IBM says breakthrough memory technology may crawl out of lab in 2006 or 2007

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IBM says its breakthrough memory technology, Millipede, will make it to market in 2006 or 2007, according to a Small Times report. The MEMS/nanotech combo storage effort, is creeping toward reality – this time with its first working quantum storage prototype. Millipede drives are being designed to fit in the same size packaging as SD flash cards with an expected memory capacity at debut of 40-Gbits to 80-Gbits.


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France's Larousse sets up Wikipedia rival

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France's Larousse publishing house on Tuesday launched an online French-language encyclopedia offering free access to its dictionary and inviting users to contribute content, aiming to rival Wikipedia.

We're watching the 'oppressors': world telecoms boss

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The head of the world telecoms body said on Tuesday that oppressive regimes are increasingly using their control over the Internet to deprive citizens of information but that those governments are being watched ...

Sale to HP will end EDS independence

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(AP) -- Eight months into his tenure as CEO of Electronic Data Systems Corp., Ronald Rittenmeyer is overseeing the sale of the company, something he says he never planned. "It just came together," Rittenmeyer said Tuesday ...

Craigslist countersues eBay, saying it's competing illegally

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(AP) -- Craigslist countersued its minority owner, eBay Inc., on Tuesday, alleging the online auctioneer is competing illegally with the classified advertising Web site.

Apple now sells HBO shows on iTunes store

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(AP) -- Apple Inc. has scooped up Time Warner Inc.'s HBO to feed television shows to its online iTunes store, reeling in one of the last holdouts among major channels and agreeing to a rare pricing concession to land hit ...