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Liquid Cooled Servers Heating The 3M Buckley Innovation Centre
The 3M Buckley Innovation Centre (3M BIC) at the University of Huddersfield, has installed Iceotope proprietary liquid cooled servers at a Huddersfield campus.  The innovative idea can cut the energy consumption of the High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and also heat the entire building through radiators. The building will appreciate the... Read more
Wolverine Self-Healing Gene is Found
One Harvard researcher thinks he has found the gene that would enable us to regrow organs and regenerate limbs. Various genes in our bodies turn on and off and different times over the course of our lives. It is here that scientists are looking for the magical code that... Read more
Western Digital Confirms OS X Mavericks Can Wipe External Hard Drive Data
Western Digital (WD) is one of the largest hard drive manufacturers in the world and they rarely have issues with their drives; however, that is not to say they are infallible.  WD has warned its customers that upgrading to Apple’s latest offering, OS X Mavericks (10.9) can make users lose all the... Read more
Biohacker Implants Smartphone Sized Chip Under His Arm
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the above photo is a still taken from a sci-fi film but it is an actual image of the biohacker Tim Cannon. Otherwise known as “DIY Cyborg”, Cannon implanted a smartphone sized Circadia 1.0 computer chip under the skin of his forearm. The... Read more
Hackers Target Microsoft Users
Microsoft has warned users of potential hacker attacks. The company has said it is “aware of targeted attacks”, which are exploiting a “vulnerability” in its operating system to gain user rights to the affected computers. This issue is said to affect Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Office... Read more
PlayStation 4 To Release on November 15th With 22 Games
The big day is almost here, and I am not talking about Thanksgiving or Christmas. What day then, you ask? November 15th, 2013; also known to PlayStation fans across the country as the release date for Sony’s new PlayStation 4. While not an official holiday on the calendar, one... Read more
William Lowe: Father of IBM PC Dies
IBM was for a long time, the dominant force in mainframe computing for both corporations and the government.  The company became interested in the personal computer market in the late 1970s, well after brands such as Apple and Commodore had already established a market share.  William Lowe helped make... Read more
Meet Lenovo’s Product Engineer: Ashton Kutcher
Ashton Kutcher made some waves in the tech/geek scene when he was chosen to portray Steve Jobs in the movie Jobs. I don’t know what you think about the movie, and I can’t really give my opinion as I have not seen it myself, but judging by IMDB ratings,... Read more
Steve Wozniak Wishes Apple & Google Would Team Up
As someone who has owned an iPhone and an Android phone (specifically the Samsung Galaxy S3), I can say that I wish some of the features overlapped. Don’t get me wrong, they are both great phones – I just wish I could do some of the same things on... Read more
SafeFlame Project Creates Fire From Water
A European research project has developed a portable device that makes fire from water. It doesn’t use flammable gases either and it produces its own fuel as needed!  The system works by combining Hydrogen and Oxygen at the very tip of the torch, creating a flame that is cooler and much... Read more
Insect-Like Robot Gimball Inspects Disaster Zones
A new rescue robot has been revealed by its’ designers. Named Gimball, this insect-like flying robot can collide and bounce off objects and then right itself, making it perfect for dealing with situations that would be hazardous to humans. Gimball was designed and built by a team in Switzerland... Read more
Sprint Promises 60Mbps LTE
How does 60Mbps LTE sound? I don’t know about you, but if a carrier can live up to that promise, I’d definitely be switching without a second thought! That’s what Sprint is promising: a whopping 60Mbps LTE connection called “Sprint Spark”. While everyone was probably caught up in Halloween... Read more
Star Wars Blooper Reel Hits YouTube
A very entertaining video has finally, after 36 years hidden away, made its way onto the web’s most popular video site; YouTube.   At last some “Star Wars” outtake footage, that few have seen, (until now), finally makes its way onto the World Wide Web! The most watched and... Read more
NSA Botched Update Caused Downtime Not DDOS
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has vehemently denied current circulating rumours that the extended downtime of its website on Friday was caused by a DDoS attack, blaming the error on a botched system update instead. Some rumours on the web have suggested that the downtime is the work... Read more
Neurocam Records Whatever Excites You
Let’s admit it; we live in a pretty cool world with all of the technology currently available at our fingertips. Whatever we want to do, the technology most likely exists (or will soon exist) to allow us to do it. Take the folks at Neurowear for example. They are... Read more
Dell Users Complain Ultrabook Smells Of Cat Urine
Dell users have been complaining that the Latitude 6430u Ultrabook smells of cat urine. Those affected by the issue have been advised to return the laptop so it can receive replacement parts. Dell engineers have said that it is not caused by biological contamination and does not pose a... Read more
Batman Arkham Origins is Available…But Does it Deliver?
Who doesn’t want to get the opportunity to be Batman, even if it’s only through a video game console? Batman Arkham Origins was released on October 25, 2013 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and as a PC game. Being released behind such big hits as Arkham... Read more
Google Smartwatch Enters Final Production!
According to the Wall Street Journal, their sources who have inside information on Google’s hardware plans have revealed that the firm is in the final stages of producing its very first smartwatch. The anonymous sources have apparently claimed that the smartwatch is nearly ready for mass production and could... Read more