Compiler specialist PathScale is planning an open-source alternative to CUDA and OpenCL.
Nvidia has announced Verde, a project to unify mobile and desktop drivers.
A contest to find innovative uses for the Europe-wide Galileo sat-nav network is open for entries.
Microsoft's Courier dual-screen clamshell slate could launch as early as 2011, according to rumours.
Samsung is looking to create its own netbook processors based around ARM's Cortex series.
The WiFi Camera - as the name suggests - takes pictures in the 2.4GHz spectrum.
A bad signature update for McAfee anti-virus software quarantines svchost.exe - killing Windows.
Sharp has announced a 5" slate-format device running Ubuntu 9.04.
Bell Labs has announced a new broadband technology called DSL Phantom Mode, which can push 300Mb/s.
The Mozilla Foundation has released a public beta of Firefox 3.6.4, designed to minimise crashing.
A security firm has unveiled an attack on Palm's WebOS platform - as found on its Pre smartphone - which is as simple as sending a malicious SMS.
The Bluetooth SIG has announced a new version of the standard, designed for use in 'smart' watches, which draws a minimum of power.
Created entirely from LEGO NXT parts - aside from an RFID reader and some IR equipment - the LEGO Automatic Teller Machine is a fully function cashpoint.
A company is planning on giving the old Amiga brand a shiny relaunch with a high-spec computer featuring a dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and AmigaOS 4.
Gaming peripheral specialist SteelSeries has taken the wraps off its last laser-driven mouse and cloth-topped mouse pad - both designed to pair with Ubisoft's R.U.S.E. RTS.
Intel may have good reason to delay its implementation of USB 3.0: it believes its LightPeak optical cabling technology, capable of double the throughput, is better.
Inno3D has some images of its upcoming watercooled Black Freezer graphics cards, which will include Nvidia's GTX 470 and GTX 480.
An image purporting to be a shot of an as-yet unannounced Gigabyte motherboard featuring seven PCI-E x16 slots has found its way onto the Internet.
Intel has announced plans to move all possible operating systems to Atom, starting with a version of Android aimed at smartphones running the company's chips.
Human-computer interaction experts at the Hasso Plattner Institut in Germany have developed the next progression of the Surface concept: a multi-touch interactive floor.
Eurocom has launched what it claims is the worlds' first six-core notebook, with up to 2.6TB of storage and 24GB of RAM in a 17" notebook form factor.
Axon Logic has decided to make its fortune the Psystar way and is planning a slate running Mac OS X which will retail for the same price as an iPad - and interest Apple's lawyers.
Enterprising hackers have ported the Chromium browser - based around Google's Chrome - to Nokia's flagship N900 smartphone running Maemo Linux.
October 14 2021 | 15:04