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Article | 17/03/2009 Hacker Joe Grand gives tips to IT professionals at Boston's SOURCE conference

In his presentation Joe Grand first talked about how the security industry has evolved over the past few decades.

Article | 16/03/2009 A year after the DNS bug, Dan Kaminsky looks back

About a year ago Dan Kaminsky found a serious DNS bug that threatened the internet. It's been about 9 months since the patch came out and Kaminsky gav...

Article | 13/03/2009 Weekly Tech News Update: 13th March, 2009

The bathroom of the future tells you what pills to take, Woz does the cha-cha, students compete with homemade robots.

Article | 11/03/2009 Dell introduces rugged laptop

On Tuesday, Dell launched the Latitude E6400 XFR laptop which is designed to withstand drops, dust and high pressure water spray, however, the laptop ...

Article | 9/03/2009 Google's Tip Jar aggregates money-saving suggestions

Since many are penny pinching these days, Google has decided to pitch in. The company has launched a new experimental website called Tip Jar.

Article | 9/03/2009 MIT solar car to race across Australia

MIT's Electric Vehicle Team recently unveiled a solar powered car that they plan to race across Australia later this year.

Article | 9/03/2009 Weekly Tech News Update: 6th March, 2009

The Terminator takes Cebit by storm, a super-slim netbook PC, and a robot that makes the tea.

Article | 27/02/2009 Weekly Tech News Update: 27th Febuary, 2009

NASA's satellite fails, Microsoft demos a low power server and here's a car that can be turned on with an iPhone.

Article | 26/02/2009 Microsoft TechFest: Low-power data centers

Microsoft Research hopes to make data centers more efficient. They are testing a prototype data center that runs off of low-power processors.

Article | 26/02/2009 Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX dialog system for in-car infotainment

At TechFest 2009 Microsoft Research is showing off many projects in development. One of them is an in-car infotainment technology called Commute UX.

Article | 18/02/2009 MIT guitar combines acoustics and electronics

A prototype guitar built by US student Amit Zoran combines the natural acoustics of wood with the power of electronic processing

Article | 13/02/2009 Weekly Tech News Update: 13th Febuary, 2009

A guitar from MIT combines acoustics and electronics, ebay tightens rules on selling weapons, and Amazon unveils a new Kindle.

Article | 12/02/2009 IBM, Juniper join in cloud strategy

New IBM management software can give IT managers a clearer view into both private clouds within an enterprise and public ones that are available by su...

Article | 12/02/2009 Amazon unveils Kindle 2

Amazon unveiled an updated version of its wireless e-reader that boasts a new design, updated display and more storage among other features.

Article | 6/02/2009 Weekly Tech News Update: 6th Febuary, 2009

Lenovo is stung by losses, Google introduces tracking software and an update Google Earth, Apple's iPhone readies for launch in the Middle East