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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]


Tech visionary foresees mobile-phone revolution

News At a RIM conference, inventor Ray Kurzweil predicted the changes coming to mobile phones, from speech-translation engines to hovering virtual displays [12:39 BST]

Livescribe demos Java-fuelled smartpen Video icon

Livescribe demos Java-fuelled smartpen

Video The Java-capable Pulse Smartpen records audio as the user takes handwritten notes, synchs up the sound with the writing and translates languages instantly [15 May 2008]


Who's the UK's IT Community Hero of the Year?

News Entries are now open for the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2008, with a new category recognising achievements benefiting the IT community [30 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]

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Heron's not so hardy after all

Is Ubuntu's Hardy Heron resting on its laurels? Ubuntu 8.04LTS - for Long Term Support - was widely expected to continue the platform's long, steady march towards impeccable reliability... More

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Privacy International director launche...

Simon Davies, who has been involved with campaigning on privacy issues for a number of years, is launching a privacy consultancy firm called 80/20. Half of all profits will be donated... More

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Google soft-launches translated search

For all the easy mockery that automatic translation services can inspire, they are nonetheless much better than nothing. However, they are generally a fairly unidirectional affair -... More

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Qualcomm's UK spectrum is too big for pocket TV

Qualcomm's UK spectrum is too big for pocket TV

Rupert Goodwins The company has bought 40MHz of UK spectrum, but hasn't said what for. Using it for MediaFLO would ruin the bargain of the century more

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

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Tablet trouble

We've had Dell's Latitude XT convertible tablet at ZDNet Towers for a couple of days, and been impressed with its sleek brushed aluminium finish, near-ThinkPad-quality keyboard, integrated HSPDA,...

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Upload your own avatars to ZDNet Community

OK, its a pretty small piece of functionality, but we've just added a feature to allow you to upload your own avatars to ZDNet. When you're logged in and go to you profile page you'll see a 'change...

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Did you see the traffic cones on the site last night? Apologies to anyone who tried to post a comment or find an article — ZDNet UK had some downtime so that the Ops team could move our co-location...

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