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Smartphone battery life could dramatically improve with new invention

A new "subconscious mode" for smartphones and other WiFi-enabled mobile devices could extend battery life by as much as 54 percent for users on the busiest networks.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Hitachi today announced that it is now shipping the world's first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3




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Japan inches towards restarting nuclear reactors

Japan on Wednesday inched closer to re-starting idle nuclear reactors, just weeks after the last one was switched off amid public disquiet following the disaster at Fukushima.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 23

AMD's Trinity is out to rattle Intel's Ivy Bridge

(Phys.org) -- AMD has announced Trinity, its second-generation A-Series accelerated processing units (APUs), which are out to rival Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors. AMD’s Trinity is an update to its ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Measuring CO2 to fight global warming: Scientists develop way to enforce future greenhouse gas treaty

If the world's nations ever sign a treaty to limit emissions of climate-warming carbon dioxide gas, there may be a way to help verify compliance: a new method developed by scientists from the University of ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

SDSC's Trestles supercomputer speeds clean energy research

A team of Harvard University researchers has been allocated time on the Trestles supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego to perform computational calculations ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Save big on heating, cooling costs with efficiency controls

U.S. commercial building owners could save an average of 38 percent on their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful of energy efficiency controls that make their heating, ventilation and air ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

India to start work on stalled nuclear plant

The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Monday gave the green light for work to start on a massive nuclear power station stalled for months amid protests over safety concerns, a report said.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

80% in Japan 'support nuclear phase-out'

Eighty percent of Japanese want to phase out the country's reliance on nuclear power and eventually eliminate it, a poll said Sunday, a year after Japan was hit by a massive nuclear disaster.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Tracking pedestrians indoors using their smart phones

The next generation of smart phone could combine the data from its gyroscopes with a built-in compass to allow you to track your movements when indoors even without GPS. Such a system could be useful for shopping mall managers, ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

AMD balances Radeon deck of graphics cards

(PhysOrg.com) -- Semiconductor company AMD has taken its story of having developed next-generation GPU technology offering a "gorgeous, stunning, breathtaking visual experience" for more elite, serious gamers ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Computational sprinting pushes smartphones till they're tired

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computational sprinting is a groundbreaking new approach to smartphone power and cooling that could give users dramatic, brief bursts of computing capability to improve current applications ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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