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Xerox demonstrates reusable paper Video icon

Video At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Xerox shows off a disappearing-ink technology that enables people to reuse a piece of paper [10 Apr 2008]


British scientists create atom-thick transistor

News A team from the University of Manchester has managed to carve an electronic circuit out of graphene, a very thin carbon structure with huge implications for nanotechnology [21 Apr 2008]

Gartner: Seven IT challenges to change the world

News From self-charging devices to full gesture and speech recognition, analysts have mapped out the key tech challenges that could revolutionise business over the next 20 years [15 Apr 2008]

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The best video from CeBIT 2008

The best video from CeBIT 2008

Roundup CeBIT's 30-plus exhibition halls were packed with technology this year; we capture the best of it on video, from software controlled by brainwaves to a robot based on the same AI engine that drove the fight scenes in Lord of the Rings [07 Mar 2008]


Control software with brainwave patterns Video icon

Control software with brainwave patterns

Video University of Bremen researchers demonstrate technology that reads brainwaves to control software [07 Mar 2008]


Biometrics technology that can read emotions Video icon

Biometrics technology that can read emotions

Video The Fraunhofer Institute's intelligent-systems manager gives a demonstration of technology that can read a face and gauge whether a person is happy, sad, or angry [07 Mar 2008]


Thumbs-up for Windows Media Player Video icon

Thumbs-up for Windows Media Player

Video At CeBIT, Dr Frank Klefenz from the Fraunhofer Institute demonstrates how finger gesture filmed on a webcam can control Windows Media Player [07 Mar 2008]


Using telematics to manage a fleet of cars Video icon

Using telematics to manage a fleet of cars

Video At CeBIT, German firm IAV explains how it uses telematics to monitor the health of vehicles in a car fleet and help identify recurring problems, as well as tune engines on the go and communicate with emergency services [06 Mar 2008]


The Linux-based car's next challenge Video icon

The Linux-based car's next challenge

Video Caroline is not just any old VW Passat; it has seven PCs monitoring its environment, making decisions and controlling it. Researcher Jörn Martern Wille talks about the tech and explains where it's headed [06 Mar 2008]


Zeno: The robot based on Lord of the Rings AI Video icon

Zeno: The robot based on Lord of the Rings AI

Video Hanson Robotics's Zeno robot may be a toy, but its sophisticated artificial intelligence is far from child's play [06 Mar 2008]


The Linux car that drives itself Camera icon

The Linux car that drives itself

Photos At the CeBIT 2008 technology show in Hanover, ZDNet.co.uk took a look inside Darpa Grand Challenge finalist Caroline — a car that doesn't need a driver [05 Mar 2008]


The best of CeBIT 2008: Day one

The best of CeBIT 2008: Day one

Roundup Europe's biggest IT show has already seen a keynote from Steve Ballmer and an update to the innovative Asus Eee PC [05 Mar 2008]


Cryogenics chilled systems at CeBIT Camera icon

Cryogenics chilled systems at CeBIT

Photos Amid the talk of green and power-efficient computing at CeBIT this year, in some cases it is all about faster and cooler — and in one instance, that involves liquid nitrogen [04 Mar 2008]


Portable tech on show at CeBIT Camera icon

Portable tech on show at CeBIT

Photos New hardware on show at CeBIT this year includes a Windows version of a low-power laptop and a notebook designed for airtravel [04 Mar 2008]


CeBIT: Europe's biggest IT show opens

News CeBIT 2008 kicks off this week in Hanover, Germany, and will include new exhibitions around green technology [03 Mar 2008]

Europe launches £2bn nanotech push

News A well-funded partnership between European governments, the EU, industry and academia will set up its offices in Brussels within months [26 Feb 2008]

Biometrics touted as key to stress-free flights

News Catching a plane will one day be as easy as Tube or train travel today, according to a leading border security expert [22 Feb 2008]

On the floor at Macworld 2008 Camera icon

On the floor at Macworld 2008

Photos Apple chief Steve Jobs unveiled the ultraportable MacBook Air at the expo, while attendees enjoyed a range of Mac-related technology and gadgets [17 Jan 2008]


Elderly to benefit from 'fuzzy logic' research

News De Montfort University and Missouri University are teaming up to improve quality of life for the elderly with a computational intelligence project [04 Jan 2008]

Auditors criticise EC over technology funding

News The European Court of Auditors has taken the Commission to task over its evaluation of technology research programmes from 1995 to 2013 [20 Dec 2007]

Intel Capital reveals prime tech for investment

News The chipmaker's investment arm has highlighted the five hottest technologies venture capitalists are looking to invest in [19 Dec 2007]

Tomorrow's tech at Microsoft Innovation Day Camera icon

Tomorrow's tech at Microsoft Innovation Day

Photos A mirror that monitors blood pressure and a movement-reactive floor were among the emerging tech on display at the fourth Microsoft Innovation Day [06 Dec 2007]


Experts highlight six key technologies to watch

News The Council for Science and Technology has recommended certain technologies that should be in line for additional government funding [05 Dec 2007]

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Tech design with the future in mind

Tech design with the future in mind

Q&A Don Norman, human-computer interaction expert and author, shares his insights into what designers and developers are doing right, what they're overlooking, and what the tech future may hold [27 Nov 2007]


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Citrix launch faster web delivery cont...

Citrix has given something of a boost to the performance of its web application delivery controllers with the addition of two NetScaler MPX controllers. The 17000 and 15000 slot in... More

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IPv6 hype suggests real problems

IPv6 is getting the kind of support that, in my experience, usually goes with a failed standard. ICANN is trying to scare us into adopting it, saying that "the people using new... More

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3G iPhone confirmed, for Italy at leas...

Over at David Manners' blog, there's confirmation -- if it were really needed -- that the 3G iPhone is launching next month, in Italy at least. Manners is one of the world's most... More

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America, your IT future is waiting

America, your IT future is waiting

Rupert Goodwins Americans think Europe's not much cop at IT, but great in green thinking. Europe's real strength is evolving more

How the net-neutrality debate crossed the pond

How the net-neutrality debate crossed the pond

David Meyer The net-neutrality debate has finally hit the UK. It is well worth having, but advocates need to pick the right fight more

Why Apple's iPhone is like a 1981 IBM PC

Why Apple's iPhone is like a 1981 IBM PC

Rupert Goodwins The iPhone is inching towards the enterprise. So why has Apple limited it so badly? more

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