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• Is it time for 3D?

  A combination of factors means the time could finally be right for TV to break out into another dimension.

  
  

• Turning on a meeting

  New videoconferencing means people wont have to travel between countries for business meetings in future.

  
  

• Into the fast lane

  Cost pressures are forcing designers to put more analogue circuitry onto bleeding-edge silicon.

  
  

• Quantum of solace

  Circuit designers are turning into digital techniques to improve analogue performance on submicron processes.

  
  

• Out of time

  Faced with projects running late, chip designers are having to face up to doing less designing and buying in bigger lumps of circuitry.

  
  

• Unifying underwater vehicle control systems

  A standardised system is set to make it easier to control underwater vehicles remotely.

  
  

• Catastrophe in the balance

  Preventing critical equipment from failing while at sea can be a matter of life and death.

  
  

• Balance of power

  A new report sets the scene for Europe's attempts to meet increasing demand for energy while also reducing carbon emissions.

  
  

• A hybrid solution

  A combination of approaches may offer the only way of incorporating more renewable energy sources into existing power grids.

  
  

• Time to market

  The same technology that drives many of the most advanced computerised trading systems is on its way to a computer near you.

  
  

• Viewpoint and 60 second interview

  Viewpoint with Dave Lipsey, Ordnance Survey. 60 second interview with Andrew Mackay, Service Birmingham.

  
  

• Product profile

  Does BlueArc's Titan 2000 networked attached storage array give users what they need?

  
  

• Good vibrations

  Jaguar has teamed up with a British loudspeaker specialist to give drivers the ultimate car audio experience.

  
  

• Streets ahead of the west

  The west needs to try harder if its going to erode Japan's lead in lean manufacturing.

  
  

• The porcupine problem

  Software could give mobile phone makers a way of packing increasing numbers of standards into the same space.

  
  

• Tuning in to the talent

  Attracting and retaining the best can be the difference between success and failure.

  
  

• Tough act to follow

  Careful succession planning minimises the risk of damage when the time comes to hand over responsibility to a new manager.