Green IT: Hype or Reality Green IT: Hype or Reality
Posted by: cio

Video duration: 117 seconds

Everybody's talking about information technology that's environmentally conscious. But are CIOs and other IT leaders simply giving green tech lip service? CIO talked with IT leaders to find out.

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Interview With Steve Wozniak at Boston Robotics Competition Interview With Steve Wozniak at Boston Robotics Competition
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Video duration: 433 seconds

At a recent robotics competition in Boston, Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple was one of the judges. We caught up with him and asked him some questions on a variety of topics.

Related: computer, electronics, gadget, internet, robot, robotics, web

Toshiba Protype Robot Controls Devices In Your Livingroom Toshiba Protype Robot Controls Devices In Your Livingroom
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Video duration: 132 seconds

Toshiba's prototype robot can control devices in your living room. The robot, called ApriPoco, learns from users and then can act on their command. Toshiba hopes to commercialize ApriPoco one day.

Related: computer, electronics, gadget, robot, toshiba

World Tech Update for Week of March 21, 2008 World Tech Update for Week of March 21, 2008
Posted by: cio

Video duration: 376 seconds

In this week's 5-minute recap of the week's technology news: YouTube is blacked out in China; Intel dreams of future mobile devices; the world loses Arthur C Clarke; Intel expands Classmate sales; Vista SP1 is ready and new cameras from Tokyo's Photo Imaging Expo.

Related: china, expo, imaging, intel, photo, sp1, vista, youtube

An undercover Dateline NBC reporter flees the Defcon hacker An undercover Dateline NBC reporter flees the Defcon hacker
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An undercover Dateline NBC reporter flees the Defcon hacker convention after being outed in front of attendees.

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IDG News Service World Tech Update -- March 14, 2008 IDG News Service World Tech Update -- March 14, 2008
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Video duration: 346 seconds

In this week's edition of World Tech Update: Bill Gates appeals to lawmakers for more H-1B visas, the EU approves the Google-DoubleClick merger, AOL buys Bebo, the safety of hands free cell phones comes into question, implanted brain chips control computers, new Atom-based notebooks are coming, and more gadgets from last week's Cebit.

Related: advertising, computer, doubleclick, electronics, gadget, google, immigration, internet, microsoft, technology, web

Cold Boot Attack Put to the Test at CanSecWest Cold Boot Attack Put to the Test at CanSecWest
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Video duration: 155 seconds

After researchers at Princeton University showed how they could dig up the contents of a computer's memory just minutes after the machine had been turned off, it was only a matter of time before hackers began showing how this technique, called a cold boot attack, could be used in the real world.

Related: computer, electronics, gadget, hacker, internet, security, web

Hands On With HP\ Hands On With HP's Ultraportable Compaq 2133 Laptop
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Video duration: 132 seconds

Hewlett-Packard unveiled its Compaq 2133 ultraportable laptop, which uses a C7-M microprocessor from Taiwan's Via Technologies instead of a chip from Intel.

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Intel Unveils New Models in Classmate PC Range Intel Unveils New Models in Classmate PC Range
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Video duration: 170 seconds

Intel unveiled an updated version of its Classmate PC laptop at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Shanghai, but changes made to the device are largely cosmetic -- at least for now.

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Apple Mac Hacked in Two Minutes at CanSecWest Apple Mac Hacked in Two Minutes at CanSecWest
Posted by: cio

Video duration: 77 seconds

It took only 2 minutes for Charlie Miller to win 10,000 dollars. He was the first to hack one of the laptops at CanSecWest in Vancouver.

Related: apple, cansecwest, mac

Artist Uses Computers, Viruses to Create Art Artist Uses Computers, Viruses to Create Art
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Video duration: 173 seconds

On the eve of the RSA Conference a San Francisco gallery unveiled an exhibit called Infected Art. It's a collection of images created from the code of various viruses, worms, spam, and other malware.

Related: computer, gadget, hacker, infosecurity, internet, rsa, security, web

BrainGate Lets Your Brain Control the Computer BrainGate Lets Your Brain Control the Computer
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Video duration: 123 seconds

BrainGate is a new technology where a chip is implanted in the brain that picks up electrical impulses. A computer then interprets those impulses as actions.

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IDG News Service World Tech Update -- April 11, 2008 IDG News Service World Tech Update -- April 11, 2008
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Video duration: 371 seconds

In this week's show: the EC approves cell phones for airplanes, HP's 2133 competes with the Eee PC, computer viruses make art, US Homeland Security Secretary keynotes at RSA, Europe's Galileo is moving forward and you can now send smells.

Related: computer, electronics, gadget, internet, technology, web

Bill Gates Appeals to US House of Reps Sci/Tech Committee Bill Gates Appeals to US House of Reps Sci/Tech Committee
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Video duration: 77 seconds

Bill Gates told US law makers on Wednesday that the country is driving away the world's best engineers and computer scientists by putting limits on H-1B visas and other immigrant worker programs.

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Windows Mobile 6.1 Offers Full Web Browser, Other Features Windows Mobile 6.1 Offers Full Web Browser, Other Features
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Video duration: 80 seconds

The new Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 offers a full HTML browser and support for Flash among other features.

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Garmin Plans to Enter Mobile Phone Market With \"Nuvifone\" Garmin Plans to Enter Mobile Phone Market With "Nuvifone"
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Video duration: 128 seconds

GPS device maker Garmin announced at CeBIT on Tuesday that it plans to enter the mobile phone market with the nüvifone.

Related: computer, gadget, garmin, gps, internet, mobile, smartphone, wireless

IBM Introduces Racetrack Memory Concept IBM Introduces Racetrack Memory Concept
Posted by: cio

Video duration: 61 seconds

IBM's developing a new type of solid-state memory that combines the best characteristics of flash, like having no moving parts, and the low cost of hard drives.

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MIT Offers All Course Material Online MIT Offers All Course Material Online
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Video duration: 165 seconds

MIT announced the completion of its OpenCourseWare project on Wednesday in Cambridge.

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CTIA: WiMAX Demo CTIA: WiMAX Demo
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Video duration: 96 seconds

There was a lot of talk about WiMax at CTIA this week, but in the convention center parking lot, the rubber hit the road.

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Europe\ Europe's Galileo Satellite Navigation System Moves Forward
Posted by: cio

Video duration: 114 seconds

Europe is moving forward with their own satellite navigation system after years of setbacks and delays threatened to derail the ambitious project, which is the continent's answer to US-run GPS.

Related: computer, electronics, europe, gadget, gps, internet, navigation, satellite, web

Intel Outlines Nehalem, Montevina and Talks Wimax Intel Outlines Nehalem, Montevina and Talks Wimax
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Video duration: 165 seconds

The head of Intel's mobility group, Dadi Perlmutter, outlined on Wednesday innovations the chip maker plans over the next few years to deliver faster and higher performance processors.

Related: chip, computer, electronics, gadget, intel, mobile, montevina, nehalem, processor, wimax, wireless

DEFCON : Simple Hack Can Unlock Most Any Office Door DEFCON : Simple Hack Can Unlock Most Any Office Door
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Video duration: 66 seconds

At Defcon, a hacker shows how a $10 chip called the Gecko can be used to open almost any card-protected office door.

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PCMobilizr from Rove Mobile at DEMO \ PCMobilizr from Rove Mobile at DEMO '08
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Video duration: 361 seconds

Software application for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices that lets users access information on their desktop PCs.

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Q&A With Bill Gates: Innovator, Deal-Maker, Philanthropist Q&A With Bill Gates: Innovator, Deal-Maker, Philanthropist
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Video duration: 289 seconds

Bill Gates spoke with the IDG News Service before his final Consumer Electronics Show keynote in Las Vegas.

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IDG News Service World Tech Update -- April 4, 2008 IDG News Service World Tech Update -- April 4, 2008
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Video duration: 388 seconds

In this week's show: new phones and gadgets are on display at CTIA in Las Vegas; Mac is hacked first at CanSecWest; Toshiba's robot helps control remotes; Boston hosts a robotic competition and Steve Wozniak talks on tech; Intel introduces a new Classmate PC; Mobile Internet Devices use Intel's Atom processor; and AT&T uses Microsoft's Surface computer.

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