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Grid Computing Boosts Cancer Research
Tuesday 24 June 2008 – 04:30
Folding@Home reaches one million PS3s
Tuesday 5 February 2008 – 10:10 in Business
Sony Computer Entertainment today announced that its contribution to Stanford's Folding@Home medical research program now reaches one million Playstation 3 consoles worldwide.
Can anyone get the connected home right?
Monday 23 July 2007 – 09:47 in Consumer Electronics
We’ve been trying to make the idea of the connected home work for decades. I can recall shortly after Disneyland opened they had a showcase home of the future which stayed in place from 1957 to 1967. It was kind of funny was when it was torn down: It was
Home power-line network chips near
Monday 15 January 2001 – 08:08
Home networks running on ac power lines are approaching reality as chipmakers supporting the technology begin making deals with OEMs.
Luggable media and sneakernet to lead the way for home media networks
Thursday 20 April 2006 – 03:10
According to market research by In-Stat, although there has been much hype about multimedia home networks, what the company calls "low-cost" portable storage devices that can move content throughout the home, via the "sneakernet," may win the favor of consumers.

Articles & reviews

A Home-Grown Water Cooler for 115 Dollars*
Monday 28 May 2001 – 07:00
Extreme cooling for overclockers - using a liquid cooling system allows any CPU to be optimally overclocked. We show you how to build an inexpensive water cooler, step by step.
CES 2007: The battle for the digital home - analyst opinion*
Saturday 6 January 2007 – 07:07
Get ready for the battle for the digital home: CES and Macworld are just a few days away and both will lure you with new media center devices. Behind the scenes, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, and AMD are assembling the core technologies, but the front end is more interesting: HP, Dell and Apple will be the primary vendors making a run at this new market. Let's have a closer look.
Building A Home Network From Scratch - The Ins and Outs of Building a Home Network*
Monday 30 June 2003 – 09:36
With interest rates at an all-time low in the U.S., many Americans are now able to build or buy their first home or, if they are already a homeowner, to upgrade to something better. Buying or building a home offers those who are technology-minded the opportunity to consider the integration of home connectivity up-front. Many new, custom-built homes now offer some level of basic home connectivity as an option; but this is a new phenomenon. Considering that the Internet has become a mainstream feature of our collective lifestyle in just a few short years, unless the home you are buying is fairly new it is likely that you are pretty much left to your own devices when it comes to networking.
Forget about Home Movies: Two Software packages render camcorders into a 15 GB Data Storage Device*
Friday 12 September 2003 – 07:00
One supplier says its software package for $60 will enable you to store up to 15 GB of camcorder footage on a single tape. We put the DVStreamer PRO to the test.
PC Case Roundup: Spring 2008*
Friday 13 June 2008 – 07:00
We take a detailed look at a diverse cross-section of cases from a variety of manufacturers and answer some key questions: What are the features? Which is the loudest? Which provides the best value?