Technology

Seating in car crucial for airbag safety, test finds

Seating in car crucial for airbag safety, test finds Car passengers sitting in a reclining position with their legs resting on the dashboard could be seriously injured by the airbag in a crash, the Austrian motoring organisation (OeAMTC) has warned.

New notebooks and HDTV

AMD's Turion chip technology

Asus plans to introduce two new laptops running on AMD's Turion chip technology in August.The
M51TA-AP009C model has a 2 gigahertz Turion 64 X2 dual core processor,
while the M51TA-AS008C runs on a 2.2 gigahertz Ultra Turion 64 X2 dual
core processor.

How to hold a successful LAN party

Computer Hardware

Bertram Meyer leans over his desk and tugs at his computer's monitor
cable. He disconnects the keyboard and packs up his computer mouse. A
case of energy drinks are waiting in the hallway of his Berlin
apartment. He packs a sleeping pad, sleeping bag, and inflatable neck
rest.

Nord Stream pipeline builders present report on project

Nord Stream pipeline builders present report on project

The consortium that plans to build an underwater Baltic Sea gas
pipeline from Russia to Germany on Monday released an overview of the
project to date.

Pick the computer monitor that's right for you

TN Film Monitor

Monitors frame our relationship with our computers and a great computer is only as good as its monitor.

That's why it's important to ask yourself: "What do I want to do with
this computer" before purchasing, says Jaroslav Smycek of the Hannover
Consumer's Center.

Most senior citizens have neither a mobile phone nor computer

mobile phone nor computer

Most German senior citizens - or 58 per cent of those over 65 - have
neither a mobile phone nor computer while the figure plunges to 5 per
cent in the 14- to 29-year age group, a study by the researcher Aris
for BITKOM, a technology industry association found.

Attack of the Network Minnows: Netbooks conquer the market

Asus EeePC.

When the CeBIT rolled out in March 2008, nobody had an answer to the small yet affordable Asus EeePC.

Striped hard drives and quiet laptops- New technology products

New technology products

Toshiba has announced plans to introduce three new external hard drives
in late August. The 2.5 inch devices offer up to 160, 250, and 320
gigabytes of storage space respectively, connected via U. S. B 2.0.

IOC happy, not bothered, by Google's Olympic doodle

Google's Olympic doodle

Google faces no trouble for its use of Olympic symbols as officials are
happy that the leading internet search engine is prominently featuring
the Beijing Games.

High oil prices boost energy giant Statoil Hydro Q2 profits

High oil prices boost energy giant Statoil Hydro Q2 profits

Norwegian energy giant Statoil Hydro's second-quarter earnings were
boosted by record-high oil and gas prices, the group said Friday.

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