Saving several gigabytes of information on a portable device will soon be a matter of seconds. At the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, USA, the Super Speed USB, the next generation of portable data storage technology that multiplies the speed and reduces power consumption, was presented.
Lenovo has shown what will be its first 'smartbook', a new generation of equipment that will begin to flourish during the present 2010. It is called Skylight, and it unites the concepts of smart mobile phone and 'netbook' to offer a new laptop specially designed for Mobility. The laptop will have a Wi-Fi and 3G connection to access the internet, and it will update data such as e-mails even while on stand-by.
Intel Labs has unveiled a futuristic 48-core chip whose long-term goal is to bring "dramatically improved" performance to future computers, such as interfaces for communication between humans and electronic devices.
The new Apple Magic Mouse is the first wireless mouse without wheels or buttons to use Multi-Touch technology and allows users to navigate with intuitive finger gestures.
An international team of scientists has solved an ancient mathematical problem with billions of solutions. The milestone has been possible thanks to a technique to multiply numbers so long that if we wrote the digits they would occupy twice the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
Neil Gershenfeld is one of the outstanding brains produced by the inexhaustible quarry at MIT. 41-year-old Bostonian, this Jewish physicist co-heads a consortium at the Media Lab that goes by the promising name "Thinking Things."
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
