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AUSTRALIA took a step towards building the world’s tallest structure, a solar electricity plant measuring 1000 metres, as experts reported that it would be commercially viable.
The tower would be visible 100 kilometres away and would create 1200 jobs during construction, falling to 50 thereafter.
It would stand atop a transparent solar collector seven kilometres in diameter. […]

Microsoft has quietly circulated the specifications for its next-generation Xbox video-game console, indicating how the company plans to carry on its war against dominant player Sony.
Microsoft launched its Xbox console 20 months after the PlayStation 2 debut. By the time Microsoft sold 1.5 million consoles, Sony had sold more than 20 million PlayStations. To date, […]

The MyDoom virus has triggered a new wave of attacks on company websites. It is also looks like a new front in a war waged by those who want to preserve the open-source Linux operating system.
But, in the case of the MyDoom computer worm, the motivation seems clearer.
It has attacked a company based in […]

Stressed up? Like popping bubble wrap?
Well, you should feel right at home here:
http://fun.from.hell.pl/2003-11-24/bubblewrap.swf
For those of you with th need for a counter, as well as a timer, try the following version:
http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/bubble-wrap.swf
It doesn’t sound quite like bubble wrap, but its still very satifying.
Got Bubble Wrap?

NEW YORK—Linux is everywhere. it’s in your Web server. It’s in your data center. It’s in your desktop, your laptop and your handheld. It may soon be in your car and home appliances. It’s being used by NASA to operate the Mars rover.
“In the early 1980s, we saw the transition to the PC, but I […]