This is the promise of the 3-D Optical Data Storage system developed at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This technology allows to record and store at least 1,000 GB of data on multiple layers of a single disc. By using several layers, this technique will increase the storage capacity of a standard DVD to more than a terabyte.
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For anyone needing large amounts of memory and easy portability, the Mega-Kart would be a very smart buy. Although it costs a bit more money, you have to remember the capacity it is squeezing into its small package.
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Deep down inside every software developer, there’s a budding graphic designer waiting to get out. And if you let that happen, you’re in trouble. Or at least your users will be, anyway.
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970 projects received from participants from 24 countries and approved by clients were engaged in the contest Identity: Best of the Best 2006. In 10 nominations competed the works from Russia, USA, Serbia and Montenegro, Italy, Colombia, Czech, Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, China, Ukraine, Croatia, Estonia, Belarus, Germany, Mexico, Lithuania…
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Dave Gray, one of the hosts of TPN
’s GlobalGeek podcast, sent a letter to Apple with a cheque for $1 for using the term “podcast” back in October. I thought he was just kidding around but apparently he did actually send the letter and the cheque - to Steve Jobs. Seriously. And yesterday he got a reply.
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A while ago, images of a clunky looking white-squared Media Center remote was showcased at Digital Life, thought to be believed as the final Media Center remote design. But the updated VIsta Product Spec shows something different and more aesthetically pleasing.
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The first piece of ransomware to use a sophisticated encryption algorithm, Gpcode.ac, was detected in January 2006 and used the RSA algorithm to create a 56-bit key. Since then, the author of Gpcode has released several increasingly complex variants of the virus and in June released Gpcode.ag, which used a 660-bit key.
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New version is out, and its cool 
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Chapter 5 of the FreeBSD Handbook provides an excellent overview for understanding and configuring the X Window system. Today’s article goes beyond the Handbook to demonstrate some of the cool things you can do with your FreeBSD system and other systems running X.
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