from blank's NerdNews Sector:
Need For Speed

The team sent 6.7 GB of uncompressed data at 923 megabits per second in just 58 seconds from Sunnyvale, California, to Amsterdam. That's the data equivalent of four hours of DVD-quality movies, and a transfer speed 3,500 times faster than a typical household broadband connection.

what??

read the full story on wired!
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57625,00.html

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XP passwords rendered useless

Windows XP, which has been marketed by Microsoft as "the most secure version ever," has been found to have a flaw so bone-headed that it renders passwords ineffective as a means of keeping people out of your PC.

read on
http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/

It's game over for Atari.
The last studio linked to the iconic video game company is winding down its operations this month. More than a hundred employees are losing their jobs

read the rest

http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/58992p-55261c.html

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