November 3, 1999, 8:21]
Will Oyster Follow Octopus?
News NTT DoCoMo's mobile transactions are enabled by Sony's FeliCa chip, a small device that can be read by a wireless scanner when it comes into close proximity with it. The credit card-like device is charged up with credit - online, over the counter...
[August 8, 2005, 18:40]
Microscopic Motion Sensor Developed
News Small disturbances captured by the device create "relatively big" changes in the reflected pattern of the light, making motion detectable, according to Sandia. The device, which is still in its experimental stages, will allow the naked eye to...
[October 4, 2004, 14:20]
BlackBerry Gets Slimmer
News RIM has focused on size as a way to get consumers and small businesses to take on the device. We've had a lot of kudos for the thumbwheel, but it makes the device thicker," said Conlee. The device will be available from "most" European carriers in...
[September 7, 2006, 8:15]
A Year Ago: Behind Palm's New Network
News Experienced buyers of portable IT equipment know that three qualities must be balanced to create an acceptable compromise: The device must be forgettably small and lightweight, conveniently long-lived between battery replacements or recharging...
[January 15, 2000, 6:00]
Via Demonstrates Tablet PC
News The tablet is Via's version of a device that Microsoft has been promoting for the mass market in recent months, driven by Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Via's device uses Microsoft's "digital ink" system for entering data via a 10.4-inch touch...
[May 8, 2002, 17:31]
UK Firm Sells Mouse Adapter For Shaky Hands
News After deeming the device non-commercial, IBM licensed it to niche electronics company Montrose Secam, which will now sell it for £65. The device plugs between a mouse and computer, and filters signals to remove erratic movements such as those...
[March 15, 2005, 12:10]
Intel: Mini-internet For Mobiles Will 'disappear'
News The simple reason for this, again, is the unsatisfactory experience of browsing on a small device, he said. Although the mobile phone is generally acknowledged as the device upon which people in emerging markets will access the internet for the...
[April 2, 2008, 9:11]
Behind Palm's New Network
News Experienced buyers of portable IT equipment know that three qualities must be balanced to create an acceptable compromise: The device must be forgettably small and lightweight, conveniently long-lived between battery replacements or recharging...
[January 15, 1999, 6:06]
Chinese Firm Unveils Mobile Wristphone
News There is a small 256-color STN colour display on the device, which also has a removable 300,000 pixel camera that can rotate 180 degrees vertically. The retail price of the device on cellular enthusiast Web site 139shop.com is $1,158 (£723).
[August 13, 2003, 13:25]
Ballmer: Make Computing Easier
News Ballmer in the course of his presentation touched on initiatives designed to make PCs simpler, a new Windows Server appliance device for networking small offices and an update on the company's Windows 98 strategy.
[April 8, 1999, 9:33]
NetScreen And Trend Micro Launch First Joint Product
News Network security device maker NetScreen and antivirus company Trend Micro announced on Monday that they had teamed up to release a single security appliance under both their brand names. The device -- sold as the NetScreen 5-GT and as the Trend...
[November 11, 2003, 11:25]
Microsoft Betting On The Tablet PC
News The Tablet PC is a portable screen-based device, likely to be about the size of a legal-size pad of paper. The Tablet PC has been under development in Microsoft Research for some time, but sources said Microsoft does not have device manufacturers...
[November 7, 2000, 7:30]
