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Raspberry Pi auction underway!
Jan 3, 2012 By Clare MuskereBay is the current grounds of a very successful auction of the first 6 Raspberry pi circuit boards available to the public- Raspberry Pi Model B beta board - #5- #10 of a limited series of 10 are currently on sale. There are still just over 4 days left on the bidding but already the £22 British...
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The International Solid State Circuits Conference new products lacking in numbers but not innovation
Dec 29, 2011 By Clare MuskerThe International Solid State Circuits Conference, which will take place in San Francisco in from February 19 th through to the 23 rd is expected to have low numbers of server class processers exhibited. There is however interest in the IT products showing with them- specifically the...
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Raspberry Pi- creating new opportunities in education
Dec 23, 2011 By Clare MuskerThe first run of beta devices for the Raspberry Pi are undergoing electrical testing alongside hardware and software testing at the moment. The hope is that the first devices will go on sale- through auction later this month and the devices will go on sale to the general public in January. ...
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A greener future for mobile updating
Dec 22, 2011 By Clare MuskerA programme designed to look into extending the life of consumer hand help products has been trialed in the US. Some are hailing the new technique introduced by the programme as being a step towards a greener way of living. Each year millions of mobile phones and other hand held devices are...
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Insect power source created- Are cyborg insects the further of information gathering at danger points?
Nov 25, 2011 By Clare MuskerThe use of a vibration energy collector was chosen over the use of solar panels as it would not be limited by light. As an insects wings are delicate and would not be strong enough to support the device, development was focussed on the wing muscles. In preparation researchers used the Green...
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Local councils are not doing enough to protect the sensitive and personal data they hold
Nov 23, 2011 By Clare MuskerA recent report has shown that over 130 councils have lost private data over the last 3 years- and nothing is being done about it. A freedom of information request by Big Brother Watch (BBW) found over 1,000 cases of lost data between August 2008 and August 2011. Nick Pickles, BBW director,...
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HP reveals new IT security products
Nov 15, 2011 By Clare MuskerIn recent years small and medium sized IT security suppliers have been acquired by larger companies as part of a much larger trend of consolidation within the industry. This has been carried out by companies such as Fujitsu, Verizon and HP, though the latter was late in starting. HP has...
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Smartphones Might Become Our Primary Computers
Oct 25, 2011 By ManuelaCEO of IT company ARM, Warren East believes that IT connectivity users will soon have IT products such as mobile phones as their primary computer. This opinion comes as IT engineers are getting on the market next generation smartphones. He said that "Mobile phones are becoming the THE...
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More Gamers on Facebook than Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Have
Oct 25, 2011 By ManuelaEthan Beard, director of partnerships at the IT company behind the social networking IT service Facebook said at a conference in London that the Internet site has more gamers than the IT products from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo combined. He said that "Social design inside social gaming...
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Netflix Service to Be Launched in the UK
Oct 24, 2011 By ManuelaThe IT company behind the popular movie streaming IT service Netflix is getting every detail ready in order to have it launched for the IT connectivity users from the UK and Ireland. Thousands of movies and television series will be available to owners of IT products such as PCs, tablets...
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