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Intel Experimenting With Nanotubes 85

Posted by Zonk on Saturday November 11, 2006 @01:21AM from the tuuuubes dept.

illeism writes "C|Net is reporting on Intel's experimentation with nanotubes in processors. From the article: 'The chip giant has managed to create prototype interconnects — microscopic metallic wires inside of chips that link transistors ... Carbon nanotubes ... conduct electricity far better than metals. In fact, nanotubes exhibit what's called ballistic conductivity, which means that electrons are not scattered or impeded by obstacles.'"

Submission + - OLPC Wins Popular Science Award

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paulmac84

on Saturday November 11, 2006 @01:15AM

paulmac84 writes: "Popular Science have released their "Best of What's New 2006" awards. In the computing section One Laptop Per Child took home the Grand Award. From the article: "The goal of the XO is simple and noble: to give every child a laptop, especially in developing countries, where the machines will be sold in bulk for about $130 apiece. But the One Laptop Per Child nonprofit, formed at MIT, didn't just create a cheap computer. In addition to cutting costs — by designing lower-priced circuitry and using an open-source operating system, among other things — it also improved on the standard laptop by slashing the machine's energy use by 90 percent, ideal for a device that could be charged by hand-cranked power in rural villages."

The Innovation of The Year Award went to "the alpha nail that makes your home twice as tough". Sometimes the simple ideas really are the best."

Feed Clearing a Path From Desktop to the Recycler (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Saturday November 11, 2006 @01:12AM

In New York, the bulk of the effort to recycle electronic trash has been left to voluntary efforts.

Submission + - Time for Anti-trust 2.0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 11, 2006 @01:11AM

An anonymous reader writes: PC Manufacturer Acer is complaining that Microsoft has jacked up the price of Vista, and that the basic versions are so basic no one will ship them. Since the collapse of the Microsoft Anti-trust Case under the Bush Administration in 2001, Manufacturers have no choice but to accede, adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of each PC. With Gates now proclaiming victory over European Regulators, Microsoft once again seems unstoppable.

But Microsoft had drawn itself close to the Republican Party. With the Republicans now evicted from the House and Senate, is it time to look at the Microsoft Anti-trust Suit? Could Microsoft be compelled to lower its inflating Vista prices, or to open their tech or even supply funding to Linux-flavored Windows such as Wine?

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