Loading ...Researchers in Israel say they have succeeded in putting a version of the Bible on a chip smaller than a pinhead.
Its 300,000 words in Hebrew were inscribed on a silicon surface at the Haifa Institute of Technology.
Scientists say the aim of the project is to increase young people’s interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
The record for [...]
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Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Yahoo Inc agreed to a settlement worth $31.5 million to resolve accusations that the companies promoted illegal Internet gambling, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
The companies were accused of receiving money from online gambling businesses to advertise illegal betting from 1997 through 2007.
As part of the settlement, the companies will [...]
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A court case involving the Recording Industry Association of America and and an alleged illegal file swapper has re-sparked an old debate and raised new concerns over what consumers are legally allowed to do with the music they own.
At issue in the Arizona court case of Atlantic v. Howell is whether or not consumers are [...]
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The raid took place on the home of the alleged ringleader of an international group of cybercriminals that is said to be responsible for massive PC infections.
Police have raided the home of the alleged ringleader of an international group of cybercriminals said to be responsible for infecting more than one million computers.
The raid was conducted [...]
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An ATA passenger says he was harassed by a flight attendant, and almost arrested by police, for using an iPhone to watch a movie while on a recent flight to Hawaii.
The passenger, who was only identified by his first name Casey, got a scare from ATA flight attendants and the police. The iPhone has an [...]
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An ATA passenger says he was harassed by a flight attendant, and almost arrested by police, for using an iPhone to watch a movie while on a recent flight to Hawaii.
The passenger, who was only identified by his first name Casey, got a scare from ATA flight attendants and the police. The iPhone has an [...]
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Faster than a speeding bullet, a pair of hackers who go by the names of “dinopio” and “Edgan” appear to have successfully hacked an iPhone with the 1.1.1 software and firmware upgrade. When is Apple going to give up?
The two hackers in question actually live blogged their iPhone hack. Here is a look at their [...]
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American consumers still like Apple and Google, but not as much as they did last year, a new report indicates.
Both companies rank near the top of their respective industries in the latest update of the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index, which will be released today. But both companies’ rating in the index slipped [...]
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Not even a giant hot dog can escape the long arm of the law.
One of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles, a fiberglass behemoth on a national promotional tour, was discovered parked illegally _ hazard lights blinking _ on a major downtown street.
The violation in a no-parking zone on ritzy Michigan Avenue earned the driver of the [...]
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