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Quantum computers may someday revolutionize the information world. But in order for quantum computers at distant locations to communicate with one another, they have to be linked together in a network. While several building blocks for a quantum computer have already been successfully tested in the laboratory, a network requires one additonal component: A reliable interface between computers and information channels. Austrian physicists now report the construction of an efficient and tunable interface for quantum networks.

New algorithms could enable heaps of "smart sand" that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts.

Can anyone turn around HP or is it all looking a bit like too little too late?

If you thought TV, movie and music studios were the most likely candidates to have asked Google to remove pirated and copyright-infringing content, think again.

Satellite broadcaster clashes with US TV networks over a set-top box that strips ads out of recorded programmes

The search firm's chairman announces funds to place new computer science teachers in English schools.

I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it. - Alan Perlis

If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in. - Author Unknown