What job involves acid baths, robots and space suits? Read about the fascinating world of computer chip fabrication, with PC Authority’s exclusive imagery and insights.

Although the future for polymer electronics looks bright, theres inevitably a cloud on the horizon. Its to do with size. While there would be some definite advantages in making computer chips out of p

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High-ranking executive to 'look after product quality'.

What can a vendor-controlled comparison of notebook technology teach us? Plenty – but not in the way it was intended. Read on as we expose HP’s notebook ‘Reliability Challenge’.

A third of all wireless radio equipment will be fully integrated by 2011.

Replacement programme designed to address overheating 'concerns'.

1918 Enigma The German Enigma is surely the best-known mechanical cipher machine. Invented in 1918, it was developed as a commercial and military encipherment system. Enigma

What happens when multiple-core processors are no longer sufficient for our demands? Stuart Andrews looks at the future of CPUs.

Engineers promise improved consumer electronics.

PC fails to keep suspect's Internet Explorer history secret.

This card is the same card as the Bravura Evil Master II, but without the retail extras thrown in. The card itself is a fairly plain-looking affair - a simple green PCB (printed circuit board) with a small cooling fan and heatsink over the GPU, and an array of RAM modules absent of the large RAM heatsinks now commonplace on the NVIDIA models.

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Nist researchers claim major breakthrough.

Quick-release hard disks can’t make up for design flaws.

Near field communication host controller in development.

Battery capacity has proven to be a serious barrier to true mobile computing. Tim Dean looks at how the technology is evolving.

Some BL-5C batteries may overheat during charging.

Low leakage technology reaches Asic processors.

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