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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.

Just as a terrestrial globe cannot be flattened without distorting the distances, it seemed impossible to visualize abstract mathematical objects called flat tori in ordinary three-dimensional space. However, a team of mathematicians and computer scientists has succeeded in constructing and visually representing an image of a flat torus in three-dimensional space. This is a smooth fractal, halfway between fractals and ordinary surfaces.

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The situation at HP is putting a nail in the coffin of webOS, effectively killing it off yet again.

The social network's new photography app appears to replicate many features of Instagram which it is buying for $1bn.

Intel, in partnership with Imperial university and University College, will use London as a lab for testing tech for future cities.

Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container. - Nathan Myhrvold

The Unix philosophy basically involves giving you just enough rope to hang yourself. And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure. - Author Unknown