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DNA Strands Converted Into Tiniest Fiber Optic Cables For Optical Computing
Future optical computers that use light instead of electricity will need nano-scale pipes to transfer photons—analogues to the individual transistor's in a traditional circuit. And for that, scientists for the first time have used human DNA to build the smallest fiber optics cables yet created. And as is typical with organic computers, said cables are capable of assembling themselves. More »

11/14/08

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Computer Nearly Passes Turing Test for Artificial Intelligence

10/12/08

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CompUSA: It Lives!
After it died, CompUSA was bought by Tigerdirect, and here are some of the first pictures of the freshly awakened PC retailer. Even better, the zombified store is reported by reader Martin B. to be better than its pre-undead version:
It's a much better store than it used to be, full of components, motherboards, and lots of actually _helpful_ people who know computers.
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05/05/08

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CompUSA "Grand Re-Opens" in Florida, Hopefully With Less Suck

04/25/08

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