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News.blog: Asus readies 13.3-inch laptop

News Its 1.77kg weight (granted, that's with the tiny three-cell battery) straddles the line between ultraportable and thin-and-light, and the screen is large enough for watching movies or to comfortably make it through a work day without squinting.

9 August 2007, 9:45

Apple patents touch-screen keyboard

News Certain keys are given more weight than others, depending on the likelihood of the person pressing one key over another. Apple has filed patents for a 'smart' touch-screen virtual keyboard and a two-way screen and technology that enables an iPod...

2 May 2006, 9:30

A fold-up keyboard for Origami

News The keyboards are made of a special conductive fabric that allows a user to easily enter data into portable devices such as smart phones and PDAs without the added weight and bulk of a traditional plastic keyboard -- as the Eleksen keyboards are...

13 March 2006, 10:22

News.blog: Expect laptops with flash and no drives

News Substituting flash for a hard drive cuts weight and power consumption. Some, such as Micron Technology chief executive Steve Appleton, have predicted that laptops containing flash memory, rather than hard drives, to store data and applications will...

14 August 2006, 9:50

Keyboard not carpal culprit, study says

News That's because the wrist ailment, which surged into public consciousness in the 1990s, typically arises from factors such as heredity, body weight, fractures and pregnancy. Your wrists may hurt after a long day at the computer, but your ailment isn...

15 December 2005, 8:40

NASA looks to carbon to lighten spacecraft

News In future spacecraft, power distribution systems might account for a quarter of the weight, said Richard Smalley, a professor at Rice who won a Nobel prize for his work with Buckyballs, carbon balls similar to nanotubes.

29 April 2005, 8:03

News.blog: Robotic flies are future spies

News With a wingspan of 30mm and a weight of just 60mg, the fly's tiny robotic parts are made of carbon fibre and polymer. Leave it to Harvard to replace spies with flies. According to the MIT Technology Review, robotic insects may be the future of...

31 July 2007, 9:06

Google pays Associated Press for news

News Agence France Presse, which is seeking $17.5m in damages, hopes Google's revelation that it pays another news source for content will add weight to AFP's argument. Google has been paying The Associated Press for use of its news stories and pictures...

4 August 2006, 9:21

News.blog: Dell launches its new Latitude

News For Latitude, we focus on the corporate or commercial space," said Allison Gardner, senior product marketer for Dell.users are highly mobile, travelling, even if just travelling within their office, so we prioritise weight and battery life.

21 June 2006, 9:47

Sony cuts HD camcorder down to size

News It is less than half the size and one-third the weight of a previous model that Sony introduced last year as the world's first HD video camera for consumer use. On Tuesday the electronics giant Sony unveiled a high-definition camcorder in Tokyo...

18 May 2005, 9:38

News.blog: Beatles catalogue ready for iTunes?

News Rumours that the Beatles' music would be available for download on iTunes have circulated for years, but this time they carry some weight. After years of speculation about when the Beatles music catalogue would finally be offered on iTunes, that...

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10 March 2008, 9:11

Toshiba's fuel cell will fire up your MP3 player

News Fuel cells usually use alcohol or hydrogen as fuel and can offer five to ten times the power per unit weight as lithium-ion batteries. Toshiba is gearing up to release a fuel-cell cartridge powered by methanol that could keep an iPod running for an...

19 September 2005, 10:10

MIT students to build flying car

News It will also come with an electric calculator to help fine-tune weight distribution, airbags, aerodynamic bumpers and of course a GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation unit. This summer, graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of...

16 February 2006, 10:00

Samsung's external DVD drive goes for gusto

News External drives let consumers burn and store more video, pictures and music without having to rely on internal drives that can jack up the cost and weight of a computer. Samsung began shipping a new external DVD hard drive on Monday that can store...

2 August 2005, 8:39

IBM pours a shot of methanol for ThinkPads

News Unlike traditional batteries, fuel cells usually use alcohol or hydrogen as fuel and can offer five to 10 times the power-per-unit weight as lithium-ion batteries. IBM and Sanyo Electric have put together a prototype of a fuel cell system for...

18 April 2005, 18:15