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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]

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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]

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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]


Virtual worlds driving move to e-payments

News Gartner believes the rise of virtual worlds and the costs of processing cash are both contributing to the future use of e-currencies [26 Nov 2007]

Tech foresees future of London travel Camera icon

Tech foresees future of London travel

Photos The London Transport Museum is using interactive and virtual tech to let visitors experience what transport will be like in the future [23 Nov 2007]


Floating computers fight climate change Camera icon

Floating computers fight climate change

Photos The Met Office is taking part in a global programme to monitor the world's oceans to improve understanding of how they influence climate change [23 Nov 2007]


EC launches green tech push

News The European Commission is to encourage more research and create business opportunities around low-carbon technologies [23 Nov 2007]

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Mobiles to get motion-charged batteries

News A US firm has created a battery for mobile devices which is charged through everyday movement [22 Nov 2007]

MoD marches tech plans forward

News The Ministry of Defence has unveiled its Defence Technology Plan, providing a roadmap of objectives for the R&D community [16 Nov 2007]

Satellite 'sentinels' to help fight climate change

News The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security project will monitor different climate elements in Europe from space [13 Nov 2007]

Cash faces extinction as e-payments emerge

News Analysts predict virtual currencies could herald the first payment revolution since the move to paper money [12 Nov 2007]

Google scientist to demo quantum computer

Google scientist to demo quantum computer

News Dr Hartmut Neven is to participate in a demo by start-up D-Wave Systems of a device claimed to be the first practical quantum computer [09 Nov 2007]

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Robot meets robot in 'Darpa city' race Camera icon

Robot meets robot in 'Darpa city' race

Photos The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency raised the green flag on Saturday on 11 driverless cars to manoeuvre through a 60-mile course in Oro Grande, California [06 Nov 2007]


Make Cisco $1bn and win a job

News The I-Prize competition aims to find a new IP-based technology, with the winners likely to be offered a position in the company [31 Oct 2007]

Accenture's king of blue-sky thinking

Accenture's king of blue-sky thinking

Q&A Research director Martin Illsley discusses how utility companies could use Flickr to cut costs and how Evel Knievel relates to strategic technology planning [30 Oct 2007]


Gates reflects on the future of tech Video icon

Gates reflects on the future of tech

Video Voice and touch recognition will become pervasive, transforming the office environment, says Microsoft chairman Bill Gates [19 Oct 2007]

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Gates still has unfinished business

Gates still has unfinished business

News Boosting adoption of voice-control and multitouch tech are among the items on the agenda of Microsoft's chairman, even as he moves closer to a part-time role [18 Oct 2007]


Mobile check-in set to go global by 2010

News The International Air Transport Association has announced a new standard for check-in with mobile phones using 2D barcodes [15 Oct 2007]