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Microsoft patents automatic device pairing system
A recent patent application (via WMPowerUser.com) describes a system devised by Microsoft to enable automatic pairing of devices over short-range wireless connections such as Bluetooth and Wireless...
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Microsoft Asia prototypes fancy new inductive charging pad
Microsoft has applied for a neat patent for a smart inductive charger (via Being Manan). Inductive charging, used, for example, in the Palm Pre's Touchstone, allows for contactless charging of devices...
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Hands-on with Wii Classic Controller Pro: fingerprinty!
So we were sent a Wii Classic Controller Pro, the $20 update to the first-generation Classic Controller for the Nintendo Wii. Does it look more "pro" to you? The controller is laid out very similarly...
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Courier lives, kinda, with new Toshiba dual-screen portable
Today Toshiba announced the Libretto W100, an ultra-mobile PC sporting a pair of 7" 1024 × 600 multitouch screens, a 1.2GHz Pentium U5400 processor, 2GB RAM, and a 62GB solid state disk. The all-touch...
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Nonvisual interface may allow blind people to drive cars
A newly developed driving interface may let blind people independently drive cars on the open road. Designed by engineers at Virginia Tech, the system incorporates various nonvisual cues into the...
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Cars hacked through wireless tire sensors
The tire pressure monitors built into modern cars have been shown to be insecure by researchers from Rutgers University and the University of South Carolina. The wireless sensors, compulsory in new...
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Probabilistic processors possibly pack potent punch
A DARPA-funded processor start-up has made bold claims about a new kind of processor that computes using probabilities, rather than the traditional ones and zeroes of conventional processors. Lyric...
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Intel's upgradable processor: good sense or utter catastrophe?
Intel is about to experiment with a new concept in mass-market processors with its forthcoming Pentium G6951 CPU: upgradability. The chips will be upgradable by end users via a purchased code that is...
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Feature: A quick look at the Windows Phone 7 demo
Yesterday, Steve Ballmer took the stage to orchestrate the introduction of his company's long-awaited revamp of its phone operating system. We've picked up a few review units, but aren't able to talk...
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Ask Ars: Of solid state drives and garbage collection
Welcome to the re-launch of Ask Ars, brought to you by CDW! Re-launch, you ask? Why, yes! Ask Ars was one of the first features of the newly born Ars Technica back in 1998. Ask Ars is all about your...
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Ask Ars: are "green" hard drives really all that green?
Ask Ars was one of the first features of the newly born Ars Technica back in 1998. It's all about your questions and our community's answers. Each week, we'll dig into our bag of questions, answer a...
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Samsung laptop keylogger almost certainly a false positive
Mohamed Hassan had just installed anti-malware software on his new Samsung laptop when, much to his surprise, the software alerted him to the presence of a keystroke logger. A brand-new machine, and...
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Intel takes pot-shots at ARM Windows, misses point completely
Not content with making bold claims about the performance and efficiency of future iterations of its Atom processor line, Intel used its investor relations day to point out just how much better...
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Feature: Speed matters: how Ethernet went from 3Mbps to 100Gbps... and beyond
Although watching TV shows from the 1970s suggests otherwise, the era wasn't completely devoid of all things resembling modern communication systems. Sure, the 50Kbps modems that the ARPANET ran on...
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IBM's new transactional memory: make-or-break time for multithreaded revolution
The BlueGene/Q processors that will power the 20 petaflops Sequoia supercomputer being built by IBM for Lawrence Livermore National Labs will be the first commercial processors to include hardware...
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Feature: Ultrabook: Intel's $300 million plan to beat Apple at its own game
My desktop isn't the only computer I plan to replace in the next few months. I need a new laptop too, and my goal is simple: to find a 13" MacBook Air that isn't made by Apple. It turns out that I'm...
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Larry Ellison unveils Oracle Public Cloud, claims no one will be locked in
Oracle said this week that it's building a cloud service to host many of its key software products, including Java, database, middleware and CRM. As if anticipating concerns that the aptly named...
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Feature: Can AMD survive Bulldozer's disappointing debut?
AMD's long-awaited Bulldozer processor finally hit the market this week, and the Web has been flooded with benchmark results. One thing is clear: this won't kill Intel's Sandy Bridge, as some were...
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