Sharon Gaudin - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Sharon Gaudin

Article | 13/11/2007 Intel's transistor redesign ushers in 'new era'

To make the jump from 65 nanometer to 45 nanometer processor technology, Intel redesigned the transistor, an advancement that one analyst said will us...

Article | 10/11/2007 Is a flying car about to take off?

It might sound like a scene straight out of the Jetsons, but a Massachusetts company is developing a small airplane that can land, fold up its wings a...

Article | 10/11/2007 AMD charged with exposing worker to hazardous chemicals

A former employee has sued Advanced Micro Devices for allegedly exposing her to chemicals that caused severe birth defects in her son.

Article | 9/11/2007 Analysts: Sony's backing off 32nm chip research a smart move

If Sony is pulling out of plans to do 32-nanometer chip research, it's a smart move for a company plagued by financial troubles and it won't affect th...

Article | 8/11/2007 MIT reinvents the wheel with foldable, stackable car

Ever wish you could drive around the city but not worry about parking?

Article | 7/11/2007 Former US DOD employee pleads guilty to defrauding government

A one-time civilian employee with the US Department of Defense (DOD) pleaded guilty to conspiring in a scheme that defrauded the government of US$700,...

Article | 7/11/2007 Robocar race winner: Aging drivers may get self-guided autos

In the not-too-distant future, aging baby boomers may have self-guided vehicles to drive them around when they get too old to get behind the wheel the...

Article | 7/11/2007 Researchers use nanotube to build world's tiniest radio

Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have built the world's smallest radio out of single carbon nanotube one ten-thousandth the width...

Article | 6/11/2007 Carnegie Mellon's robocar navigates big win

A robot racing team from Carnegie Mellon University beat out a rival from Stanford University over the weekend to win DARPA's Urban Challenge, a 60-mi...

Article | 5/11/2007 AMD shakes up list of top 10 semiconductor makers

For the first time, Advanced Micro Devices made the top 10 list of worldwide chip suppliers because of strong semiconductor sales in the third quarter...

Article | 2/11/2007 Green500 list ranks most energy-efficient supercomputers

The world's top supercomputers may be performance powerhouses, but they're also energy hogs, often using enough power to light up a small city.

Article | 2/11/2007 DARPA brings robotic race cars to city streets for US$2M prize

The US government is hoping that a 60-mile race among up to 20 driverless, self-guided vehicles will yield technological advances that can save lives ...

Article | 2/11/2007 Researcher: Nanotech will replace disk drives in 10 years

Nanotechnology will replace magnetic disk drives in iPods, laptops and servers within five to 10 years, making them more durable, lighter and faster.

Article | 1/11/2007 Researcher: Humans will love, marry robots by 2050

An artificial intelligence researcher predicts that robotics will make such dramatic advances in the coming years that humans will be marrying robots ...

Article | 1/11/2007 Intel's new 45nm Penryn plant goes green

Intel has gone to 'green' extremes to make its brand-new 45-nanometer chip manufacturing plant environmentally friendly.