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Best tools for mobile application development

The J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) technology is still relatively new. Strong development tools, especially IDEs, will greatly help J2ME’s adoption among wireless application developers. In this article, I review four J2ME IDE products: Borland JBuilder 7 Enterprise with MobileSet 3 Sun Microsystems’ Sun ONE (Open Network Environment) Studio 4 Mobile Edition Metrowerks CodeWarrior [...]


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LEDs: Its Begining Of End For The Traditional Light Bulbs

In the beginning, there was darkness. Then came fire. It wasn’t until the 19th century that artificial light was first generated. The big leap came in the 1880s, when Thomas Edison lit homes with the incandescent bulb. Since then, for the next 130 years, incandescents ruled the nights, the roads, and especially the Christmas tree. [...]


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IBM researchers make 12-atom magnetic memory bit

Researchers have successfully stored a single data bit in only 12 atoms. Currently it takes about a million atoms to store a bit on a modern hard-disk, the researchers from IBM say. They believe this is the world’s smallest magnetic memory bit. According to the researchers, the technique opens up the possibility of producing much [...]


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CES 2012: Intel demos gesture-control ultrabook range

Intel has shown off gesture-controlled ultrabooks with built-in tilt sensors and touch-free credit card readers. The chip maker said more than 75 laptop models – with less advanced features – are in the pipeline this year. The US firm told a Consumer Electronics Show press conference that it planned to launch its biggest marketing campaign [...]


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