Month: October 2011

One step closer to creating the next generation of computer chips using wonder material graphene.

Scientists at the University of Manchester have come one step closer to creating the next generation of computer chips using wonder material graphene. The world’s thinnest, strongest and most conductive material, discovered in 2004 at the University of Manchester by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov, has the potential to revolutionize material science. (see: …

Netflix no longer splitting off DVD service as a separate company!

In response to consumer outrage over visiting two separate sites for DVD rentals and streaming content, Netflix has apparently halted plans to split the companies. If you visit the http://www.quickster.com/ site, you will notice it redirects to http://www.netflix.com instead. I was pretty sure they would go through with it, and i was buying into the …

Steve Jobs dead… apple confirms

on the front page of Drudgereport and Tuaw, there is mention of this.. cnet has the story: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20116336-37/apple-co-founder-chairman-steve-jobs-dies/?tag=TOCcarouselMain.0 and apple has confirmed this as well https://www.apple.com/stevejobs/ Apple co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs died today, Apple said. He was 56. Jobs had been suffering from various health issues following the seven-year  anniversary of his surgery for …