CYBERZONE

IBM CLAIMS NEW PROCESSOR BREAKTHROUGH

IBM announced on Thursday that it is extending Moore's Law, a rule of thumb describing the rate at which processing power will increase, by moving chips into the third dimension.

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0300032NZ00C&nl=2

STUDY: EMAIL MAY LOSE THE WAR AGAINST SPAM

Spam and alternative communication technologies have begun to lower the value of e-mail as a mission-critical application for business, according to a study released Monday by IDC, a technology research firm.

Nearly 97 billion e-mails will flow through the world's electronic arteries daily this year, IDC predicted, and more than 40 billion of them will be spam.

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/56815.html

UPS DRIVES ON A BUMBY ROAD TO GRID COMPUTING UPS

has always been driven by technology. It invests close to $1 billion per year in I.T. Recently it added the New Data Center technology of grid computing to its infrastructure.

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=030000Z91V36&nl=2

FIBER OPTIC LINK NOISE MEASUREMENT & OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM

A fiber optic link noise measurement and optimization system is available. It includes an apparatus for measuring noise signals in each fiber optic link and apparatus for generating system performance data corresponding to the noise signals measured by the noise measurement apparatus.

http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20070410A3

SONY CONSIDERING COMMERCIAL PLAYSTATION 3 GRID

Sony is considering a new endeavor in which your PlayStation 3 might start paying part of its own way. Companies have approached Sony about using PS3s for a distributed supercomputer grid.

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=030000YR7DE0&nl=2

ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY TO LIGHT UP NEW SONY TVs

Japanese electronics giant Sony plans to start selling small televisions this year using a screen technology that is a contender for the next- generation screen of flat-screen TVs, a company spokesperson said Thursday. Sony plans to begin selling an 11-inch television using an organic light-emitting diode screen by the year's end, spokesperson Mami Imada said.

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/56841.html

SCIENCE ZONE

DATA STORAGE IN A PETRI DISH

Bacteria-based storage systems can save data for thousands of years while protecting it against nuclear explosions. Atoms can hold 250 terabits of data per square inch of surface area. There are organic thin-film structures with more than 20,000 write-read-rewrite cycles.

There's fantastic stuff that's on the horizon for boosting storage systems' speed and capacity almost beyond imagination, so here's a look at some of the most promising.

Research from two prominent universities indicates that it is not only possible but also practical to store digital data in the genome of a living organism and retrieve that data hundreds or even thousands of years later, after the organism has reproduced its genetic material through hundreds of generations.

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1441610/1176609/58789/2/

DRUG DELIVERY

A Princeton University research team has created particles that can deliver medicine deep into the lungs or infiltrate cancer cells while leaving normal cells alone. Only 100 to 300 nanometers wide, the particles can be loaded with medicines or imaging agents to enhance the detection capabilities of CT scans and MRIs.

The new technique, called "Flash NanoPrecipitation," allows the researchers to mix drugs and the materials that encapsulate them. While the nanoparticles are too large to pass through the membrane of normal cells, they will pass through larger defects in the capillaries of rapidly growing solid tumors. Similar mixing techniques have been used to create bulkier pharmaceutical products and have proven practical on a commercial scale.

http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20070412A2 for more information

ASIA PACIFIC ZONE

HONG KONG TO OFFER FREE INTERNET SERVICE

The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region says that they will allocate HK$200 million in the next two years to provide free Internet service at government-run establishments and sites like public libraries, parks and government office buildings.

http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/04/10/5233-hong-kong-to-offer-free-internet-service/

WIRELESS ZONE

US MILITARY PLANS TO PUT INTERNET ROUTER IN SPACE

The U.S. military plan to test an Internet router in space, in a project that could also benefit civilian broadband satellite communications.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/12/HNinternetrouterinspace_1.html

THE GOOD AND BAD OF 802.11 "n"

Makers of Wi-Fi routers boast of 5 times the speed and 15 times the range, but be sure to read the footnotes. Video: The Router Diaries

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/technology/12pogue.html?ref=technology&pagewanted=print

The network, developed by Harvard University and a private company, initially will monitor weather but eventually will lead to an improved public wireless network.

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1432365/1423585/58427/2/

SMART PHONE SHOOTOUT: WHICH PHONE IS MOST USUABLE?

A group of usability experts tests four popular smart phones and tell what they liked, didn't like and what they'd like to see changed.

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1432365/1423585/58417/2/

SITE CITE

THE O ZONE

Why is there an ozone hole in the atmosphere, whereas there is too much ozone at ground level? Why doesn't ground level ozone rise to fill the hole in the stratosphere? Why does the ozone up high stay there, and not sink to the ground? Ross J. Salawitch, a senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., explains.

http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe2a15737567067b7d1377-fdfb15737467027b72147874-ff3310707762-fef61c7471640d-fe2615717c670174701272