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  • Fake Intel chips sold in US

    Instead of a processor, he found a fake processor and a plastic mold of a heat sink and fan.The fake processor, sold as a standalone or "boxed" chip, came with an instruction manual comprised of blank pages.
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Marketplace • Fake • Counterfeit • Contact • Comment • Buyers

  • HTC updates Google Nexus One

    The optical joystick is touch free.The HTC Desire also adds FM radio, which the Nexus One lacks.Another difference to the two handsets is an updated version of HTC's Sense user interface (UI) on Desire.The new UI makes improvements on a number of…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Mobile • Sports • Social Networking • Smartphones • Screens • Android

  • Japanese invent printer that uses plastic paper

    Japanese invent printer that uses plastic paper John E. In a triumph of later thinking, a Japanese company has invented a deskside eco' printer that needs no ink or toner and instead relies on a new kind of re-usable paper.
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Printing • Printer • Paper • John Dunn • Invented • Ink

  • Cardiff top UK city for card crime

    Overall, plastic fraud of one sort or another has risen 6 percent in two years.The average victim is taken for £590 ($960) in each fraud, with one in six experiencing fraud exceeding £1,000. Bluntly, in the UK there are no independent statistics on…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: City • Survey • Bank • Cards • Account • Plastic

  • 22-inch Touchscreen iMac could be in pipeline

    If the rumours are correct, Apple may also be introducing a 10-inch touchscreen multimedia device at the end of this month.But it's not just Apple that is getting into the touchscreen game; tablet devices have been announced by a variety of…
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Jobs • Reader • Displays • China • Chinese • Touchscreen

  • Acer unveils green Timeline laptops

    Acer launched two new laptops on Friday labeled by the environmental group, Greenpeace, as being virtually free of two toxic substances, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFR).The Greenpeace-certified Acer Aspire 3811TZ and…
    15 January 2010
    Tags: Laptops • Acer • Cables • Fire • Electronics • Timeline

Latest Features

  • The best geek toys at the International Toy Fair

    There was something oddly mesmerizing, though vaguely creepy about seeing a little, plastic crab scurry when the lights turned on or when someone made a sound. The American International Toy Fair is one of the largest toy industry trade shows in…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Play • International • Games • Force • Controller • Console

  • Inside HP's first wind-powered data centre

    It is entirely air-cooled: HP has built eight 2.1-metre stainless steel and plastic intake fans to draw cool air.The air runs through a massive bank of modular filters to remove dust and other contaminants before it circulates in a massive cavity…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: North • Installing • Facility • Facilities • Data Centres • Air

  • Eight reasons ebook readers could fail

    Eight reasons ebook readers could fail Matt Hamblen Amazon, Sony and Plastic Logic could lose their deposits Feature Analysis firm MediaIdeas projects that only 5 million devices will be sold, despite the 40 different dedicated devices that will be…
    20 November 2009
    Tags: Dedicated • Readers • Smartphone • Smartphones • Stores • Android

  • Inside Nokia's mobile testing lab

    On a tour for journalists attending the International CTIA conference yesterday, Nokia engineers demonstrated sophisticated tests on many of its devices, including smartphones and more traditional cell phones.The engineers dropped, twisted…
    08 October 2009
    Tags: Cell • Labs • Pressure • Manufacturer • Mike • Dropped

  • Handle Apple iPhone disasters easily

    Its thin shape and slippery plastic shell is a disaster in the making. Earlier this year, reportedly faulty exploding iPhones in Europe caused a whole lot of finger pointing at Apple and its suppliers-but more often than not, iPhones get sent to…
    01 October 2009
    Tags: Cable • Force • Electrical • Module • Car • Damage

  • Mobile devices bring touch into the user equation

    This is the same thing that's used in many laptop touchpads, but it has now been applied in transparent form to touchscreens, and also under curved plastic surfaces.The latter means that it can be used to add controls to a device, says Robyn…
    28 March 2008
    Tags: Button • User Interface • Games • Bryan Betts • Las Vegas • Layout

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How-Tos

  • How to Clean and Care For Your iPhone

    Cracks in the Casing, Scratches on the GlassA common problem with the iPhone 3G: cracks would appear around the dock connector and headphone jack where the plastic is the thinnest. It's a wonder Apple sales folks aren't dressed up like storks when…
    14 August 2009
    Tags: Battery Life • Heat • Electrical • Holes • Safari • Car

  • The Tao of managing virtualised servers

    It all comes down to cost at the end of the day," says Chris Stucker, manager of systems, networks and services at Applied Extrusion Technology (AET), a maker of plastic films. When properly implemented and managed, virtualisation means cost…
    06 December 2007
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Hypervisor • Loads • Profiles • Canada • Cost Savings

  • Case Study: The wireless carnival comes to town

    The sprawling California State Fair is just about to close in Sacramento and Bil Lowry will has been watching a key part of it - the carnival midway operation - through a set of computer screens monitoring a Wi-Fi mesh network.The portable…
    03 September 2007
    Tags: Portable • Node • Handheld • Sale • Mesh • Inventory

  • Case Study: Protecting your data centre during power-outage season

    Peak 10's Biggs claimed that the amount of backorders at many manufacturers is so heavy that it would take a year for a generator ordered today to be delivered.Looking forward, underground power may slowly become more practical as the technology…
    05 January 2007
    Tags: Peak • Safety • Carry • Utilities • Cables • Storm

  • Case Study: Backup Everest with HP

    The equipment was transported to Kathmandu then to Lukla inside tough plastic storage boxes with foam inserts. The Backup Everest expedition used HP LTO and DAT tape products to backup digital pictures and bring them home to the UK.
    16 November 2006
    Tags: Base • Panels • Images • Cartridges • Tom • Ben

  • Case Study: Networking the volcano

    Now it was time to bring his mesh network out of the lab and into the line of fire.It's a jungle out thereFor the Reventador expedition, Welsh created a tiny, low-power sensor station that runs on ordinary D-cell batteries and fits into a plastic…
    10 July 2006
    Tags: Node • Event • Students • Mesh • Dropped • Nodes

Reviews

  • FlipVideo Flip MinoHD Chrome review

    For starters, the FlipVideo Flip MinoHD Chrome has a sleek new look, replacing the black plastic exterior with a shiny metal back. The FlipVideo Flip MinoHD Chrome is a high-definition camcorder that will slip into your pocket.
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Zoom • Hdmi • Footage • Flip • Clips • Chrome

  • Canon Pixma MP490 printer review

    The scanner lid is held in place by plastic connectors that are not firmly attached, so it clatters when lifted. The 100-sheet vertical input tray has a rickety plastic support panel that pops off too easily.
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Tray • Printer • Panel • Inexpensive • Colour • Cartridges

  • Toshiba Qosmio X305 review

    You also get a modem port (tucked away beneath a hard-to-open plastic port cover), a multiformat flash card reader, and built-in support for a wireless USB device. Toshiba's high-end Qosmio X305 has lots of style and even more power, but could…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Style • Resolution • Recognition • Rates • Frames • Frame

  • HP Mini 210 review

    Admittedly it can be a little difficult to remove and at times it feels like the plastic clips that hold the panel in place might snap, but if you're slow and careful they won't.The bottom panel of the HP Mini 210 doesn't have any vents and it is…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Toshiba • Screens • Modem • Keys • Disable • Atom

  • Acer Aspire 5740 review

    We also slipped past the scrolling strip, but the raised, plastic divider helped keep us oriented.The mouse button is also weak, with a single plastic rectangle mounted on a seesaw left- and right-click switch; it takes much more pressure to click…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Movie • Midrange • Dedicated • Buttons • Audience • Acer

  • HP EliteBook 8440W review

    While the body of the unit is mostly plastic, it's a dense, unyielding plastic that exudes ruggedness without seeming overbuilt. While the body of the unit is mostly plastic, it's a dense, unyielding plastic that exudes ruggedness without seeming…
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Robust • Plastic • Noise • Multimedia • Frame • Connector

White Papers

  • Packaging a 40-Gbps Serial Link Using a Wire-Bonded Plastic Ball Grid Array

    Packaging a 40-Gbps Serial Link Using a Wire-Bonded Plastic Ball Grid Array Amkor System-in-Package Design and Test whitepaper System in package provides highly integrated packaging with high-speed performance.
    19 April 2007
    Tags: Wire • Rates • Packages • Frequency • Signal • Links

  • Comparing Cluster Interconnects

    To better use resources such as plastics in a cell phone handset, for example, detailed simulations of the injection molding process are performed to understand how well the plastic will meet the flexibility and durability requirements of the…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Gigabit • Handset • Safety • Analysis • Element • Infiniband

  • Comparing Cluster Interconnects: LS-DYNA Performance Benchmarks over Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco InfiniBand

    To better use resources such as plastics in a cell phone handset, for example, detailed simulations of the injection molding process are performed to understand how well the plastic will meet the flexibility and durability requirements of the…
    28 February 2007
    Tags: Gigabit • Fabric • Safety • Analysis • Element • Infiniband

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