"CES 2012: the TOP best gadgets"

TECHNOLOGY»PICTURE GALLERIES

Ultrabooks - high-powered, super-thin, lightweight laptops, were one of the key themes
of CES this year. Samsung unveiled its new Series 9 laptop - a thinner and more beautiful update to its existing range 

"4G mobile phone launch ‘before Christmas’"

TECHNOLOGY » MOBILE PHONES
New superfast mobile networks from Everything Everywhere could be up and running by the end of the year, communications regulator Ofcom has confirmed.

Britain has fallen behind other coutnries with its 4G roll-out - By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor   

Everything Everwhere, the owners of Orange and T-Mobile, has applied to Ofcom to be allowed to reuse its existing mobile phone spectrum for the new, faster mobile broadband services.

A four-week consultation will close on 17 April, and Everything Everywhere’s competitors are however expected by some analysts to seek to stop it stealing a march on their own plans.

A Vodafone spokesman said "We share the regulator’s desire to see the next generation of mobile

"New Arm chips herald ‘Internet of things’"

TECHNOLOGY » TECHNOLOGY NEWS
New processors from Arm Holdings use so little power they could allow a new generation of connected devices, from credit cards to light bulbs.

Tiny chips could mean even credit cards can be connected to the internet - By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor   

The chips, just 1mm by 1mm and powered by tiny batteries, will drive the so-called ‘Internet of things’, Cambridge-based Arm Holdings hopes. It anticipates uses across lighting, motor cars and a range of other devices that use new sensors.

Many companies are investing machine-to-machine communications, but new processors are required

Nokia Windows 8 tablet ‘coming soon'

TECHNOLOGY » NOKIA

Mobile phone maker Nokia is likely to launch a Windows 8 tablet before Christmas, according to sources.

Nokia's success with its Windows Lumia mobile phones could be followed up with a tablet

The 10” device would be among the first to use Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system, and would follow from Nokia’s pioneering use of the Windows Phone OS.

Tablet manufacturers have been struggling to find a product to take on Apple's iPad, which has just been updated. New Microsoft software, however, will provide a new platform, and analysts have already

"Out of this world adventure - camping out on an asteroid"

Technology >> Sci-Tech 

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Asteroid camping

A NASA astronaut and geologist have been on a camping trip with a twist - they were pretending to be on an asteroid.

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HAVE you ever dreamed of sleeping on an asteroid in the middle of the solar system?

Well, an astronaut and a geologist have done just that...almost.

The NASA team recently spent three days "camping" and "flying" around an asteroid as