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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.

Researchers in Australia have developed the fastest random number generator in the world by listening to the 'sounds of silence'. The researchers have tuned their very sensitive light detectors to listen to vacuum -- a region of space that is empty.

New York wants to outlaw anonymous comments to prevent cyberbullying and other online abuse. This criminologist examines why this plan, despite its controversy, may not be such a bad thing.

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

Scotland Yard has equipped its officers with mobile fingerprint scanners to identify suspects while on the streets.

As he receives his knighthood, Apple's design head Sir Jonathan Ive tells the BBC of his desire to stay at the firm.

If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. - Linus Torvalds

Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption and secure access devices, and it’s money wasted, because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain. - Kevin Mitnick