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Engineers have discovered previously unknown properties of a common computer memory material, paving the way for new memory drives, movie discs and computer systems that absorb data more quickly, last longer and allow far more capacity than current data storage media.

Climate researchers are producing some of the fastest growing datasets in science. Five years ago, the amount of information generated for the Nobel Prize-winning United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report was 35 terabytes —- equivalent to the amount of text in 35 million books, occupying a bookshelf 248 miles (399 km) long. By 2014, when the next IPCC report is published, experts predict that 2 petabytes of data will have been generated for it—that's a 580 percent increase in data production. Because thousands of researchers around the world contribute to the generation and analysis of new data, a reliable, high-speed network is needed to transport the torrent of information. Fortunately, the Department of Energy's (DOE) ESnet (Energy Sciences Network) has laid the foundation for such a network -- not just for climate research, but for all data-intensive science.

A Raspberry Pi enthusiast has managed to get Windows 7 on the cheap Linux computer using Citrix XenDesktop.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is going to radically shift how it works with its partners in developing and selling Android.

Fans knock over maker Blizzard's servers as they rush to play the much-awaited sequel to the fantasy action role-playing game.

An investigation into why devices stop working without anything seeming to be wrong with them

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. - Mitchell Kapor

There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't. - Author Unknown