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  Friday, 3 June 2005

CBC News: Chemists show power of miniaturized computers, electronics < 1:31:57 AM>.

By shrinking the size of a key part in electronic devices, researchers in Alberta may have discovered a way to make faster, miniaturized gadgets.

Transistors act as an on/off switch in devices ranging from traffic lights to cellphones. The component controls the flow of electrical currents.

Bob Wolkow of the National Institute of Nanotechnology in Edmonton. Today's fastest transistors need about one million electrons to switch a current. In the new discovery, current flows through a single molecule a billionth of a metre, or nanometre, in size. And only one electron is needed to make the switch.

CBC News: Experts say Grewal tapes were altered < 1:24:38 AM>.

John Dooher, a forensic audio engineer hired by CBC News, said Thursday there is a "crude" edit and something "amiss" about a section of tapes made by the B.C. member of Parliament.

TheStar.com - First into Apple store gets his 15 minutes < 1:03:16 AM>.

After camping out for four days and four nights, Allan Sorensen achieved his goal of being the first customer at the new Apple store in Yorkdale Mall.
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"I did it because I wanted to express my gratitude to Apple for giving my life so much joy by creating a computer for human beings," says Sorensen.

Yup.

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