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To advance drives, Hitachi changes the head

October 15, 2007 Hitachi's giant magneto-resistive head will have perpendicular current and will allow the company to increase the density of drives. TAGS: Hitachi Ltd., density, head, layer, media, track, hard drive

Eyeglasses switch focus in a flash

April 4, 2006 Researchers develop "switchable" lenses, a viable alternative to bifocals associated with grocery stores and old age. Photos: Eye on 'switchable' lenses TAGS: electrode, lens, layer, glass, grocery, age, researcher

DVD drive marries red and blue lasers

December 18, 2003 Japanese computer maker NEC develops technology to record and read both current and next-generation DVDs with a single optical head. TAGS: NEC Electronics Corp., laser, layer, HD-DVD, DVD-drive, recorder, optical drive, DVD, Toshiba, computer company, Japan, Sony Corp., format

How do you make a fuel cell? Print it

May 31, 2006 South San Francisco start-up develops money-saving technique for producing mechanical components: Use industrial printers. Photos: Printing small parts TAGS: fuel cell, layer, poster, polymer, manufacturing, printing, technique, printer, component, process, CEO

MIT concocts fogless glass

August 30, 2005 Fogless windshields may be in your future, if a new technique for coating glass and plastic takes off. TAGS: glass, droplet, particle, plastics, polymer, layer, nanotechnology, material, technique, researcher

How to move the IP era out of neutral

October 29, 2004 MCI exec Richard Whitt says the answer is not to build a 21st-century telecom "network of networks" under 20th-century laws and regulations. TAGS: silo, MCI Inc., regulation, layer, framework, IP, telecommunications, law, VoIP

Perspective: A mosaic of new opportunities

April 22, 2003 Groove Networks CEO Ray Ozzie takes issue with fellow execs mourning the decline of the tech industry--and Silicon Valley in particular. But in an increasingly connected future, computer systems a... TAGS: workspace, layer, e-mail, operating system, PC

Getting printers down to iPod size

January 30, 2007 Massachusetts-based start-up has come up with a way to print photographs or documents without ink or an ink cartridge. And that means smaller devices.Photos: Teeny tiny printers TAGS: printer, cartridge, paper, pixel, layer, temperature, sheet, Massachusetts, photograph, Apple iPod, size, camera, CEO

To harvest water from air, MIT copies beetles

June 16, 2006 The future of water is in bumps, according to researchers studying a desert beetle's method of water collection. TAGS: substrate, bump, glass, material, polymer, water, layer, professor

Start-up promotes electric clothes, backpacks

May 25, 2005 In the future, your coat may be able to make phone calls and shoes may record your distance. Photos: A keyboard in your pocket TAGS: fabric, coat, layer, MP3 player, start-up, MP3

IBM combo technique tweaks transistors

September 9, 2003 Researchers at Big Blue manage to combine strained silicon and a silicon insulator in the same wafer, a new approach that could lead to faster, more efficient chips in a few years. TAGS: transistor, silicon, wafer, layer, IBM Corp., manufacturing, technique, researcher, AMD Opteron, approach, Intel

Sharp expanding beyond silicon in solar

October 17, 2006 Company experiments with new materials and techniques--and even partners with a bank--to push solar energy forward. TAGS: Sharp Corp., cell, silicon, solar energy, sunlight, lens, layer, sun, light-emitting diode, material, Japan, LCD, U.S.

Ozone hole over South Pole growing

October 20, 2006 NASA and NOAA scientists report record changes in width and thickness. Satellite spots growing ozone hole TAGS: Antarctica, scientist, mile, layer, satellite

Big Blue gives 90-nano boost to PowerPCs

February 13, 2004 IBM plans to announce that it has started mass-producing the chips using the new 90-nanometer process, which promises to improve speed and energy efficiency. TAGS: Silicon-on-Insulator, IBM PowerPC, silicon, IBM Corp., layer, transistor, power consumption, chief technology officer, process, manufacturing, Intel, server

Intel calls for Internet overhaul

September 9, 2004 The Net needs a new layer of abilities that will deal with imminent problems of capacity, security and reliability, Intel's CTO says. TAGS: Pat Gelsinger, broadcasting, Vint Cerf, webcasting, Akamai Technologies Inc., layer, Intel Developer Forum, Intel, networking, project, security, server

Microsoft on every DVD?

February 28, 2004 The software giant wins provisional approval for its video technology in a next-generation DVD standard. TAGS: HD-DVD, approval, layer, specification, DVD, Blu-ray, digital media, MPEG-2, satellite, codec, consumer electronics, video, Microsoft Corp., electronics

Applied powers up chip energy efforts

February 5, 2004 Applied Materials is promoting its "low-k" technology among chipmakers that need to better control the electricity that flows through their products. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., transistor, semiconductor, Semiconductor Equipment, electricity, layer, power consumption, chip company, R&D

New microscope could focus nanotech dream

December 1, 2004 Forget megapixel count. A device being created by the Department of Energy will be able to show things smaller than hydrogen atoms. Photos: Nanotech visions TAGS: microscope, nanotechnology, SARS, layer, scientist, project, resolution, vision, image

Calling for a regulatory overhaul, bit by bit

October 19, 2004 Will radical changes in technology and the marketplace force changes in the nation's communications law? Policy analyst Randolph May says it's only a matter of time. TAGS: MCI Inc., cable company, satellite television, regulation, telecommunications, information service, cable television, layer, VoIP, satellite, TV
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