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NEC PC's chills are multiplying

News PC noise is increasingly a concern as more powerful computers require stronger and often louder cooling systems. Your car has a water-cooled radiator, and now the latest desktop PC from NEC does too. The Japanese PC maker recently took the wraps...

22 August 2005, 9:41

News.blog: New iTunes software raising user ire

News The most common complaint appears to be a crackling or scratchy noise in tracks played in iTunes 7. Frustrated users have created several discussion threads on Apple's Web site to complain about problems with the latest version of iTunes.

15 September 2006, 9:14

P2P network opens for legit business

News But it was quickly interrupted by a burst of noise. Marco was in New York, showing off the technology behind the new iMesh peer-to-peer music service slated for release today. The software was supposed to identify and block virtually any...

25 October 2005, 9:48

Sony unveils new hi-def camcorder

News However, improved power consumption by CCDs (charged-couple devices) -- image sensors that convert analogue to digital off-chip and produce less visual noise -- have brought those kinds of assertions about CMOS chips up for debate.

8 September 2006, 10:29

HP to include Netscape browser on new PCs

News Opera Software is also making noise, announcing in September that it will strip the ads out of the free version of its browser. In a move that harks back to the browser wars, Hewlett-Packard plans to ship Netscape's Web browser on new consumer PCs...

4 October 2005, 10:14

Physicists re-create nature's best sound system

News Cricket hairs are fine-tuned to detect airflow with energies as small as -- or even below -- thermal noise levels, according to the research. Scientists have re-created the highly sensory hairs of crickets, a development that could lead to next...

23 June 2005, 9:25

Intel's mobile phone plans still on hold

News We didn't make a lot of noise about Hermon" in 2005, David Rogers, a marketing manager in Intel's handheld platforms group, said in an interview this week at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

10 March 2006, 10:10

News.blog: One man, four bad Xbox 360s

News Szarek said he was annoyed at a quote by Microsoft's Peter Moore, corporate vice president in charge of the games business," wrote Takahashi, "who told a magazine that complaints were the result of a few people on the Internet making noise.

2 May 2006, 9:29

Trust thy Internet neighbour

News As the noise level increases, more people will want a way to separate the wheat from the chaff by turning to friends or other trusted sources for information, industry executives believe. Do you trust the blogger next to you?

22 June 2005, 9:46

Photos: Cameras aplenty at Photokina

News Fujifilm says the S5 Pro has a shutter speed of 1/8000 second, five film simulation modes and two noise reduction features that will allow quality shooting up to ISO 3200. Photokina, the biennial German imaging trade show, is taking place this week...

26 September 2006, 10:07

Hitachi claims four terabyte drives for 2011

News Shrinking the heads increases electrical resistance, which in turn creates electrical noise and potential degradation in performance. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, the hard-drive arm of the Japanese conglomerate, has made what it says is the...

15 October 2007, 10:13

Photos: A2's flights of hypersonic fancy

News The engine is also intended to deliver good subsonic performance -- and just "moderate takeoff noise". Imagine having a late breakfast in Europe and then dinner in Australia, all in the same day. No time zone trickery involved.

Tags: engines, achieve, term, plane

7 February 2008, 9:36

Ten things not to do to your hard drive

News And a university professor appeared less than clever when he heard a squeaking noise from the drive of his new desktop and decided to open the case and spray in some WD-40. Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the...

17 November 2006, 10:23

Photos: A winner's preview of CES

News It also uses dual-mic noise-suppression technology for better listening and clearer talking. At an event in New York on Tuesday night, the Consumer Electronics Association announced its innovation and design award winners for the upcoming Consumer...

Tags: speech, hands, bluetooth, electronics

15 November 2007, 9:29

Photos: Futuristic home appliances

News The metal at the bottom of the sink contains a sound-dampening layer, so water that splatters off it, or a drippy faucet, won't make much noise. National, one of the subsidiaries of the Matsushita conglomerate, recently opened a technology centre...

10 October 2007, 10:11