With electrons moving through it 100 times faster than in silicon, graphene promises to improve computing speed over the next decade. The laptop screen displays the honeycomb structure of graphene. . The remarkable electronics revolution of the last two decades depended critically on one phenomenon: the steady increase in the speed of computer chips. The [...]

The computer world is bracing itself for the latest virus, one so menacing that Microsoft has offered a reward of a quarter of a million dollars for  tracking down its creator, which some experts believe will strike on Wednesday. The Conficker virus is reported to have infected 10 million computers and experts think the April [...]

It’s like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story made popular by the movie of the same name. Benjamin (played by Brad Pitt) is born old and crippled and as he ages be becomes handsome, strong and potent. ……………………….. Starting off as a revolutionary, though slightly truncated mobile, the iPhone changed [...]

Look at networking as more than approaching strangers for favours. ..…… If you want to make networking a natural, comfortable part of your work life, you need to look for opportunities. Here are 10 often-overlooked opportunities for networking. Dial up Every day, you call people. You call friends and family so matter-of-factly that you don’t [...]

Image by pineapplebun via Flickr Short codes for mobile phones have existed for a very long time. Who’s not familiar with Indiatimes’ 8888? All you needed to do is send a word to that number and you get to download pictures and ringtones. Now comes a startup company called smsmeon that has begun using its [...]

A lot of you blog, but how many of you Twitter? Twitter is the new SMS with a difference. Your tweets must be limited to 140 characters. ………………………. The whole of America and Europe is Twittering, but in India it is yet to catch on. For Twitter to be useful, your friends and contacts have [...]

Youngsters are increasingly turning to networking sites in career-related matters:- ………………………………………. It was a job advertisement like any other. “We have an opening for the position of a test analyst with our US-based MNC client at their Indian office located at Noida. Candidates from the national capital region (NCR) only shall be considered for the [...]

This new SD format, called SDXC, once it is mature, will allow you to have up to 60 HD movies on one tiny SD card. This makes shooting video without tape very practical. SD card size is increasing to 2 Terabytes and write speeds of 300 megs per second!! …………………….. In case you don’t know [...]

Are you one of those who have had a BlackBerry thrust on you by your company or one who bought one just for its snob value? If yes, the chances are you are not using the device to its potential. ………………………. In all likelihood you use it just as a phone and to check your [...]

A new kid on the block is quietly giving laptops and notebooks a run for their money. ……………………………. If you are one of those who want to buy a portable computer for just writing and sending e-mail and browsing, what you need is a netbook and not a laptop or notebook. Netbooks are smaller than [...]