June 13, 2002

Researchers at IBM Corp. announced Tuesday the development of an ultra-dense storage technology that resembles the old computer punch cards - except that the latest version shrinks the perforations to a molecular scale. The millipede lab prototypes can store as much as 20 times the data of the magnetic storage media used in today's computers, cramming as much as 25 million printed textbook pages of data on a surface the size of a postage stamp, the company said. [ The Nando Times ] 7:06:43 AM

Although online gambling is illegal in Canada and the U.S., the Internet largely ignores political boundaries. And so far regulatory bodies in both countries have been unable to find effective ways to address the issue. [ Canoe.ca ] 7:02:30 AM