Can scientists use the binary of biology, DNA, to grow carbon nanotubes into more efficient circuits? IBM thinks so.
Sometimes, it's not easy to leave the Googleplex. Even for the many millionaires among the search giant's pre-IPO employees, there's great appeal to a workplace that prizes creativity and rewards its employees -- of course, there's also the cachet of working at one of the hottest tech companies in the world, a virtual Shangri-La for the geek set.
A federal judge has ruled that portions of Google's popular image search feature, which displays small thumbnail versions of images found on other Web sites, may be violating US copyright law.
Researchers at chip giant Intel are looking to create insect-like exoskeletons that will help make 80-core processors work with today's software and hardware.
In the future, PCs infected with worms or viruses may try to contain the plague by putting themselves in quarantine.
Will aggregation replace search when it comes to finding useful content on the Web? I reckon so.
ZDNet.com.au's sister site ZDNet.co.uk was at the Science & Technology Facilities Council event in Westminster to see, via video-link, the Large Hadron Collider being initiated. This photo gallery takes you inside the event, and the initial reactions of scientists.
If there is a Web 2.0 version of heaven, it must be Webjam. Last night Sydney's Bar Broadway was packed to the nines as 18 presenters got three minutes each on stage at Webjam 8 to show off their hot Web work. We were there to see it all go down.
Have a sneak peak at the insides of an e-mail, text messaging and all round media workhorse: the BlackBerry 8310 Curve.
In the 60 years since its invention, the transistor has shrunk from hulking origins to the point where more than six billion can fit in an area the size of a credit card. Follow the history of the transistor from its humble origins in Bell Labs to its possible quantum future.
Marvel at the machine that pioneered the person computer revolution; the Commodore 64. In this photo gallery we reveal the guts that gave the Commodore 64 its glory, why not nose in for some nostalgia?
Apple has set the Nano back on track with the thinnest, lightest design yet, and has features that are hard to ignore.
There's a fair bit out this week for the home and small office, with Epson leading the charge with the release of its 2002 scanning range.
Canon has launched what it claims to be the world's fastest 8-megapixel digital SLR.
The T200 is a cheap and cheerful mobile phone that attempts to marry some high-end features with a low end price. Is it a happy marriage? You'll have to read our Australian review to find out.
Sony's crammed everything it could think of into the NZ90. Will Palm aficionados bite on this expensive and expansive unit? Read our Australian review.
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