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IBM builds computer chips from DNA

Scientists at IBM are experimenting with using DNA molecules as a way to create tiny circuits that could form the basis of smaller, more powerful computer chips.rnThe company is researching...

Only one in 28 e-mail messages legit

The rising spring tide of spam pushed to 96.5 per cent the proportion of business e-mail that is actually spam

New chip cooling paste paves way for faster processors

IBM Corp. researchers have found a way to draw twice as much heat off hard-working computer chips, clearing the way for server farms and data centres to use denser, faster processors.

HP admits reporters’ phone records accessed in probe

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) obtained the telephone records of nine reporters as part of its internal probe of information leaks, the company confirmed. "HP is dismayed that the phone records of journalists were accessed without their knowledge, and we are fully cooperating with the attorney general's investigation," said company spokesman Ryan Donovan.

Strategic Developer: Dealing with tech diversity

Tom Standage's history of telegraphy, The Victorian Internet, draws striking parallels between that era's communication revolution and our modern one. A 19th-century citizen transported to today would be amazed by air travel, Standage suggests, but not by the Internet. Been there, done that.

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‘Frankenstein’ rootkit hits AIM usersA potentially destructive new worm is targeting users of AOL’s AIM instant messaging (IM) service. Called W32/Sdbot-ADD by Facetime Security...

Researchers turn keyboard clicks into text

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to turn the clicks and clacks of typing on a computer keyboard into a startlingly accurate transcript of what exactly is being typed.

Siemens sets wireless speed record with OFDM

German electronics manufacturer Siemens AG has set what it claims to be the fastest-ever wireless connection.

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