Blogs Posts in New Technologies category; 303 blog posts

STMicro launches chip to detect bird flu

Europe's top semiconductor maker, STMicroelectronics, said it has developed a portable chip to detect influenza viruses including bird flu in humans. The device, which functions as a mini laboratory on a chip, can screen and identify mult [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft will not rush Yahoo merger says exec: report

Microsoft Corp would not rush to merge its technology platform with Yahoo Inc's after a takeover of the Internet company, according to the Financial Times, citing an interview with Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie. Ozzie descri [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Microsoft asks Web developers to "bet on us"

Microsoft Corp asked software developers to "bet on us" as it began making test versions available of Internet Explorer 8, an upgraded version of the main software used to browse the Web. At Microsoft's MIX08 conference on Wednes [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

CeBIT tech fair presents gadgets both hot and weird

The world's biggest technology fair has opened in Hanover, allowing thousands of exhibitors to display the hottest and weirdest gadgets. Some of the gadgets on display at the CeBIT IT fair included swimming goggles with an in-built underwa [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

CES Dispatch--Toshiba's HD DVD Response

I’m in Las Vegas, doing the rounds of press conferences that kick off the annual Consumer Electronics Shows. Everyone lined up early for the most-anticipated one—Toshiba Corp.’s. If gadgets could look forlorn, Toshiba&r [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Moving minds with information technology

Modern communication technologies are not just transforming the world we live in but are a vital part of any world-leading education system, Minister of Education Chris Carter says. In a speech delivered to the “Moving Minds Confer [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Africas Hope for Unity Lies in Information Technology

Ghana, formerly Gold Coast, was in 1957 the first African nation to attain independence from Britain. That was 51 years ago, and Ghana’s charismatic leader Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the visionary leader that he was, spoke about the urgent ne [...]

Posted On : Jan, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

New technology in ATM scam

CRIMINALS are using wireless technology to skim personal identification numbers from bank cards at ATMs while sitting up to 100m away. Police say wireless keypad overlays are being used on ATMs in the latest international scam expected to h [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Google's Knol experiment to rival Wikipedia?

Last night on the official Google blog, Udi Manber, vice president of engineering, announced that Google is testing a publishing platform called Knol.It's being compared to Wikipedia and Mahalo. While it's a somewhat different take on knowl [...]