News tagged with electronic hardware

NPD: October video game sales rise 1 percent

(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 1 percent to $1.08 billion in October, helped by sales of "Battlefield 3," market researcher NPD Group said Friday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NPD: US retail video game sales fell in September

(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories dipped 4 percent to $1.13 billion in September, according to market researcher NPD Group. Sales of the games themselves grew somewhat, but this was ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research initiative to enhance integrity of integrated circuits

A consortium of hardware security experts from four major universities around the country has received a $1.2 million federal grant to conduct wide-ranging research aimed at enhancing the integrity of integrated circuits ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fingerprint makes chips counterfeit-proof

Product counterfeiters are increasingly targeting chips and electronic components, with attacks on hardware modules becoming commonplace. Tailor-made security technology utilizes a component‘s individual ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

OnLive takes videogames into the Internet 'cloud'

OnLive took videogames into the "cloud" on Thursday with the US launch of a service that hosts hot titles as services on the Internet, eliminating the need for consoles.

Technology / Software

created Jun 18, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New radiation therapy promises relief for overheating laptops

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin, but these advances do not come without a cost.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Recession casts shadow over video game conference

(AP) -- The video game industry is holding up, but the gloom of the recession will be on the minds of thousands of people at this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, a key event for video game ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Information superhighway’s trash yields a super highway asphalt

Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways, researchers in China are ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0