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Quantum tunneling results in record transistor performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling power consumption in mobile devices and large scale data centers is a pressing concern for the computer chip industry. Researchers from Penn State and epitaxial wafer maker IQE ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

WHO study suggests link between cell phones and tumors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Preliminary results of an International investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest there may be a "significantly increased risk" of some types of brain tumors after use of ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 17 weblog

Bias affects cell phone cancer risk findings

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of South Korean and American researchers has found studies of possible links between cell phones and brain tumors and other cancers vary in quality, and those suggesting there is little ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 5 weblog

Facebook smartphone could come by next year: report

Facebook hopes to release its own smartphone by next year, as the newly public social networking giant looks to boost its revenue in the mobile Internet market, the New York Times reported Monday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 8

New 3-D transistors promising future chips, lighter laptops

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Purdue and Harvard universities have created a new type of transistor made from a material that could replace silicon and have a 3-D structure instead of conventional flat computer chips.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Facebook, HTC building Android smartphone: report

Facebook has allied with Taiwan's HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Apple's iMessage texting service takes aim at wireless carriers

With its latest operating system update, Apple Inc. is poised to strike a blow to wireless carriers by making free texting more ubiquitous.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 10

While consoles slug it out, mobiles games zip in

The big three game console makers brought their latest kick-ass wares to the industry's annual get-together this week, but some question their future amid an explosion of super-nimble mobile gaming.

Technology / Software

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Japan iPhone craze attracts global app developers

(AP) -- The iPhone's popularity in Japan is cracking open an industry long thought inaccessible to outsiders.

Technology / Business

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robots get an artificial skin

Robots are breaking barriers: Long banished behind steel barriers, they are entering new fields of application such as the manufacturing, household and healthcare sectors. The requisite safety can be provided ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

GM Unveils Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V) Concept (w/ Video)

By 2030, urban areas will be home to more than 60 percent of the world's 8 billion people. This will put tremendous pressure on a public infrastructure that is already struggling to meet the growing demand ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

iPhone porn goes 3D

IPhone lovers can use their hot devices to view steamy adult videos in 3D.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Smartphones fuel Samsung profit to record

(AP) -- A surge in Galaxy smartphone sales fueled earnings at Samsung Electronics to a record high in the first quarter, usually a tough season for the global consumer electronics industry, outshining handset ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

EU probes five telecoms giants over possible collusion

EU anti-trust chiefs said Wednesday they have asked five European telecoms giants to answer concerns over possible industry collusion.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers combine mobile phone technology and microscopy

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an optical accessory that turns an ordinary camera phone into a high-resolution microscope. The device is accurate to one hundredth of a millimetre. Among those who will ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1