tech

Dell offers remote control tech support

News DellConnect has already been used by Dell in the US where, it says, 95 per cent of customers say that the system makes solving tech problems easier. Taking over someone else's computer remotely and making changes to their system is traditionally...

22 September 2006, 9:18

Sundance gives tech supporting role

News It's an integral part of other festival offerings, many of which are sponsored by high-tech companies, including Adobe, Hewlett-Packard and Intel. It's the filmmakers who will play the starring roles at the annual Sundance Film Festival, the 10-day...

19 January 2006, 10:25

IDC predicts new dawn for tech

News Spending on information technology will rise by 5 percent worldwide this year, IDC says, in the latest sign of optimism for tech-industry prospects. The forecast is similar to a recent estimate from Forrester Research, which raised its projection...

1 April 2004, 8:20

Ref-helping tech not ready for World Cup

News But despite promising recent technology tests, this year's World Cup in Germany still lacks any high-tech help that might settle questions of contested goals or other controversial calls. This scepticism doesn't mean that football's powers-that-be...

20 June 2006, 10:31

Talk to your car with new tech

News Certainly, for car navigation systems voice tech has been around for years, as it has for call centres. In development for roughly three years, VoiceBox's technology differs from established voice tech on the market because it allows people to...

24 January 2006, 10:31

New 'bonkers' tech tax changes

News Taper relief was a "fantastic scheme" though it was introduced five years too late -- just after the tech bubble burst, said Bennet. Technology professionals have reacted angrily to tax changes announced this week by chancellor of the exchequer...

15 October 2007, 9:48

Camera phones to get search tech

News If there's an economic reason to do it, it will happen," said Aaron Bobick, chairman of the interactive and intelligence computing division in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech university. By early next year, cartons of milk sold by a...

23 November 2005, 9:54

Devices help the blind cross the tech divide

News Besides Microsoft, other well-known tech companies are also working on assistive technology. Jerry Swerdlick runs a 15-employee company that resells computers and devices that aid people with visual, hearing, learning and other physical disabilities.

6 October 2005, 10:53

Photos: LG.Philips' tiny LCD tech

News The display maker says it doesn't have any buyers for the tech yet, but its factories are already starting to churn them out. Last week LG.Philips LCD announced it had created the "world's thinnest" thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT...

6 October 2006, 10:00

High-tech keyboard takes cue from Etch-a-Sketch

News Jeff Pierce, from Georgia Tech's college of computing, for example, talked about how such devices can take over nearby resources, such as a laptop keyboard or a desktop monitor. IBM has come up with an experimental keyboard system that lets users...

12 July 2005, 8:48

Government searches for tech talent

News They will also have the chance to meet and work with key tech leaders across the public sector. Whitehall's "complex and exciting" tech projects. A fast track graduate scheme to unearth the next generation of public sector IT leaders has been...

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19 October 2007, 9:00

Hate the paps? New tech stops digital cameras

News The Georgia Tech researchers aren't alone in their pursuit. Tech giant Hewlett-Packard, for one, has applied for a patent on technology that could remotely cause blurry pictures in digital cameras, but it requires putting additional circuitry...

20 September 2005, 9:48

Tech confusion rules Brits online

News And just because a term is familiar to the average Joe, doesn't mean he or she actually understands the tech it refers to. According to the research, the majority of online Brits don't know a bevy of tech terms -- from wikis to Web 2.0, IM to IPTV...

5 October 2006, 10:24

New UV tech may quench New Orleans' thirst

News The topic, however, has begun to percolate inside the tech community as part of the push into using clean technologies such as solar power and alternative energy. A plastic tube and a fluorescent light could turn out to be two crucial components...

5 September 2005, 9:05

Photos: The ideal home for a tech lover?

News The Ideal Home Show at London's Earl's Court has gone high-tech this year. As well as the giant show-homes -- such as the ones above (which have a sustainable living theme this year) -- there's plenty to interest gadget fans.

13 March 2007, 12:08