material

Solar energy firms get big-money boost

News We believe this could be used as a material for zero-energy homes," said Billy Stanbery, CEO of HelioVolt. Embedding the material into building supplies effectively hides the energy-harvesting technology.

21 June 2005, 9:21

MPs seek to ban violent online porn

News Home Office Minister Paul Goggins said in a statement: "We are proposing to strengthen the criminal law in respect of possession of a limited category of extreme material featuring adults. The intention is to reduce the demand for such material and...

31 August 2005, 9:27

Global piracy purge nets 200 PCs

News The Justice Department estimated that the seized copyright material was worth $50m (£28.2m). Members of such groups may distribute material to "select clientele" over secure servers, and those files eventually end up on an Internet Relay Chat...

23 April 2004, 7:30

New screen tech fuses oil with water

News In electrowetting, each pixel cell contains a small amount of dyed oil and water and a layer of a material that can be converted from hydrophobic (water repelling) to hydrophilic by applying electricity.

20 April 2006, 9:14

Why Google hired Vint Cerf

News If it's in an emergency, suppose there's been a release of toxic material and the wind is blowing. In a broad-ranging interview with CNET.co.uk's sister site News.com on 28 July, Cerf -- the man who co-developed the basic communications protocol of...

12 September 2005, 9:12

British Library plans to archive whole UK Web

News Richard Boulderstone, director of e-strategy at the British Library, said that all types of material will be collected including "informal material" such as discussion forums. The British Library will not censor the material because it does not...

24 June 2004, 14:00

Three UK arrests in global piracy crackdown

News We were struck by the sheer quantity of material across all media, from business software to Sony PlayStation," said a NHTCU spokesperson. Members of such groups may distribute material to "select clientele" over secure servers, and those files...

23 April 2004, 11:45

EMI talks with YouTube to combat piracy

News It's our hope that those commercial relationships will help us remove infringing material that someone uploaded and we're not being compensated for," Ryan said during a panel discussion about online entertainment.

15 June 2006, 8:50

Recently playing on Google: The Simpsons

News The company's terms of service clearly state that anyone uploading content to the search tool must have the rights to distribute the video and that copyright material is barred without the express consent of the copyright holder.

1 July 2005, 10:14

Printable semiconductors move a step closer

News Manufacturers would want to control dust, but the material would not require the sort of clean-room atmosphere chips are now produced in. Just as important, it could greatly expand the range of objects that connect to the Internet, because...

19 April 2004, 10:35

Set-top box boasts P2P content at push of button

News The fact that the LamaBox is designed to access networks where copyrighted material is routinely shared raises legal issues. But a LamaBox representative denied any wrongdoing and said the device only makes such material accessible, much in the...

Tags: television, material, linux, peer

1 December 2005, 8:52

Australian body calls for mod-chip legalisation

News Britton said the proposal behoved authorities to address a raft of issues surrounding consumers' fair use of copyright material, including that of mod chips, which are currently outlawed in Australia.

21 June 2004, 9:00

Nanobots make themselves into models

News A layer containing the actuators would be laid down in a silicon wafer and then the material that would form the skeleton of the sphere would be applied on top of it. The material would change shape under software control.

2 October 2006, 9:30

Scientist pitches adhesive Spider-Man suit

News A replication of the characteristics of the gecko or spider feet would enable the development of a self-cleaning, superadhesive and releasable hierarchical material and, with the conjunction of large invisible cables, of a preliminary Spider-Man...

30 April 2007, 9:19

Sharman continues file-sharing evidence fight

News The last time we were in court his honour said that we must have access to the material by the 14 May, and they have not obliged us with access," said Speck. We can't see any other reason why they are so vigorously avoiding giving us access to any...

12 May 2004, 9:50