2006 July 11

US and Australian scientists have pioneered a new hybrid method for genomic sequencing that is faster and cheaper than state of the art technologies.
The breakthrough will be welcomed in medical and biotechnology circles where there is rising demand for genome-sequencing technologies. The new hybrid method combines the best of new and old code cracking methods [...]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
Companies, including IBM, have been pursuing this technology, magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), for years, but Freescale is the first to be able to produce it in quantity. Reports are that Freescale has been building up stock in an Arizona plant for two months. Unlike Flash RAM, which also does not require [...]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
Recently I wrote about an exploding Dell in Osaka, Japan. Since the original report was from The Inquirer, there were some doubters (including, at first, me, until reports showed up in more reliable places). However, a second report, this one in Pennsylvania, has PR people working overtime and investors worried about [...]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
Earlier this week Jimmy wrote about a possible Wi-Fi Media Player being developed by Microsoft. Late in the week, Microsoft had its own statement: Nah.
Microsoft has said reports that the company is planning an MP3 player to rival the iPod are based on “speculation and rumours.” The software giant and games [...]

There is a saying that was popular when I was growing up, and is still in use today. That saying is “I wouldn’t give you a wooden nickel for that…” or words to that effect. Believe it or not, there really was a wooden nickel, and today’s Warped site is proof of that exsistence.
The site [...]