German scientists claim to have broken the light speed barrier, which could blow away the known limitations of modern networking but the technology is unlikely to make it into a product -- if at all -- until most administrators working today have retired.
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lit a 60-watt light bulb from a power source two metres away and with no physical connections between the source and the appliance.
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Scientists are trying to use nanotechnology to cure diseases, ameliorate the energy crisis and reduce golf scores.
The Genesis space capsule, which had orbited the sun for more than three years to find clues to the origin of the solar system, has crashed to Earth after its parachute failed to deploy.
It's been 345 years since physicist Robert Boyle published the experimental results confirming what is now known as Boyle's Law, which to paraphrase is: a gas will spread out to fill any available space.
Let's get serious in the search for a new Telstra CEO. It's time to put Mario, Dr Claw, Sydney Lawrence and George Bush on the list.
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.
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.
IBM's Grady Booch says developers can no longer just dash off code without thinking about the larger implications.
A group of researchers have found a way to transfer the equivalent of three DVDs per second.
Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.
Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?
Just as a falling apple spurred Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity, toppling dominoes have inspired researchers to build the world's smallest computer circuits.
Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?
German chip maker Infineon will make your clothes sing in a couple of years.
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