Notebook PCs have become an almost must-have item for many people who prefer using them both indoors and outdoors instead of having both a desktop PC at home and a laptop PC. Many state-of-the-art notebook models were showcased by the ...

University of Melbourne scientists have managed to create nanometer-sized diamonds, by shooting carbon atoms into glass and the heating the glass. The diamonds’ properties may help in creating quantum computers capable of performing parallel computing tasks that cannot be carried ...

European researchers are working on what they call a “tangible acoustic interface”, which will allow users to convert virtually any tangible objects such as table tops, walls, and windows, into interactive surfaces. The advantage of these new techniques is that ...

The Swiss Wizkid is a part computer, part robot ‘kid’ with a desire to learn. With a flexible neck, it sets its ‘eyes’ on you and turns to watch and interact with you wherever you go. Wizkid requires neither mouse ...

Designer Sung-kyu Nam has built a new concept product, combining the desktop table with the personal computer. Nam named his creation DesCom, a combination of the words ‘desk’ and ‘computer’. Samsung hopes to manufacture the DesCom. Most designers’ concept products ...

If scientific research programs were movies, computers would always be cast as the sidekick: essential to the plot’s progress, but always serving the main character’s goals and motivations. Created by scientists and engineers, computers labor tirelessly to perform all the ...

MobileDemand, an Iowa based Company specializing in rugged Tablet PCs, recently announced the launching of the xTablet T8700. Specially designed for mobile workforces, this shock-resistant rugged computer can sustain 4″ of rain per hour, 40psi for 10 minutes on all ...

DeviceVM, a Silicon Valley based startup company, has developed a new product that circumvents Windows’ long boot-up time. When integrated with common computer hardware, this tiny piece of software lets users choose between Windows and Splashtop, a faster, simpler operating ...

SanDisk recently unveiled the flash based Vaulter Disk – a device that enables faster launching and loading of software on laptops and on personal computers. SanDisk envisions the Vaulter as a unique data storage solution, a compromise between the full ...

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been developing (and licensing) two novel technologies that may help bring to the market affordable graphic reading systems for the blind and visually impaired. The two systems bring electronic images ...