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Apr 26, 2016 (SPX)

Despite their hefty price tag, smartphones have an average consumer lifetime of about three years. The lithium ion batteries that power them, however, can last ...

Twists and bends in LCD research

Apr 25, 2016 (SPX)

Liquid crystals, discovered more than 125 years ago, are at work behind the screens of TV and computer monitors, clocks, watches and most other electronics disp...

A new system for color vision

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

The swirling skies of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night illustrate a mystery that has eluded biologists for more than a century - why do we perceive the color blu...

Fish-eyed lens cuts through the dark

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

Combining the best features of a lobster and an African fish, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created an artificial eye that can see in the dark....

Ultrathin organic material enhances e-skin display

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

University of Tokyo researchers have developed an ultrathin, ultraflexible, protective layer and demonstrated its use by creating an air-stable, organic light-e...

Novel miniaturized circulator opens way to doubling wireless capacity

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

Since the advent of the integrated circuit in 1958, the same year the Advanced Research Projects Agency was established, engineers have been jamming ever more m...

WiFi capacity doubled at less than half the size

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

Last year, Columbia Engineering researchers were the first to invent a technology - full-duplex radio integrated circuits (ICs) - that can be implemented in nan...

Google empire built on search looks to other bets

Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)

A Google empire built on search shifted attention on Thursday to high-speed Internet networks, 360-degree video broadcasting and "other bets" as parent company ...

Intel gambit aims for position in post-PC world

Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)

The massive shakeup announced by Intel reflects the rapid changes in the tech sector and aims to position the Silicon Valley titan for a post-PC world. The chip...

Computers in your clothes? A milestone for wearable electronics

Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers who are working to develop wearable electronics have reached a milestone: They are able to embroider circuits into fabric with 0.1 mm precision - th...

OneWeb Satellites completes its industrial organization

Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)

OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb, has chosen Florida in the United States as the site for its final assembly line,...

Verizon a leading contender to buy Yahoo: reports

Apr 19, 2016 (AFP)

US telecoms giant Verizon has emerged as a leading contender to take over struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo as other big names reportedly drop out, US financial...

Yahoo logs loss as it courts potential buyers

Apr 19, 2016 (AFP)

Yahoo reported a quarterly loss on Tuesday as the struggling Internet pioneer continued to court potential buyers and examine other strategic options. Yahoo chi...

Netflix shares sink as outlook disappoints

Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)

Streaming television star Netflix saw its shares sink Monday after better-than-expected quarterly earnings were offset by disappointing forecasts for subscriber...

Google wins long US court battle on book-scanning

Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)

Google's massive book-scanning project cleared its final legal hurdle Monday as the US Supreme Court denied an appeal contending it violates copyright law. The ...

Hong Kong prof's sapphire-toughened screens win invention prize

Apr 16, 2016 (AFP)

A Hong Kong professor on Friday won the grand prize at this year's Geneva inventions show for a new method of toughening screens for smartphones and other devic...

Twitter hires new exec in bid to win China advertisers

Apr 15, 2016 (AFP)

Twitter introduced a new head of operations Friday for what it calls Greater China despite still being banned in the mainland, as it attempts to boost already b...

Inmarsat selects Kontron as key supplier for European Aviation Network

Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)

Kontron has announced that Inmarsat will deploy Kontron equipment as part of the airborne segment for the new European Aviation Network (EAN). Inmarsat's EAN is...

Interactive screens on your packages

Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)

Instead of reading a label, consumers could be interacting with an electronic screen on packaging in the future, thanks to a revolutionary new development by sc...

GoPro teams with developers to spur camera sales

Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)

GoPro on Thursday announced it is teaming up with outside developers to make it easy to use the company's mini cameras with apps or synch them with other device...