Physicists in Netherlands and Japan are the first to flip the value of a magnetic memory bit by firing a very short pulse of circularly-polarized laser light at it. Unlike other magneto-optic data storage systems, no external magnetic field was required to flip the bit, which meant that its value could be changed about 50 thousand times faster than the fastest conventional memory. The result could... read full post picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

In computer circles a well known statement when it comes to hard drives is that it’s not a matter of “if” a hard drive dies but “when”. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

A court in N'Djamena, Chad, has sentenced six aid workers from the Zoe's Ark organisation to eight years of hard labour in relation to the kidnapping one hundred and three children and attempting to take them out of the country (mostly into Europe) picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

50 years ago, the standard hard drive was the width of two refrigerators and stored the equivalent of one MP3 song. Today, we have 15,000 times the capacity of the original. Who knows what the future hard drive holds... picked by ybne1else 2 years ago

Scientists in the US have created a breakthrough substance that can change in seconds when exposed to liquid, shifting from hard plastic to soft and back again. The material, inspired by the skin of sea cucumbers, has astounding "mechanical morphing characteristics." picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Seagate has sold more hard drives than anyone else, and that number has now topped 1 billion. It has taken them 29 years to do it, and it represents 70 million terabytes of storage. More numbers in the article. picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

The official title is "Live Free or Die Hard" and it opens July 4, 2007.
The good: Looks like it'll have lotsa action! (car smashing into helicopter in mid-air?! Nice!)
The bad: It's got that kid from the PC vs. Mac commercials in it. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

Die Hard 4: DodgeBall picked by mrnelson 2 years ago

Dad buys a Mike's hard lemonade for 7-year-old son. picked by arsphidius 4 months ago

ZOMG!!

A new Die Hard!!

Coming to THEATERS!!!

And it doesn't look like it sucks!!! picked by moNet 1 year ago

SANTA Claus has been forced to carry out his Christmas duties cowering under a hard hat after youths in a Scottish town pelted him with festive mince pies. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

UCLA scientists are now reporting a promising new approach to designing super-hard materials, which are very difficult to scratch or crack. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Fun puzzle game, gets hard after a few levels. picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

Hint: It weighed over a ton. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Not a mail in rebate. List price $149, now $99. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

See how many questions you can answer before it's Game Over. Sounds simple? Think again... the questions are b*****d hard and require obscure insane logic, super fast reactions or just pure luck to answer correctly.

It's not actually impossible though, just really really hard. picked by LadyMacbeth 1 year ago

Peter Sellers as Laurence Olivier as The Beatles.

Confused?

Just click play. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

We here at Baptists For Brownback 2008 have Copyrighted© the remaining 25 letters exclusively for our Christian use. Praise the Lord!(sorry, we don't have a "What planet are you from" category) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The brains of flies are wired to avoid the swatter, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

At the mere hint of a threat, the insects adjust their preflight stance to flee in the opposite direction picked by LeeHBlanc 7 days ago

No words can describe.... picked by 86Apex 1 year ago