Wednesday, September 10, 2014

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Researchers exploit UHF spectrum

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 03:39 AM PDT

Knightly, Anand and GuerraBoffins at Rice University said they have discovered how to effectively use the unused UHF TV spectrum, creating streams of data over wireless hotspots that could operate for miles.

Edward Knightly, professor at the Rice department of electrical and computer engineering, said: "The holy grail of wireless communications is to go both fast and far.  more»

Scientists crystallise light

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 03:27 AM PDT

Princeton University crystallised lightPrinceton University scientists have locked together photos and created crystallised light.

The reason for the scientists doing this somewhat unusual thing is because they're aiming at developing room temperature superconductors.

Hakan Tureci, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, said: "We are interested in exploring – and ultimately controlling and directing – the flow of energy at the atomic level. more»

Microsoft about to buy Minecraft outfit

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 02:22 AM PDT

showposter_1354981054Software giant Microsoft is close to inking a deal to buy Mojang the Swedish company behind the  ”Minecraft” video game.

It is believed that Microsoft will have to write a $2 billion cheque for the company and everything could be announced as early as this week. more»

iWatch will not save Apple or kill the Swiss

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 02:04 AM PDT

POPE-SWISSGUARD/WOMENThe Tame Apple Press was somewhat muted this morning as to whether the iWatch will provide the sort of technology which proves that Jobs' Mob "still has it".

Sure there were the usual free press releases in which the Tame Apple Press outdid itself.  more»

Western Digital fills drives with helium

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 01:46 AM PDT

helium-ballong-flygWestern Digital’s HGST subsidiary has added 8TB and 10TB hard drives to its HelioSeal product line.

These drives are hermetically seals in helium in order to reduce internal drive friction and power use and make your drives sound like Mickey Mouse. more»

NHS doctors try to extract Ellison’s backbone

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 01:29 AM PDT

skeletonsThe NHS has purged the Oracle backbone from a national patient database system and recommended a course of Open Sauc NoSQL running on an open-source stack instead.

Dubbed Spine2, the new Ellison free backbone has gone live on x86 hardware.  Spine is the NHS's main secure patient database and messaging platform.  more»

US telcos claim that 10Gps is “too fast” for broadband

Posted: 10 Sep 2014 01:07 AM PDT

the-tortoise-and-the-hareShowing that they are at the cutting edge of technology profits, the US telcos have told regulators that 10Gps is too fast for broadband.

They have asked the Federal Communications Commission not to change its definition of broadband from 4Mbps to 10Mbps.  more»

Scientists develop malware tool

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 07:59 AM PDT

Malware, Wikimedia CommonsA team of researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) claims to have developed a tool to analyse numbers of apps to trace the origin and family of malware.

Guillermo Suarez de Tangil, a researcher at the computer science department at the university, said malware can be in smartphones and even in washing machines. more»

Smartphones to aid Parkinson’s victims

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 07:41 AM PDT

smartphones-genericA team of software developers at Aston University have designed tech that will help doctors diagnose Parkinson's disease.

According to the BBC, it is hard for doctors to be sure of a diagnosis without being able to monitor their speech and movements over a period of time. more»

Google squeezed by Europe again

Posted: 09 Sep 2014 06:55 AM PDT

330ogleGoogle is facing further pressure from the European Commission over its dominance of the search market.

EC competion czar Joaquin Almunia said that the organisation is likely to take a look into its Android mobile operating system as well as its dominance in the mobile market. more»

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