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Wednesday, February 5, 2003
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NASA: Nukes to Power Spacecraft: "Despite fears among those who say nuclear power in space is too risky, NASA moves ahead with plans to send an unmanned craft propelled by an electric, nuclear-powered engine into orbit around Jupiter's moons. By Noah Shachtman." [Wired News]
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Nokia bets on game phone: "The company will step into unfamiliar territory, playing the underdog as it unveils a cell phone that doubles as a handheld gaming device, a market dominated by Japan's Nintendo." [CNET News.com Personal Technology]
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Nokia engages with mobile gaming: "Handset giant Nokia is launching a mobile phone that is also a handheld game-playing gadget." [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
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Linux on the iPod: "A new SourceForge project has gotten Linux running on Apple's iPod..." [MacMinute.com: Up-to-the-Minute Apple Mac News]
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The Net Is Dangerous, Research Says: "Attacks on company networks decreased over the past six months, but the number of reported software vulnerabilities exploded during that time, creating the possibility of more serious Internet-borne mischief in the future, Symantec says." [Google Technology News]
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Beware: "Mark Frauenfelder almost fell for an identity theft scam. Read and take extra care if you ever encounter a similar thing." [Boing Boing Blog] [The Aardvark Speaks]
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Tiny Whiskers Make Huge Memory Storage: "New, tiny magnetic sensors could help break a technical barrier to ushering in the next generation of computer disk storage capacity, researchers reported. The new sensors, filaments of nickel thinner than a wavelength of visible light, are capable of detecting extremely weak magnetic fields." [osOpinion]
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Could IBM Be the Next Computer Chip King? "Despite its strength in the mainframe chip and integrated circuit markets, IBM has never entered the PC processor fray. Since the announcement of the PowerPC 970 last October, however, that may be changing. Armed with this powerful new processor, can IBM break Intel's stranglehold and emerge as king in the PC desktop or server market?" [osOpinion]
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