New DVD technology can hold 1.6TB of data per disc

A team of researchers from an Australian university has developed a new DVD technology that could someday boost disc capacity by 10,000 times beyond today’s standard 4.7GB DVDs, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology, in Melbourne, said the technology, dubbed Multiplexed optical recording, can create a “fifth dimension” of recording using polarization and gold nanorods to reflect light, boosting data density beyond 1012 bits per centimeter. The team was able to store 1.6TB of data on a disk with the technology, and said that someday the technique could yield up to 10TB on a single DVD-type disk.
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The Web site has a name reminiscent of a popular TV program — Cybercrime Response Unit — but its mission and ability to protect consumers and online users from identity theft is very real.

The Cybercrime Response Unit is a one-of-a-kind online center designed to help consumers fight cyber-crime. Launched last week by McAfee Inc., an Internet security company, with the help of leading national experts and resources from the Federal Trade Commission and WiredSafety.org, the site helps individuals and small businesses determine whether they are victims of ID theft without knowing it or are at high-risk of becoming victims.

It also guides users through steps recommended by security experts to reclaim a stolen ID, report problems associated with ID theft and assists those who have not yet been victimized keep it that way.

And here’s the best part: all of it is offered for free, just visit www.mcafee.com/cru.

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An executive at Taiwanese computer company Acer said he expects start shipping systems bearing Microsoft’s new Windows 7 as early as October, 2009, though Microsoft has not confirmed the statement.

Acer U.K. CEO Bobby Ryan said the company plans to begin selling Windows 7-powered systems on Oct. “23 October is the date Windows 7 will be available,” said Watkins, in an interview with the site.

Watkins also said Acer is expecting Microsoft to launch a free Windows 7 upgrade program at least 30 days before the ship date so that consumers shopping for PCs during the September back-to-school season can purchase a Vista-based machine without fear of it becoming obsolete in a few weeks.

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Even with smartphone use exploding, new owners of the mobile platforms generally appear to be using their handsets in the same manner as the earliest smartphone users did nearly two years ago — iPhone owners use their devices primarily for entertainment and personal use, while BlackBerry, Nokia, and HTC owners are more likely to use their handsets for business reasons.

While a new poll out this week by Compete found that 73% of iPhone owners operate their devices for personal purposes, 59% of other smartphone users view their BlackBerry, HTC, and Nokia handsets as business devices.
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Want to fight global warming? Try virtualization.

The biggest marketing trumpet for virtualization has been monetary savings–physical-to-virtual conversions reduce capital expense by consolidating many servers onto fewer hosts. Additional potential savings can come from reduced management costs, less downtime, and lighter staffing.

As energy prices have fluctuated widely during the past year, CFOs are punching new holes to tighten corporate belts ever further, looking for savings wherever they can. Power and heating and cooling costs are surfacing as areas of opportunity.
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When Google announced that it planned to acquire online ad network DoubleClick in April 2007, Microsoft and others lined up to oppose the deal. But the acquisition went through, with only minor accommodations on Google’s part, and now the integration of the two companies has yielded a new suite of online rich media creation tools for advertisers.

A year ago, after the deal closed, Google said it would sell the unit, to avoid the appearance that it sold search result placement through search marketing services, and also announced the layoffs of about 300 of DoubleClick’s 1,500 employees.

These days, Google’s giving rather than taking away. On Friday, Google unveiled DoubleClick Studio, a platform for designing rich media ads using Flash and Web technology. It includes a rewrite of the DoubleClick ActionScript API, an interface for verifying ad-related events, media previewing, reporting, and ad distribution.

Rich media ads make use of motion graphics, audio, and interactivity. This is what sets them apart from display ads — banners, for example — and text ads that can only be interacted with through a click. If well-designed, they’re more engaging to viewers and lead to better results than their less-flashy brethren.
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