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Qualcomm plans 'universal' mobile TV chip
News The Universal Broadcast Modem should help the interoperability of mobile technologies, even though it doesn't support one of the most popular standards around [30 May 2006]
My friend, the robot
Q&A iRobot chief executive Colin Angle talks about the future of robotics, from home cleaning to health care [26 May 2006]
AMD: Vista does little for convergence
News Windows Vista includes features aimed at the living room, but AMD argues the industry is being held back by more than software [24 May 2006]
Photos: Inside IBM's Zurich research lab 
Photo The scanning tunnelling microscope is one of the Nobel prize-winning technical breakthroughs to come out of IBM's Zurich laboratory. ZDNet UK went to have a peek at what the lab is working on now, as it gears up to celebrate its 50th birthday [22 May 2006]
Samsung turns to mobile phone fuel cells
News Fuel cells have been one of the great undelivered IT promises in recent years, but this hasn't deterred Samsung from announcing plans to create mobile phones using the technology [18 May 2006]
Transparency 'crucial' for RFID systems
News Privacy concerns must be addressed if RFID is to avoid the kind of consumer backlash that greeted GM foods, the European Commission has heard [17 May 2006]
2010: The year of the techie
News Tech professionals will find it easier to climb the corporate ladder by the end of the decade – helped in part by more intelligent cars [17 May 2006]
Disabled and elderly excluded by new technology
News Charities claim many disabled and older people are still excluded from the information society, and have drawn up an 'e-Inclusion' charter to address the problem [15 May 2006]
Putting your brain on a microchip
Feature Despite false starts, cognitive computing research is finally bearing fruit, and billions of pounds of research is flowing in [12 May 2006]
IBM backs £54m supercomputer centre
News The research centre will reduce the size of transistors and other devices to only a few nanometres [12 May 2006]
Sony unveils UK PS3 pricing, availability
News E3: The console's technology is a huge step above the PS2, and that will show up in the retail price [09 May 2006]
Grand theft auto, the high-tech way
Feature It is becoming ever-easier for thieves to steal expensive vehicles by attacking their keyless ignition systems, but automakers don't seem to see the problem [08 May 2006]
Grid project hunts for bird flu cure
News A grid computing project originally designed for particle physicists has been loaned to an international effort against the H5N1 virus [05 May 2006]
RFID and tracking systems - the future of old age?
News Gadgets are replacing the support of an extended family for Europe's burgeoning elderly population [27 Apr 2006]
RFID industry set for Alien invasion
News Even if Alien Technologies' IPO falls flat, it may still prove a boon to the RFID market by encouraging other track-and-trace companies to go public, according to Gartner [24 Apr 2006]
Google boxes clever with enterprise search
News The OneBox will simplify the process of searching across many internal applications, from CRM to Exchange, as Google digs deeper into the business market [19 Apr 2006]
Paint-on lasers promise faster chip future
News Quantum engineering with a hairdryer may prove the solution to a chip problem that's still ten years away [19 Apr 2006]
E-Books: Getting there, slowly
Feature Does Sony's recent bookshop deal signal the beginning of the end for the paperback? [07 Apr 2006]
HP unveils developing-world experiments
News Those without access to technology are often the ones who would benefit most from it. HP has been showing off some ideas to help bridge that divide [07 Apr 2006]
Sitting in techie heaven
Q&A As the head of SRI, Curt Carlson has an unusually informed spot from which to predict the future [04 Apr 2006]
UK to get 100 teraflop supercomputer
News HECToR will help Britain's scientists to carry out simulations that require massive amounts of computing power [03 Apr 2006]
Photos: Sensor telemetry
Photo Accenture's research and development arm recently demonstrated some of its latest research into sensor technology to ZDNet UK [30 Mar 2006]
Artificial Intelligence: The edge of research and beyond
Feature Part 3: In the third and final part of a special report into AI, it's time to skirt the edges of science fact and examine where current research may eventually lead, if anywhere [29 Mar 2006]
Artificial Intelligence: DNA sequencers to dancing robots
Feature Part 2: In the second part of a three-part special report looking at the past, present and future of AI, we take a look at contemporary applications of the technology [28 Mar 2006]
Photos: Biometrics up close and personal
Photo Accenture believes biometrics are an 'intrinsic part of the future'. ZDNet UK visited the company's French labs to get a closer look at the identity technology [27 Mar 2006]
