Neowin News Feed for: Light

Science makes an enlightening discovery that could rewrite what we know of physics

Sayan Sen — Sun, 10 May 2026 20:58:01 +0000

Scientists have uncovered a groundbreaking phenomenon involving light itself, a discovery that could fundamentally rewrite humanity's current understanding of physics. Read more...

Wave or Particle? One of the biggest ever mysteries has been cracked

Sayan Sen — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:30:01 +0000

Wave or particle? Science continues to unravel one of humanity's greatest mysteries in this universe in rather useful ways. Read more...

Here's how twisted light reveals hidden images to unlock next gen data encryption

Sayan Sen — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:46:01 +0000

Twisted light can now reveal hidden images, offering a powerful new approach that could revolutionize secure data encryption systems. Read more...

MIT sees astonishing light-speed 6G processing with its new "100 times faster" chip

Sayan Sen — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:28:01 +0000

MIT's pioneering optical AI chip uses photonics and the power of light-speed, promising way better 6G speeds. Read more...

The fastest thing known to man is all set to make your PCs & phones "1000 times faster"

Sayan Sen — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 08:00:01 +0000

Researchers unveil a quantum switch activated by the fastest thing known to man, potentially revolutionizing computing as it promises to be "1000 times faster." Read more...

Oxford scientists create light from "darkness" and no it's not magic

Sayan Sen — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:36:02 +0000

Scientists over at the University of Oxford have managed to generate light out of "darkness" and there is no magic involved here, just pure science. Read more...

Review: Quntis RGB Pro+ light bar with wireless controller and premium craftsmanship

Robbie Khan — Tue, 13 May 2025 18:00:02 +0000

The Quntis RGB Pro+ is a cost-effective but high-quality light bar with a range of adjustments and mounting options. Whether your display is curved or flat, it could be what completes your setup. Read more...

Light to push camera tech to smartphones with $121M from SoftBank-led round

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:36:01 +0000

Light says the investment will allow the company to introduce its camera tech to other applications beyond smartphones such as security, robotics, automotive, aerial imaging, and more. Read more...

Light-based computing could become a reality thanks to new research

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:14:01 +0000

With silicon reaching its limits, and quantum computing being several years away from becoming a viable option, researchers in Australia have effectively processed information using light. Read more...

The Light Phone: no texting, no emails, no clutter, the size of a credit card

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Tue, 09 May 2017 10:20:01 +0000

The Light Phone is ready to be shipped to the wider public by the end of May. The handset is intended for those who want to free themselves from their demanding and vulnerable smartphones. Read more...

Light's 52MP 'L16' 16 lens camera now has a final design, and is almost ready to ship

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:52:02 +0000

It has been a couple years, but the Light L16 is almost here. Today, those that pre-ordered the 52MP camera got their first glimpse of the final product that will be shipping to them in July. Read more...

Zolt is aiming to replace your bulky factory laptop charger with something smaller

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 10:56:01 +0000

Zolt is a new universal laptop charger that will trump your current one in size and features. It measures three inches and can also charge up to two other USB devices. It will be available in Spring. Read more...

Side-by-side: Nokia's Lumia 925 vs Lumia 920

Andy Weir — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:53:58 +0000

Nokia's thin and light Lumia 925 may essentially be a Lumia 920 in new clothes, but how does it compare with its chunkier, heavier brother? We put Nokia's two flagship Windows Phones side by side. Read more...

Review: Nokia Lumia 925

Andy Weir — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:27:46 +0000

Nokia has tackled the major criticisms of its Lumia 920 with the launch of its thin, light, aluminium-bodied Lumia 925. But is the new flagship Windows Phone any good, or is its beauty only skin-deep? Read more...

Toshiba unveils world's thinnest 10-inch tablet [Update]

Andy Weir — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:21:19 +0000

Toshiba's Excite X10 - its new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet - is both thinner and lighter than the iPad 2. Could this finally be the device to dethrone the iPad as king of the tablets? Read more...

Ubuntu shows off new "Light" theme; brown is history

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:21:23 +0000

Beginning with the release of Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS), which is expected to hit PCs at the end of April, Ubuntu's UI will no longer look like it came about as a result of a... Read more...

LED light bulb, 7.5 watts and it lasts 10 years

Brad Sams — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:10:55 +0000

The ordinary light bulb in your house consumes around 60 watts depending on the application. C. Crane Company is hoping to change that with their newly announced LED light bulb dubbed GeoBulb that uses... Read more...

LED light bulbs to cut energy bills by 75%

Tom Warren — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:23:30 +0000

LED light bulbs are not a new invention but currently they are a costly alternative to the more traditional incandescent light bulbs. A report from London based Metro newspaper indicates that scientists have discovered a... Read more...

Apple applies to light up laptop touchpads, iPod clickwheels

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:55:15 +0000

Apple has touched on a new way to help you find your way around its products. The company has registered technology in the US that could see the iPod's clickwheel or your MacBook Air's touchpad... Read more...

Light to shrink computer clusters

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:39:43 +0000

Supercomputers may one day be the size of a laptop thanks to research by IBM. Scientists at IBM have completed work that may make it possible to do away with the copper wires used to... Read more...

Video game sheds light on brain activity during danger

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:35:16 +0000

A computer game in which volunteers had to move a blue triangle through a 2D maze while avoiding a red dot "predator" has shed light on how the brain reacts to imminent danger. If the... Read more...

DDR3 standard gets the green light

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:46:12 +0000

The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (Jedec) has published the specifications of the forthcoming Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) memory standard. DDR3 memory promises improvements in performance and power consumption over DDR2 and older standards.... Read more...

Google gives UK mobile maps the green light

Tom Warren — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:38:26 +0000

Google Mobile Maps is now available to UK users for route planning and local searching. The service, integrated with Google Earth for showing satellite images, has been available as a Java application for a while.... Read more...

LG's Blu-ray/HD DVD Player May Never See the Light of Day

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:36:37 +0000

In its current state, the LG BH100 player cannot receive certification from the DVD Forum and therefore cannot be advertised or sold to the public. The player that plays both HD formats, conforms to all... Read more...

Judge Gives Green Light to Monopolization Suit Against Apple

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:47:21 +0000

With all the hoopla of the video iPod and speculation that Apple was going to release a media center-style PC and switch to Intel chips, it seems that the media last September inadvertently – or... Read more...

.xxx given green light

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:29:10 +0000

ICann has given the go-ahead to plans for what has been described as a "virtual red-light district", with the creation of a .xxx TLD. Negotiations are to begin with ICM Registry Inc, which will run... Read more...

PeopleSoft Shareholders Give Oracle Green Light

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:05:28 +0000

Oracle Relevant Products/Services from Oracle, backed by what the company views as a favorable response from PeopleSoft Latest News about PeopleSoft stockholders, is applying more pressure in an effort to complete its proposed US$9.2 billion... Read more...

Gran Turismo 4 hits red light

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:09:24 +0000

Sony's driving sim gets pushed back in both Japan and North America; SCEA targets early '05 as new launch window. Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that the Gran Turismo 4 release date... Read more...

Thurrott Sheds Light on Longhorn and Office 12

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:10:20 +0000

In an article just posted to the web, Paul Thurrott has shed some light on current beta and release dates for Microsoft Office 12 and Windows Longhorn: It's been a quiet year... Read more...

First look at MSR's touch light prototype

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:20:56 +0000

Channel9 Forums has put together another great video showcasing technology from Microsoft's Research group. This latest video is a prototype of Microsoft's new "touch light" technology. Right now its still in the early... Read more...

Service Pack 2 sheds light on Longhorn

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 19:34:17 +0000

With the release of Microsoft's Service Pack 2 for Windows XP later this month, users will be re-evaluating their upgrade plans. Existing Windows XP desktops are likely to receive the SP2 update,... Read more...

Jump To Light Speed Opens Up Beta Registration

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:28:45 +0000

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that they are accepting applications for beta testing for its Star Wars Galaxies expansion Jump to Light Speed. Taking place between Episode IV and V, the game will include 15... Read more...

Microsoft shines more light on Longhorn

Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:02:35 +0000

As Microsoft prepares developers and independent software vendors for Longhorn, the next version of its Windows operating system, the company wants to wean them off older Windows programming models. Speaking at the... Read more...

DivX Light : a DivX alternative

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:07:53 +0000

DivX Light is only the original DivX® Decoder in a very light (242 KB) and simple installer. It's useful if you don't want to download the big 5MB DivX codec on DivX.com with... Read more...

Chips Could Crunch at Light Speed

Mon, 05 May 2003 10:59:09 +0000

Researchers at IBM have used carbon molecules to emit light, a breakthrough that could replace silicon as the foundation of chips and lead to faster computers and telecommunication equipment. The focus of... Read more...

AMD confirms thin and light Athlon XPs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 08:51:07 +0000

CHIP FIRM AMD got its first strike in against the Centrino blitz here in CeBIT by announcing its first chip for the so called thin-and-light market. It has a total of 12 notebook processors used... Read more...

Xoxide Multi Colored Cold Cathode Light Kits Review @ Modfactor.com

Thu, 07 Nov 2002 17:33:43 +0000

V Cool stuff guys! "When I put the green, blue, and red cold cathode in the computer I was very impressed with the color effect that the cold cathode made in my computer... Read more...

Inconstant Speed of Light May Debunk Einstein

Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:28:55 +0000

A team of Australian scientists has proposed that the speed of light may not be a constant, a revolutionary idea that could unseat one of the most cherished laws of modern physics -- Einstein's theory... Read more...

12 inch (pcmods) and 4 inch (zxmods) Blue Cold Cathode Light Kits

Fri, 07 Jun 2002 10:16:28 +0000

This looks v good! "Today modfactor.com has their latest review posted on the 12 inch (pcmods) and 4 inch (zxmods) Blue Cold Cathode Light Kits. These lights from pcmods.com (12inch) and zxmods.com (4inch)... Read more...

Light shed on Novell's darkest security secret

Tue, 04 Dec 2001 23:35:49 +0000

Novell users are finally able to find out why they needed to apply a patch to fix a GroupWise security problem deemed so serious the firm decided to keep it secret. Back... Read more...