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Five inspiring startups

Posted March 7, 2012 - 5:15 pm

When you're surrounded by more than 4,000 other companies at the world's biggest IT trade show, it's not easy forthe innovative startups to stand out. Here's a handful worth watching.
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Samsung pushes 'green' 30nm memory

Posted March 4, 2011 - 12:06 pm

Samsung's components division is pushing the eco-friendly angle at CeBIT this year (just as it did last year). The difference this time around is that the company believes its green DDR memory could hold the key to the future of cloud computing.
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Buffalo Terastations push limits of Atom platform

Posted March 4, 2011 - 9:49 am

Buffalo Technology is bumping up against the limits of Intel's Atom platform with its forthcoming six- and eight-bay Terastation NAS (network attached storage) devices, on show at Cebit this week.
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G Data to patch Android's insecurity

Posted March 3, 2011 - 11:45 am

German-based security software developer G-Data used the CeBit show to announce its new protection product for Google Android phones and tablets.
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Cloud computing still a dream?

Posted March 3, 2011 - 11:39 am

Today at CeBIT, representatives of some of the big names in IT came together for a discussion of cloud computing. But, while the panel were firmly in the 'pro' corner, all to some extent pushing the agenda that the cloud is the future, this listener came away with the feeling that it's still got some way to go.
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Asus motherboard box doubles as a PC case

Posted March 2, 2011 - 3:30 pm

In the quest to cut down on shipping waste Taiwan's Asus has a novel idea: What if the shipping container became the PC case?
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CEBIT: Asus motherboard box doubles as PC case [video]

Posted March 2, 2011 - 3:24 pm

In the quest to cut down on shipping waste Taiwan's Asus has a novel idea: what if the shipping container became the PC case?
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Look, no hands! G.tec uses brain interface to tweet

Posted March 1, 2011 - 10:28 pm

Austrian company Guger Technologies (g.tec) has developed a brain-computer interface that can be used to "type" short text messages simply by staring at letters on a screen.
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Wireless tech saves energy - and makes better mousetrap

Posted March 1, 2011 - 10:09 pm

Tucked in a dark corner of the Cebit trade show, in Hall 2, lies a mousetrap. Not just any old mousetrap, but a wireless-enabled one.
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RoboThespian sings, does impersonations

Posted March 1, 2011 - 4:19 pm

It sings, acts and even does impersonations. Just don't ask this robot to vacuum the floor. One of the stars of Cebit 2011 is RoboThespian, an entertainment robot from the U.K.
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Brain control can type letters [video]

Posted March 1, 2011 - 4:04 pm

Concentrate carefully and the letters will appear on screen - it's not a magic trick but the latest in brain-machine control, on show at this week's Cebit. The system, called intendiX, consists of a skull cap with electrodes, a pocket-sized brainwave amplifier, and a Windows application that analyzes and decodes the brainwaves.
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RoboThespian sings, does impersonations [video]

Posted March 1, 2011 - 4:00 pm

One of the stars of Cebit 2011 is RoboThespian, an entertainment robot from the UK. It won't vacuum your floor and can't make cars like other robots, it's sole purpose is to communicate and it does that with a good deal of humor.
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Vodafone executive: Nokia-Microsoft deal a good thing

Posted March 1, 2011 - 3:01 pm

Nokia and Microsoft joining forces to better compete with Apple and Google's Android OS will be good for the smartphone market, Vodafone Germany's Jan Geldmacher, managing director, enterprise business said in an interview at the Cebit trade show in Hanover.
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A Nao robot performs at Cebit [video]

Posted March 1, 2011 - 10:05 am

A Nao robot performs at Intel's Cebit news conference.
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Asus brings Kinect-like gaming to PCs [video]

Posted February 28, 2011 - 2:26 pm

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RoboCup world champions on show at Cebit

Posted March 8, 2010 - 4:32 pm

Winners of last year's Robo Cup, the team from Bremen University was at the Cebit IT fair demonstrating their skills. The robots won the annual competition by out-scroing the opposition 64 goals to one -- and they made it sound so easy.
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3D without the glasses! Prototype displays are on-show at Cebit

Posted March 8, 2010 - 4:22 pm

At the Cebit IT fair, developers show a new breed of screen that projects a 3D image directly at the viewer and doesn't require glasses.
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Researchers bring 3D to HTML and the Web

Posted March 8, 2010 - 4:10 pm

Researchers at the German Research Center for Artifical Intelligence and the country's Saarland University are putting 3D graphics on the Web. The system they've developed, called XML3D, allows for 3D models to be embedded and interactive on Web sites. It's an extension to HTML, the Web's basic language.
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Asus Debuts Slimmer, Trimmer Netbooks

Posted March 3, 2010 - 10:02 pm

Asus, which seems to have a new netbook every month, is showing three new ones this week at CeBIT, the giant tech trade show in Hannover, Germany.
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SafeNet looks to secure data in the cloud

Posted March 3, 2010 - 4:48 pm

Encryption vendor SafeNet is now offering technologies that help enterprises securely store and access information held in third-party data centers.
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Asustek unveils its first e-reader, the DR-900

Posted March 3, 2010 - 4:44 pm

Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer unveiled its first e-reader, the DR-900, at the Cebit electronics show going on now in Hanover, Germany.
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Researchers develop 3D graphics capability for Firefox

Posted March 3, 2010 - 4:42 pm

A group of researchers plans to release a version of the Firefox browser that includes the built-in ability to view 3D graphics, a capability that could open the door for more interactive Web pages from developers.
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Skype Lands On Nokia Symbian Phones

Posted March 3, 2010 - 2:03 pm

Nokia is embracing Skype making available for free the Internet-telephony (VoIP) app in the Ovi app store. Over 200 million Nokia handsets will now be able to download the Skype app and make cheap calls abroad while away from the computer.
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CeBIT 2010 Day One: Music, Mayhem, Green, Research, Snow

Posted March 2, 2010 - 11:57 am

Your intrepid blogger's put on the wet suit (yes, it snowed for a few minutes) and is surfing CeBIT, the largest computer show on earth. He had to dodge some sharks, logs in the water, but found the waves high, the curl acute, and so he shot the pipe-- trying to avoid sand. Read on.
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CeBIT 2010 Prevue: Sparks, Smouldering

Posted March 1, 2010 - 7:20 am

The world's largest 'computer show' still reigns, but it's smaller this year. That might not be a bad thing.
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