How UPS Devices Work
	You're working late on your computer one night and all of a sudden the power goes off. All your unsaved work goes to waste and you start cursing the electricity company as you have to do everything all over again. Don't you wish you had a UPS? A UPS, or an uninterruptible power source, is an electronic device able to maintain an alternative continuous electric power supply to electronic equipment connected to it when the primary ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Breakthrough Could Make Silicon Chips Even Smaller
	The next generation of powerful computers is just around the corner, claims a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has recently developed a new technique that would allow semiconductor manufacturers to integrate even more transistors on silicon chips. By using light with a wavelength of 351 nanometers, the team succeeded in creating parallel interference patterns only 25 nanometers wide. The 6 ... [read more >>]
	10 July 2008, 09:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Carbon Nanotubes Get Sorted, Organized
	Producing carbon nanotubes is easy – scientists cracked that secret more than a decade ago, albeit making them grow in an orderly fashion is somewhat more complicated. Or at least it was, because two teams of researchers have recently proven new methods through which carbon nanotubes can be sorted and organized so that they can be successfully used to create new high performance electronic devices. The two main disadvantages w ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 10:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Newspapers Offer Solution for Precious Metal Recycling
	A massive amount of gold and other precious metals is used every year to fabricate electronic consumer devices such as computers, television sets and mobile phones. It might not seem so obvious at first, but the landfill may literally be a gold mine. The real problem with recycling these metals is that the process is usually very complicated and expensive, requiring large amounts of chemical compounds that have damaging effects on the envi ... [read more >>]
	08 July 2008, 05:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel Launches PC.com
	There goes the neighborhood! Leading chip manufacturer Intel has decided to launch a new website that is meant to provide support to first-time computer users. Simply dubbed PC.com, this website provides general information about how a desktop or a portable computer system is built, works and can be maintained. There are three main areas on the site, entitled "Learn", "Ask" and "Shop", each one tryin ... [read more >>]
	18 June 2008, 05:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Graphene Reveals Some New Secrets
	With the help of one of the most powerful X-ray sources ever created by man, the Advanced Light Source housed at the Berkeley laboratory, researchers from the University of California, Columbia University and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have recently been able to reveal more of the properties of the wondrous material discovered four years ago, which we now call graphene. Graphene is a carbon allotrope formed of ... [read more >>]
	11 June 2008, 10:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Bigger Brain Doesn't Always Make You Smarter
	ENIAC versus a modern digital computer – which one is faster? Well, ENIAC weighed about 27 tons and filled several rooms while a modern computer weighs less than ten kilograms and you can fill a single room with several hundreds of them, so if we were to judge the computing power according to size then ENIAC would certainly win. However, the fact of the mater is that ENIAC had a computing power several times lower than that of a typical po ... [read more >>]
	09 June 2008, 05:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Flash Memory Works
	Flash memories are solid state electronic devices with random access memory capabilities used for fast digital information storage. They are used in a wide range of applications, such as storing BIOS routines in typical digital computers, as medium capacity hard drives for digital cameras or as memory cards for laptop computers and video consoles. The technology used to manufacture flash memories is based on EEPROM (electrica ... [read more >>]
	31 May 2008, 05:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

E. coli Used to Make Living Computer
	How about replacing silica computer chips with a living organism, such as E. coli? Digital computers today are very fast, however researchers believe that living computers could prove one day a lot faster and powerful than any other silicon supercomputer. And just to prove the concept, they have created such a living computer and used it to solve a classic mathematical puzzle, popularly known at the Burnt Pancake Problem. &qu ... [read more >>]
	31 May 2008, 05:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Monkey Thinks Its Way towards Food
	Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine said in an interview yesterday that, with the help of brainwaves alone, monkeys are able to control robotic arms in order to grab onto and put food in their mouth. The technology behind the experiment could lead to the development of prosthetics powered by brainwaves for disabled people who cannot complete simple tasks. Previous similar experiments used brain-computer interfa ... [read more >>]
	29 May 2008, 09:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How QWERTY Keyboards Work
	The QWERTY keyboard standard was first introduced in 1874 by the Remington Number 1 typewriter produced by the Remington & Sons manufacturer and is currently used in the vast majority of keyboards on digital personal computers. But why is this, what difference does it make whether or not the keys are disposed in an orderly fashion or at random? As it turns out, the keys on a keyboard are placed in such a way that the typing speed is ma ... [read more >>]
	28 May 2008, 08:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Invading Ants Set Houston Space Center on Fire
	A huge colony of ants is reportedly chewing its way to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, destroying computer networks and even cars. The invasion may pose a security risk for the space center, which relies on electronics for its research, and the government agency has already called for exterminator support. The "electronics-killing" ants are causing short circuits in computing systems located in both homes and offi ... [read more >>]
	16 May 2008, 03:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Touch Screens Work
	There are three ways through which a touch screen display can detect whether or not you are actually touching the display surface and the relative position of the object touching it: the resistive, capacitive or surface acoustic wave system. The resistive system operates by using a design involving a glass layer on top of which a resistive metallic layer is placed. The two layers are separated by spacers and come in contact on ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 08:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Salesforces Is Switching to Mac
	Remember that piece of news saying IBM was expanding its Mac Pilot Program ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 18:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Video Game Light Guns Work
	I'm sure most of us, if not all, had or still have a home video game, or went to play arcade games at some point in time. You might have noticed a remote-like device resembling a firearm or a pistol that can be used to shoot objects displayed on a TV screen, generally referred to as a video game light gun. The purpose of this article is to briefly explain the basic principle on which the video game light gun works. Insid ... [read more >>]
	21 April 2008, 05:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Cache Memory Works
	Have you ever noticed how as soon as you enter a computer shop the seller starts talking in some alien language, mentioning words such as 'L2 cache', '16 megabytes buffer' or 'virtual memory', but never has time to explain what those words really mean? If you have, then you're in the right place, because this article describes exactly what a memory cache is and how it works. Caching is a technology ba ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 09:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Apple's MacBook Air - the Perfect Secondary Computer
	Browsing the web I came across this piece entitled "Apple's MacBook Air love affair." Eric Benderoff believes the MacBook Air is perfect as a secondary computing machine, because of its lacking storage space, optical drive and the only USB port avail ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 05:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nanotube Magnetic Transistor Prototype Promises Better Memories
	Typical computers today have two main components interacting with each other dynamically in order to process data: the central processing unit and the memory core. The memory core of the computer relies mostly on magnetic components, while the central processing unit uses electrical signals to operate. Nonetheless, University of Copenhagen researchers believe that the future of faster computers lies in creating new means of stori ... [read more >>]
	08 April 2008, 06:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What Reality Might Not Be
	Reality: everything that is, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. This pretty much means that the real world could be anything but what we expect or know it to be. Did you know that there is a great probability that we live in a computer simulation rather than that we actually exist in an ultimate reality? The Matrix doesn't seem so far-fetched now, does it? The greatest nightmare of a physicist is not nuclear holoca ... [read more >>]
	05 April 2008, 07:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Hard Drives Work
	Although computers don't absolutely require hard drives to work properly, almost everyone has at least a hard drive. Mainframes and servers may have several hundreds of such devices on which they store terabytes of information at a time. Before the appearance of hard drives, computers used magnetic tapes to store information, today even VCR and camcorders use hard drives as alternative storing devices. Magnetic tape vs. ha ... [read more >>]
	05 April 2008, 05:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Does Your Computer Impact Your Health?
	Your life is made of web chatting, navigation, PC games and the list is endless. Some spend hours and even days without moving from the front of the computer; shower and food are skipped and only physiological needs force them for a few seconds out. But do you think that so much staring at a computer screen does not affect you? Here is just a part of the effect: the "computer vision syndrome" comprising tired dry eyes, blurred vi ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 15:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World's Smallest Diamond Ring
	Men around the world can now start celebrating the creation of the world's smallest diamond ring! Now everybody can afford a diamond ring. Too bad it is only 5 millionths of a meter in diameter and bears five-billionths of a carat of diamond, this meaning it can only be viewed through a microscope. The proud inventor of the diamond ring is the University of Melbourne. Previously, Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Hitachi H ... [read more >>]
	15 March 2008, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smart Goggles Find Your Lost Things
	If you have problems remembering where you lost your 45 million dollar laptop, you should probably consider buying a pair of these weird-looking glasses. The Smart Goggles have the ability to remember where you last saw a particular lost item. This way, you can behave like a borg, have the memory of a borg and look like one as well! The device has a camera attached to the glasses, a small computer and an LCD display which can also identify ... [read more >>]
	14 March 2008, 11:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Small Brain Goes Digital
	Stop looking for the most powerful computer in the world, you've already found it long ago, but are just not aware of it. We might not have the greatest memory to help us, however when it comes to processing power, our own brain is the ultimate computational machine. No wonder that computer processor designers are turning more and more to brain-like chip structures. Just recently, there has been developed such a device, capable of com ... [read more >>]
	11 March 2008, 10:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

One Step Closer to Photonic Transistors
	We have extremely powerful electronic computers these days and it's great, but scientists fear that we might not be so fortunate in the near future, as microchip minimization cannot go forever in order to supply the required computing power. Photonic crystals are just one of the solutions we could imply to create faster and faster computers. Photomic crystals are organized structures that have the capability of conducting light in a p ... [read more >>]
	04 March 2008, 06:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Graphene Strikes Again!
	This wonderous material called graphene was discovered in 2004 and quickly became one of the top contenders for the development of future ultrafast computer chips. It has an extremely good electrical conductivity, is a semiconductor and, last but not least, can be fashioned into very thin membranes. Recently, US researchers discovered possibly one of the most important property of the graphene: the capability of good thermal cond ... [read more >>]
	28 February 2008, 06:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Microsoft and Apple: a Match Made in Heaven
	MS developers admit using Macs. A certain blog post of a certain Microsoft developer has revealed what some people may consider shocking, upsetting or downright hilarious, or all. ... [read more >>]
	26 February 2008, 04:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Hack the Best Protected Computers!
	After spending millions and even more into software that would protect the computers from vicious attacks with ever new viruses, loggers and whatnot, the simplest method is the one that works best, provided access to the PC is granted. It's simple and everybody can do it, but only somebody more experienced can actually capitalize on the possibility. According to a research conducted at Princeton University, the easiest an ... [read more >>]
	25 February 2008, 15:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Apple Brings Science Down to Earth
	We've stumbled upon yet another piece of evidence that, instead of turning us into snobs, Macs "bring science down to Earth" for everyone to understand and appreciate. Recent ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 03:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Computer Intelligence Will Outpace the Human Brain By 2030
	The computers will become more intelligent than the human beings within the next 20 years, if the computer industry keeps up with the actual progress. Scientific futurologists claim that the next 50 years will bring 32 times more technical progress than the entire 20th century. One of the most important achievements of the next 20 years will be artificial intelligence that will reach the human capacities. American computer gu ... [read more >>]
	16 February 2008, 05:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Researchers Create New Copper Connection Technique
	The ever-powerful computing devices need more and more circuit connections, which ultimately translates in longer links between individual electronic components, fact that determines frequency loss and an overall drop in performance, partially canceling the technological advancements obtained over time. In computer microchips, this is mostly determined by the fact that vertical connections between chips and boards are made by melting solde ... [read more >>]
	12 February 2008, 08:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sound Waves Keep Your Computer Cool!
	Prepare to throw you cooling fans and heat sinks out the window! Scientists say they won't be powerful enough to cool your future computer processors anyway, and liquid cooling techniques will be implied in just a few months or years. However, cooling computer chips with liquids are not as efficient as they might seem, they will keep you computer cool no doubt about it, but this technique requires a greater power input. Thus, instead ... [read more >>]
	24 January 2008, 08:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

HBO Programs Coming to Your Computer!
	Tuesday marked a turning point in HBO’s long-term strategy: it just rolled out a service to deliver to its subscribers the programs, movies and sports shows that until now were only for TV, the Associated Press reported. I cannot imagine a better prolonged lunch break other than "tuning" in on your laptop in the café and watching a rerun of "Rome" while you eat. Call me limited, but I think that’s one of the moments you ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 11:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A First Step Towards Reading Your Mind: Neural Patterns of Thoughts Determined by Computer Algorithm
	In the end, your personality is made of thoughts. But how do thoughts look like? A team of researchers of Carnegie Mellon University has just tried to answer to this is in a research published in PLoS One. The study was made on 12 subjects enveloped in an MRI scanner, who were presented line drawings of 10 different objects, 5 tools and 5 dwellings, and put to think about their traits. The whole brain neural activity was assessed. The ... [read more >>]
	07 January 2008, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Keep Your Computer Quiet with Hybrid Semiconductors
	I think we have had enough of computers packed with tens of fans, all blowing air around like it's some kind army experiment to develop a new air turbine engine, and of worrying all the time about the possibility of the microprocessor fan dying on us, and ruining the chip. Most people think that the microprocessors need to be kept at certain temperature levels, in order to prevent the tiny silicon connections from burning out. Wrong! ... [read more >>]
	20 December 2007, 06:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Virtual Surgery on the Way
	The slightest error during a surgery can kill a patient or induce severe effects. But what if the surgeon would undo the error and try again? By now only in science fiction movies you have seen this happen, but in the future it could turn real. Practicing on your "digital double", a perfect virtual copy of you, a surgeon could practice the real surgery and when touching you with the knife, every movement is anticipated. But thi ... [read more >>]
	27 November 2007, 03:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Bluetooth Works
	Bluetooth represents a technology of short-range wireless communications, to replace physical connection between certain electronic devices, such as connecting a personal computer to a wireless keyboard or mouse. It works as a radio frequency transceiver, on the ISM band operating at the 2.4 gigahertz, the same range used by microwave and Wi-Fi. The system works on the basis of synchronizing all the devices in the fashion of a piconet. ... [read more >>]
	06 November 2007, 04:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Computer Simulation Shows the Effectiveness of a Suicide Bomber Based on Crowd Configuration
	You may not be eager to blow yourself up to "get" 72 virgins, while murdering tens of innocent people around you. But others will do it, in the name of religion, justice and so on. A recent computer simulation has assessed just how the crowd's behavior influences the number of victims a pedestrian suicide bomber takes with him. The work will be presented on Nov. 27 at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulat ... [read more >>]
	31 October 2007, 07:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Computer Spread Aromas!
	A movie does have image, does have sound, but you cannot ... smell the action. However, this ‘problem’could soon be solved. Maybe not so soon, but the first step has been made: computer-controlled aromas. (After that happens, not many people will want to watch wildlife documentaries...). If the image of a red wine or a delicious food in the window does not work, the computer-controlled aroma of oranges or lemons could do the ... [read more >>]
	19 October 2007, 07:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Gateway's GT Desktop Series: The All Purpose Computer
	After the announcement of the new P series of mobile computer systems, Gateway now launched a new range of desktop computers that are aimed at various users while being extremely customizable and feature rich. The advanced technology found integrated into these new desktop computers from Gateway means that users can enjoy a full range of activities like gaming, Internet surfing and multimedia playback at a high quality level. The GT ser ... [read more >>]
	16 October 2007, 04:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Small Yet Powerful Computer
	Most personal computer systems that are not aimed at the portable market segment are coming packed in full ATX casing that is pretty bulky and takes up some space on or around your desk. While there are a few barebone computer system offerings out there, they are coming as reduced size desktop computer systems while keeping all the traditional hardware components but reducing the space between them and even worse, trying to directly compet ... [read more >>]
	15 October 2007, 05:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Companies Spend More on Cyber-Security, Study Shows
	A recent study showed that security breaches aren’t growing in number, but they are more and more severe. It appears that companies have noticed this as well and they are spending more on security technology, training, assessment and certification than they were before. A study from the Computer Technology Industry Association shows that for most companies 20% of the total technology budget was spent on security-related expenses. This ... [read more >>]
	11 October 2007, 08:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Old Cop in UK Turns Criminal…
	I just can’t believe it! More and more old people are resorting to cyber-crime! I don’t get it – aren’t they fearing that jail at their age might just kill them? I don’t know what they’re thinking! Furthermore, this is the case of a 60-year-old policeman that committed computer-crime and now got a sentence of more than a year in jail! Good policemen turning to crime isn’t a case that hasn’t been seen before, but his age and the n ... [read more >>]
	11 October 2007, 04:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Shuttle Launches The Ultimate Mini PC
	Shuttle just announced the launch of its latest and greatest small form factor desktop computing system, the Shuttle XPC Prima SX38P2 Pro, that is aimed at providing high performance levels in all computing applications, while keeping the noise down and its spatial footprint at a low level. The new mini personal computer from Shuttle is powered by an Intel central processing unit built using the 45 nanometer fabrication process that enj ... [read more >>]
	09 October 2007, 09:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Asus Intros 19-inch LCD with 1680x1050 Resolution
	Asustek Computer, better known as Asus, just announced the launch of three brand new LCD computer monitors that come as one 19-inch widescreen and two 22-inch displays. The new LCD monitors are coming with pretty high technical specifications and they are also priced at an affordable level, while being capable of WSXGA+ native resolutions. The 19-inch Asus widescreen monitor is the first in the world display from its size clas ... [read more >>]
	03 October 2007, 05:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Electronic Chips Selling in Droves
	Just like most industries, the computer and general electronics consumer ones are expected to post lower sales during the summer and high figures in the winter period when the Christmas shopping spree acts as a global catalyst increasing sales across the chart. This time, something went a little different as various computer and general electronics manufacturing companies posted record sales in August while stating that they have even high ... [read more >>]
	02 October 2007, 11:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Technology Will Enable Your Computer to Read Your Mind
	One day, your computer will empathize with you. It will know if you're too tired (too much work) or bored (nothing to do/no work no nothing). A non-invasive and easily portable imaging technology developed at Tufts University will deliver the computer with real-time insight into a subject's more subtle emotional symptoms. "One moment a user may be bored, and the next moment, the same user may be overwhelmed. Measuring men ... [read more >>]
	02 October 2007, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Evesham's Line of Gaming Desktops
	Evesham just announced the launch of a new gaming intended series of desktop computers after the company released not so long ago the ''Oxegen'' line of products that are aimed at the same market segment. The new range is called Cosmos and it comes as a higher end option for gamers, as it offers features unavailable in the previous series. The Cosmos line of products from Evesham is powered by central processing unit ... [read more >>]
	27 September 2007, 11:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Superconducting Quantum Computing Cable, a Step Toward Quantum Computers
	This is a huge step towards the ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future: a team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has transmitted information between two "artificial atoms" through electronic vibrations on a microfabricated aluminum cable, like a miniversion of a TV cable, but with powerful added traits, like superconducting circuits with zero electrical resistance and quantum multi-tasking data bits. ... [read more >>]
	27 September 2007, 04:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia