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Ben has sent in an article about a new type of memory which is much faster than todays memory technology. "Scientists from IBM, Macronix and Qimonda said they developed a material that made "phase-change" memory 500 to 1000 times faster than the commonly-used "flash" memory, while using half as much power. "You can do a lot of things with this phase-change memory that you can't do with flash," IBM senior manager of nanoscale science Spike Narayan told AFP. "You can replace disks, do instant-on computers, or carry your own fancy computer application in your hand. It would complement smaller technology if manufacturers wanted to conjure things up.""
Techgage has an article about Linux desktop environments and the advantages of each.
Kris sends in this article about the top 10 banned toys. "Last month, Target recalled 10 of its Kool Toyz-brand play sets, citing hazards like "lead paint," "sharp points," and "puncture wound potential." The toys, which included plastic aircraft carriers, dinosaurs, and tanks, all appeared harmless enough. But according to the killjoys at the Consumer Product Safety Commission, children—at least those prone to eating plastic objects as big as their head—were at serious risk."
Apple has been trumped by Cisco systems who have released a VOIP phone with the name "iphone". It seems that Cisco has owned the trademark for some time and Apple will need to think up another name for its romoured mobile phone.
Marc has sent in this interesting mod of a usb powered cup warmer aided by an original Pentium processor. I have heaps of these old processors around, I should make one.
It seems that the minimum system requirements of Vista is not as much as we thought. It seems that Vista will run on systems as slow as 800mhz as a minimum. "According to the company, the baseline configuration should have an 800 MHz processor, 512 MB of memory, a CD-ROM drive, a 20 GB hard drive (15 GB are occupied by the basic Vista installation) and an SVGA graphics card capable of displaying a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. From the view of the minimum requirements of Windows XP Home (300 MHz CPU, 128 MB memory, 1.5 GB hard disk space, CD-ROM SVGA graphics card), that's a substantial increase in computing horsepower, but it may not be enough to run Vista as it will be advertised by Microsoft."
Ashley has sent in news about a isolated mountain village who have installed a mirror for year round sunlight.
Todays timewaster is winterbells. Guide the the rabbit up the bells while trying not to fall. I got 4500 so you peoples should be able to beat that :). Another game which suits the holiday season can be found here.
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