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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.

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.

The software giant begins talking publicly about Windows Azure Active Directory service and its strategy to use it as the foundation for its Identity Management as a Service strategy.

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Thousands of UK websites are expected to be in breach of a law that dictates what they can log about visitors.

Scientists are awaiting the announcement of a decision on where the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescope will be built.

Perl: The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption. - Keith Bostic

In an information economy, the most valuable company assets drive themselves home every night. If they are not treated well, they do not return the next morning. - Peter Chang