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  • Intel, Microsoft plough US$20m into multicore research

    Intel and Microsoft announced on Tuesday they are jointly backing university research to help address the challenges posed by a shift to processors with many brains.

  • Sydney Uni "hero" chip breaks light speed record

    A team of Australian scientists have demonstrated a photonic chip that boosts the data rate of fibre-optic connections by more than 64 times to 640Gbps, promising faster, cheaper internet for all.

  • University sues Intel for patent infringement

    A university in the US is suing Intel over the way its Core 2 Duo chips handle instructions when processing.

  • Toshiba claims entangled photon breakthrough

    Researchers at Cambridge University and Toshiba have announced a new quantum device that produces entangled photons, a promising technology for quantum encryption.

  • Big tech on campus

    College students are getting a crash course in the "digital lifestyle," as schools expand and introduce high-tech perks such as campuswide wireless Internet access, subsidized legal music download services and even free iPods.

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  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Is my bank the biggest scammer out there?

    Does the improved credit card security offered by chip and PIN-embedded credit cards mean a future of greater personal liability?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Just how fast is fast, anyway?

    There's something immensely gratifying about accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- particularly in IT, where pundits regularly proclaim that a particular technology has hit its physical limits.

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  • Networks of light build on mobile phone tech

    The University of California, Davis, gets a grant from the Defense Department to build a new generation of mobile phones that use optical signals to create speedier and more secure communication

  • Intel fleshes out Itanium plans

    Intel has described two new technologies for its Itanium family and fleshed out its plans for the processor, as the company tries to build momentum for the high-end server chip.

  • Samsung unveils fastest handheld chip

    The Korean electronics giant says it has developed the world's fastest mobile CPU, which runs at a core speed of 533MHz, and outpaces Intel's processor. But for how long?

  • New chips take low-end drives higher

    ServerWorks, an influential maker of server electronics, begins shipping prototype chips designed to let computer-component makers put lower-end hard drives to high-end use.

  • Breaking chip barriers

    HP Labs is leading a project to find new ways to boost silicon-based memory and processor technology far beyond its current limits.

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