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The data-routing techniques that undergird the Internet could increase the efficiency of multicore chips while lowering their power requirements. Today, a typical chip might have six or eight cores, all communicating with each other over a single bundle of wires, called a bus. With a bus, however, only one pair of cores can talk at a time, which would be a serious limitation in chips with hundreds or even thousands of cores, which many electrical engineers envision as the future of computing.

Scientists take an important step in developing a material using nano-sized magnets that could lead to new electronic devices. Researchers have demonstrated that large arrays of nano-magnets can be used to store computable information.

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

So, the OEMs make money from installing crapware onto PCs, and now Microsoft is making money removing it. Makes you realize why more and more people are buying Apple hardware.

Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, starts integrating audio into its app for Apple's hand-held devices.

Using satellites to provide planes with fast reliable wi-fi

It’s OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn’t need to figure out code. You should be able to read it. - Steve McConnell

Less than 10% of the code has to do with the ostensible purpose of the system; the rest deals with input-output, data validation, data structure maintenance, and other housekeeping. - Mary Shaw