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Physicists store short movies in an atomic vapor

The storage of light-encoded messages on film and compact disks and as holograms is ubiquitous---grocery scanners, Netflix disks, credit-card images are just a few examples. And now light signals can be stored ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Ghostly gamma-ray beams blast from Milky Way's center

(Phys.org) -- As galaxies go, our Milky Way is pretty quiet. Active galaxies have cores that glow brightly, powered by supermassive black holes swallowing material, and often spit twin jets in opposite directions. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Intel announces Solid-State Drive (SSD) 330 series

Intel Corporation announced today the Intel Solid-State Drive 330 Series (Intel SSD 330 Series), a SATA 6 gigabit-per-second (Gb/s) solid-state drive (SSD) that gives consumers a more affordable entry into the accelerated ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

ALMA reveals workings of nearby planetary system

A new observatory still under construction has given astronomers a major breakthrough in understanding a nearby planetary system that can provide valuable clues about how such systems form and evolve. The ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Honeycombs of magnets could lead to new type of computer processing

Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater capacity than is currently ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Cloud-based secure desktop streaming from any PC

Today at the CeBIT Fair, IBM is announcing the Secure Enterprise Desktop, an innovative service that enables corporate users to securely access the contents of their entire hard disk, including operating system, applications ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google users warned of threat to smartphone wallets

Users of Google smartphone wallets were being warned on Friday that there is a way to crack pass codes intended to thwart thieves from going on illicit shopping sprees.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Intel packs performance and reliability into its latest SSD 520 series

Intel Corporation announced today its fastest, most robust client/consumer solid-state drive (SSD) to date, the Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series (Intel SSD 520), a 6 gigabit-per-second (gbps) SATA III SSD ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Stellar astrophysics explains the behavior of fast rotating neutron stars in binary systems

Pulsars are among the most exotic celestial bodies known. They have diameters of about 20 kilometres, but at the same time roughly the mass of our sun. A sugar-cube sized piece of its ultra-compact matter ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Intel scores 'record' profits for 2011

Chipmaker Intel on Thursday reported record revenue and profits for 2011 despite a slight slowdown in the fourth quarter related to the impact of Thailand's floods on the personal computer industry.

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung tips record Q4 operating profit of $4.5bn

Samsung Electronics said Friday it expects a record operating profit in the fourth quarter of 5.2 trillion won ($4.5 billion), 73 percent up year-on-year thanks mainly to strong smartphone sales.

Technology / Business

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gartner lowers 2012 tech spending growth forecast

Research firm Gartner Inc. has lowered its global technology spending growth forecast because of the sluggish economy and the euro crisis.

Technology / Business

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel lowers outlook on disk drive shortage

US computer chip giant Intel lowered its fourth-quarter outlook on Monday, citing a hard disk drive shortage caused by flooding in Thailand.

Technology / Business

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicists find that an ultrahigh-energy proton looks like a black disk

(PhysOrg.com) -- What does a proton look like? The common answer to this question is that protons are much too small to scatter light, and since light is necessary for us to see things, protons do not “look” ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 43 | with audio podcast feature

New all-sky map shows the magnetic fields of the Milky Way with the highest precision

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a unique new all-sky map, scientists at MPA have made significant progress toward measuring the magnetic field structure of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail. Specifically, the map ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast