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Year in review: Tech's indelible images

year in review The year provided a plethora of tech- and nature-oriented eye candy, from green machines to the Red Planet.

December 17, 2008, 11:30 AM PST

The 15-petabyte network and the atom smasher

Work being done to prep CERN's Large Hadron Collider for operation is paving the way for future lightning-speed networks.
(By Nick Heath of Silicon.com)

July 15, 2008, 1:30 PM PDT

How PARC sees printers boosting clean tech

Researchers at PARC, famed for its computing innovations, say printers and copiers have a lot to offer on the eco-tech front.
Photos: PARC prints green tech

April 2, 2008, 4:00 AM PDT

Taking in Microsoft's TechFest

roundup Annual in-house science fair shows off array of research projects--from the WorldWide Telescope to a new touch-based interface for mobile devices.

March 11, 2008, 3:33 PM PDT

Balancing law with tech and privacy

roundup Legal issues collide with privacy, intellectual property, innovation, and technology at the Legal Futures Conference at Stanford University.
• Why we should care about the spectrum debate
• The future of professional content, ad infinitum

March 8, 2008, 2:22 PM PST

The tech of the Irish

CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos just finished a whirlwind tour of Ireland's tech start-ups and research centers. Here's what he found.

March 4, 2008, 10:32 AM PST

IBM calculates the force it takes to move atoms

IBM has figured out how much force it takes to move atoms. Next, it will try to build things with those atoms.

February 21, 2008, 11:00 AM PST

IBM experimenting with DNA to build chips

The research uses DNA molecules to arrange carbon nanotubes into a grid that might function as a data storage device or to perform calculations.

February 20, 2008, 4:00 AM PST

Green tech powers forward

special coverage Researchers are making great strides in energy technology, and investors are paying attention.

January 16, 2008, 9:00 PM PST