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WWF picks environmentally friendlier PC
WWF Germany will work with Fujitsu (Profile, Products, Articles) Siemens (Profile, Products, Articles) Computers GmbH to raise awareness of ways to reduce pollution from the production and disposal of IT equipment, they announced at a news conference at Cebit Friday.
The two came together when WWF Germany began searching for replacement PCs for its staff of 120. The environmental group set strict environmental specifications for the new machines: including low noise levels, low lead content and low energy consumption. The PCs also had to meet the requirements of the German "Blue Angel" environmental labeling plan and be free from brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Researchers have identified some BFRs as endocrine disruptors, meaning that they can interfere with hormonal mechanisms in the human body.
When WWF Germany settled on Fujitsu Siemens' Green PC, the company agreed to donate the machines free of charge as an expression of its support for the organization's aims.
Posted by rshah on March 19, 2005| Comments (0)
Hardware security sneaks into PCs
From CNet:
Largely a footnote in 2004, the technology is set to take off this year, with the top 3 PC makers shipping laptops and desktops equipped with hardware security. Dell, the last holdout, announced that it had added the security technology to its latest line of notebooks on Feb. 1. In 2005, more than 20 million computers will ship with the trusted platform module, up from 8 million in 2004, according to estimates from research firm IDC.
The technology locks specialized encryption keys in a data vault--essentially a chip on the computer's motherboard. Computers with the feature can wall off data, secure communications and identify systems belonging to the company or to business partners. That means companies can improve the security of access to corporate data, even when the PC is not connected to a network.
Posted by rshah on March 16, 2005| Comments (1)
Hardware security sneaks into PCs
From CNet:
Largely a footnote in 2004, the technology is set to take off this year, with the top 3 PC makers shipping laptops and desktops equipped with hardware security. Dell, the last holdout, announced that it had added the security technology to its latest line of notebooks on Feb. 1. In 2005, more than 20 million computers will ship with the trusted platform module, up from 8 million in 2004, according to estimates from research firm IDC.
The technology locks specialized encryption keys in a data vault--essentially a chip on the computer's motherboard. Computers with the feature can wall off data, secure communications and identify systems belonging to the company or to business partners. That means companies can improve the security of access to corporate data, even when the PC is not connected to a network.
Posted by rshah on March 16, 2005| Comments (0)
Simputer: Not a common's man device anymore
Simputer: Not a common's man device anymore
Nearly five years after a resolution on the Simputer was passed, the product is yet to be freely available. Two companies, PicoPeta Simputers and Encore Technologies, have been given the licenses to produce the Simputer. They compete with each other and have products that look different.
Posted by rshah on September 17, 2003| Comments (0)
Firms offer software to prevent PC theft
Firms offer software to prevent PC theft
Every time a computer outfitted with TheftGuard connects to the Internet, it pings the TheftGuard site. A computer-theft victim can register the machine at the site.
Posted by rshah on May 28, 2003| Comments (0)
Guitar maker preps digital network platform
Guitar maker preps digital network platform
Gibson engineers who have been working almost three years to craft Magic Ñ a custom digital network technology based on Ethernet Ñ that Gibson will build into future guitars, amps, speakers and other gear.
Posted by rshah on January 27, 2003| Comments (0)
why simputer? why not?
why simputer? why not?
The global launch of the Simputer is marked more by scepticism than hope and hype. Ironically, when the news about the Simputer first broke a couple of years ago, it was heralded with much excitement. The media hype raised hopes of development organisations that have been working to bring the benefits of ICTs to disadvantaged communities.
Posted by rshah on January 12, 2003| Comments (0)
The F.C.C. Has Voted: A Digital Tuner for Every TV
The F.C.C. Has Voted: A Digital Tuner for Every TV
Complaining that market forces alone had not assured the transition to digital television, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3 to 1 today to require television manufacturers to include digital tuners in almost every television sold.
Posted by rshah on September 11, 2002| Comments (0)
Chip Maker Takes Issue With a Test for Speed
Chip Maker Takes Issue With a Test for Speed
The controversy escalated this month when Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 maker of microprocessor chips, accused an industry consortium of altering a standard performance test to favor A.M.D.'s chief rival, the Intel Corporation. Comparisons of the performance of microprocessors have been controversial for decades, with critics arguing that it is possible to affect an outcome by changing the software used to measure performance, or simply altering what is being measured.
Posted by rshah on August 27, 2002| Comments (0)
IBM furthers self-governing server work
IBM furthers self-governing server work
IBM has begun a new phase of its work to decrease corporate reliance on expensive computer administrators, with plans to release software later this year that balances work across many computers. Big Blue is demonstrating a second phase in its eLiza plan to build autonomic computers that can anticipate and recover from problems without human intervention.
Posted by rshah on May 02, 2002| Comments (0)
Simputer for the masses set for takeoff
Simputer for the masses set for takeoff
A low-cost handheld computer developed by seven Indian engineers to take the Internet to rural masses will start rolling out in May, the head of a firm pioneering the project said.
Posted by rshah on March 07, 2002| Comments (0)
Euro bank notes to embed RFID chips by 2005
Euro bank notes to embed RFID chips by 2005
The European Central Bank is working with technology partners on a hush-hush project to embed radio frequency identification tags into the very fibers of euro bank notes by 2005, EE Times has learned. Intended to foil counterfeiters, the project is developing as Europe prepares for a massive changeover to the euro, and would create an instant mass market for RFID chips, which have long sought profitable application.
Posted by rshah on January 06, 2002| Comments (0)
Electronic Paper
Electronic Paper
Scientific American has an article on the status of various efforts to create electronic paper. It seems that things haven't progressed that much over the past year or two.
Posted by rshah on October 15, 2001| Comments (0)
Technology taking new twists with rackets
Technology taking new twists with rackets
One racket coming out next week by Head has a circuit board in the handle. Batteries are not required. The racket, part of the companyÕs Intelligence Series, is made with something called Piezoelectric Material, which transforms the mechanical energy created from the ballÕs impact into an electrical response that stiffen the racket for ultimate power, Maus said.
Posted by rshah on October 05, 2001| Comments (0)
The Next Brainiacs
The Next Brainiacs
Kennedy, who invented the subcranial cortical implant used in these operations, wanted to create a device that could acquire a signal from inside the brain - a signal robust enough to travel through wires and manipulate objects in the physical world. Making this happen involved creating new access points for the brain, in addition to the natural ones (defunct in Ray's case) that produce muscle motion.
Posted by rshah on August 29, 2001| Comments (0)
High-tech baseball pitching machine
High-tech baseball pitching machine
Two mechanical engineers have gotten together and created what may be the perfect pitching machine. Using an eight-axis industrial robot, it has the ability to throw practically any pitch within the strike zone. Custom-built software enables you to choose the type of pitch by pointing at a touch-screen, setting the speed, location, handedness, as well as fastball, curveball, slider, ... There's also a database of 2500 preset pitches in a database.
Posted by rshah on July 11, 2001| Comments (0)
Hitachi in the money with tiny chip?
Hitachi in the money with tiny chip?
Hitachi has developed a chip that could be woven into paper money and could also have wide ramifications for identification and surveillance technologies. The chip, called Mew, measures just 0.4mm on a side and stores information such as identification and security codes. Mew includes 128 bits of read-only memory (ROM) and RF wireless circuitry that allows it to transmit over a distance of about 12 inches.
Posted by rshah on July 04, 2001| Comments (0)
Simputer: India to Compute on the Cheap
Simputer: India to Compute on the Cheap
Indian computer scientists have invented a "simple inexpensive mobile computer," or "Simputer," that may revolutionize the ability of Indians to benefit from the information technology revolution.
Posted by rshah on June 28, 2001| Comments (0)
New IBM monitor is detail-oriented
New IBM monitor is detail-oriented
IBM plans to launch a monitor that can display images in far greater detail than current screens do. The T220, which offers more than 9 million pixels on a 22.2-inch screen, will give people the ability to view large amounts of data in detail, according to IBM. In fact, the company said, the T220 displays 12 times more detail than current monitors.
Posted by rshah on June 26, 2001| Comments (0)
Phoenix BIOS Phones Home?
Phoenix BIOS Phones Home?
This BIOS contains the PhoenixNet Internet Launch System, when activated the first time a user launches a PhoenixNet-enabled PC with a Windows 98 Operating System. When the PhoenixNet ILS detects an Internet connection, it makes contact with the PhoenixNet server and delivers user-selectable services, such as hotlinks on the desktop and in the web browser or, as applications that PhoenixNet automatically packages, downloads and installs.
Posted by rshah on June 20, 2001| Comments (0)
The Hot New Medium: Paper
The Hot New Medium: Paper
Anoto, the company FŒhraeus launched a year and a half ago in Sweden: a network that can transform millions of sheets of paper into a new front end for the Internet. By the end of this year, Ericsson will bring to market a pudgy-looking ballpoint called the Chatpen. It will allow you to send email and faxes directly on paper, with no personal computer or wireless tablet in sight. You'll be able to jot these messages down on business cards, legal pads, or company letterhead.
Posted by rshah on June 03, 2001| Comments (0)
No Gadget Safe From Home-Style Hacks
No Gadget Safe From Home-Style Hacks
Every new gadget seems to generate a sort of hobbyist underground, a collection of people who want to disassemble its hardware and decode its software. Some find new uses for the gadgets, while others look for ways to tweak or reprogram operating systems, or soup them up with more power, just as family cars of earlier generations, the gadgets of their day, were turned into hot rods.
Posted by rshah on May 03, 2001| Comments (0)
Laptops that Self Destruct
Laptops that Self Destruct
To combat this spate of missing-in-action machines, the Defense Ministry plans to outfit their absent-minded workers with secret-agent-style briefcases that protect national secrets by automatically destroying the contents of lost laptops' hard drives.
Posted by rshah on April 27, 2001| Comments (0)
3D Web surfing gets a CPU boost
3D Web surfing gets a CPU boost
Spurring this change are Macromedia and Intel, which on Tuesday announced the latest versions of the Director Shockwave authoring software and the related multimedia player. "The focus was to get someone to go out and upgrade to a Pentium 4," Benoit said. "We wanted to create new and compelling content that wasn't out there and that would cause people to make a decision to upgrade their processors."
Posted by rshah on April 10, 2001| Comments (0)
Recorders to Let You Tame TV
Recorders to Let You Tame TV
Story on Tivo at NYTimes
Posted by rshah on April 05, 2001| Comments (0)
Sun finds glitch in new UltraSparc III chip
Sun finds glitch in new UltraSparc III chip
Sun Microsystems has found a problem with its new UltraSparc III processor, and fixing it will cause system performance to drop by about 5 percent for some customers, the company said Wednesday.
Posted by rshah on April 05, 2001| Comments (0)
Firmware updates issues: RAM not recognized
Firmware updates issues: RAM not recognized
My PowerBook is now missing 128mg of RAM that was running fine until firmware 'upgrade' - Apple 'Support' says that 3rd party memory (i.e. not Apple) is/may not work with firmware 4.1.8 and users should contact memory vendors regarding problem. Apple will NOT help or assist in restoring prior firmware, see also Cnet
Posted by rshah on March 28, 2001| Comments (0)
Penium IV Design Flaws
Penium IV Design Flaws
Chip-heads say flaws in the Pentium 4 prove the high-tech giant is sacrificing engineering principles for marketing goals.
Posted by rshah on March 02, 2001| Comments (0)
Overclockers
Overclockers
Tom Leufkens has outfitted his PC with a rejiggered aquarium pump and a gadget once used to carry automotive power-steering fluid. He has even experimented with a special PC case equipped with a small refrigerator compressor.
Posted by rshah on March 01, 2001| Comments (0)
3Com Modem Carries Electronic Wallet
3Com Modem Carries Electronic Wallet
3Com (COMS) is set to release a package it is billing as an "e-commerce modem," because it includes software that speeds the payment process in online transactions.
Posted by rshah on February 09, 2001| Comments (0)
Modifying the Playstation 2 with a new microchip
Modifying the Playstation 2 with a new microchip
Posted by rshah on February 08, 2001| Comments (0)
Open-source processors
Open-source processors
See also Slashdot
Posted by rshah on February 07, 2001| Comments (0)
DirecTV Can Disable HDTV Reception Remotely
DirecTV Can Disable HDTV Reception Remotely
DirecTV has made all the DirecTV HDTV set-top box makers install a circuit that allows DirecTV to turn off the box's HDTV abilities at will, forcing the viewer to revert to the box's standard definition 480i output. This previously undisclosed circuit is called Copy Generation Management System (CGMS).
Posted by rshah on January 24, 2001| Comments (0)
A World Divided Into Two-Way-Pager Camps
A World Divided Into Two-Way-Pager Camps
Story about the Motorola pager versus Blackberry from the NY Times
Posted by rshah on January 17, 2001| Comments (0)
From Rambus to DDR:Memory Explained
From Rambus to DDR:Memory Explained
See also Slashdot
Posted by rshah on November 28, 2000| Comments (0)
Top Ten Intel Slipups
Top Ten Intel Slipups
Intel's Top 10 Sneakiest Moves & Screwups of all time!
Posted by rshah on November 22, 2000| Comments (0)
Sun's Servers
Sun's Servers
Sun Microsystems' servers have been crashing for more than a year. Sun has kept the flaw secret--and hasn't yet fixed it.
Posted by rshah on November 21, 2000| Comments (0)
Intel Sneaks In Software-Upgrade Feature BIOS "Back-Door" May Avoid Future Hiccups
Intel Sneaks In Software-Upgrade Feature BIOS "Back-Door" May Avoid Future Hiccups
Posted by rshah on October 24, 2000| Comments (0)
New Singer Sewing Machine Uses ... Game Boy
New Singer Sewing Machine Uses ... Game Boy
Posted by rshah on October 19, 2000| Comments (0)
Speech recognition system on a Smart card
Speech recognition system on a Smart card
See also BBC
Posted by rshah on September 26, 2000| Comments (0)
Cracking the CueCat barcode scanner
Cracking the CueCat barcode scanner
Posted by rshah on September 19, 2000| Comments (0)
Japanese dentist develops electronic tooth to identify denture owner
Japanese dentist develops electronic tooth to identify denture owner
Posted by rshah on September 19, 2000| Comments (0)
DigiScents
DigiScents
Adding smells to cyberspace
Posted by rshah on September 19, 2000| Comments (0)
Wired Bike
Wired Bike
They've wired a bicycle (pix here) with a local microLAN of web-addressable sensors including temperature sensors, addressable switches, A/D converters, iButtons, and chips to manage battery functions, see also Slashdot
Posted by rshah on September 11, 2000| Comments (0)
Physics of the Ultimate Laptop
Physics of the Ultimate Laptop
Posted by rshah on September 11, 2000| Comments (0)
Microchip helps paraplegic walk
Microchip helps paraplegic walk
Posted by rshah on September 08, 2000| Comments (0)
Intel Recalls 1.13 GHz Pentiums
Intel Recalls 1.13 GHz Pentiums
Posted by rshah on August 29, 2000| Comments (0)
Computer of 2010
Computer of 2010
a prediction
Posted by rshah on August 25, 2000| Comments (0)
Pentium 4
Pentium 4
Its new architecture called "NetBurst" is designed to handle tasks--such as data encryption, video compression or napster-like peer-to-peer networking
Posted by rshah on August 23, 2000| Comments (0)
Armed Robotic Guard
Posted by rshah on August 18, 2000| Comments (0)
Smart Ship
Smart Ship
the Navy Aegis cruiser USS Yorktown, and the potential problems with relying on NT
Posted by rshah on August 11, 2000| Comments (0)
Smart Cameras to control traffic
Smart Cameras to control traffic
Posted by rshah on August 09, 2000| Comments (0)
Ok to Hack TIVO
Ok to Hack TIVO
See also, Slashdot
Posted by rshah on August 07, 2000| Comments (0)
Digital Paper Display Technology
Digital Paper Display Technology
Posted by rshah on August 01, 2000| Comments (0)
AMD Stops Overclockers dream motherboard
AMD Stops Overclockers dream motherboard
Posted by rshah on July 11, 2000| Comments (0)
United pulls the plug on laptops
United pulls the plug on laptops
Escalating safety concerns about the systems that power passengers' laptop computers on aircraft have prompted United Airlines to shut off all such devices on its Boeing 777 jets and American Airlines to step up inspections and launch a fleetwide rewiring effort.
Posted by rshah on July 01, 2000| Comments (0)
Smart cards everywhere in Europe
Smart cards everywhere in Europe
But no smart cards in the US
Posted by rshah on June 29, 2000| Comments (0)
Norpak
Norpak
Develop television-based data transmission systems and interactive on-line information systems
Posted by rshah on June 29, 2000| Comments (0)
Holographic Storage
Holographic Storage
See also http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/26/228244&mode=nested
Posted by rshah on June 29, 2000| Comments (0)
Closed Captioning FAQ
Posted by rshah on June 29, 2000| Comments (0)
MP3s via gas pumps
MP3s via gas pumps
Marconi, the electronics group, is developing a range of petrol pumps which will allow motorists to download music from the internet to digital players in their cars as they fill up on the forecourt.
Posted by rshah on June 25, 2000| Comments (0)
Remote Sex Device
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Robotics
Robotics
Virtual Surgery
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Security
Security
Security on a PC Chip IBM PC 300PL
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Mouse
Mouse
Microsoft Mouse Frees Lefties
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Intel Goes for Display Encryption
Intel Goes for Display Encryption
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Linux And The PowerPC Architecture
Linux And The PowerPC Architecture
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Monitors
Monitors
Making Monitors Pass the Screen Test Slashdot
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Encryption
Encryption
Physical-layer Ethernet Encryption
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Smells
Smells
Smell coming to computers for around $200
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Bug in Pentium III
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
DVDs That Self-Destruct
DVDs That Self-Destruct
or CDs that Self Destruct
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Upgradability
Upgradability
Apple's recent line of Power Mac G3s can't be upgraded to Motorola's new G4 chip, and according to hardware manufacturers, the engineering was intentional.
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
PC Noise
PC Noise
If Apple can make an almost silent iMac, why can't other computer makers turn off the white noise?
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Anti-Counterfeiting
Anti-Counterfeiting
in color printers, see also Privacy Forum
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Wireless Keyboard... Without The Keyboard
Wireless Keyboard... Without The Keyboard
Virtual keyboard that allows you to glue 10 tiny chips to your fingernails and type away anywhere
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
Netpliance
Netpliance
Hacking the Netappliance, NY Times
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)
V-Chip
Posted by rshah on June 24, 2000| Comments (0)