Comment idea (Score 1) 21
since no teenager could think up an idea this stupid on their own without a team of people helping
I don't think we should underestimate the ability of teenagers to think up stupid ideas.
Submission + - Terabyte-Capacity Optical Disc Demoed
An anonymous reader writes: Various sources report on a technology demo of the 'TeraDisc' by Israeli startup Mempile, where 100 layers of data were recorded and read back on a single optical disc. Recording and readback are achieved by 2-photon absorption, and a DVD-sized, removable, 1 TB-capacity WORM disk is promised in 2010. And that's only with a red laser!
Submission + - Trash powered Electricity
Jarik C-Bol writes: "http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/873aae7bf86c0 110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
Popular Science has a report on a machine that uses plasma to render anything short of nuclear waste down to is base elements, and use the results to drive generators that produce more power than the machine uses. Its creator has big plans to save the world, one landfill at a time. Hopes are that once in place, we will solve our garbage problems, and be producing cheep easy electricity from the junk we throw away. Here's to hoping, maybe this one will pan out, according to the article, it is being implemented in several cities across the country."
Submission + - MicoSoft to buy DoubleClick?
roscoetoon writes: "http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&si d=at.Gut.nhRkI&refer=technology
(Would thier new logo be a handful of red flags?)
"Microsoft Corp. is in talks to buy DoubleClick Inc., the Internet advertising company owned by private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC, citing unidentified people familiar with the situation."
"The purchase would give Microsoft tools to battle Google Inc. for ads that appear on Web sites. DoubleClick works with advertisers to create online campaigns..."
"Microsoft may be able to use DoubleClick's Dart technology to steer advertisers away from Google, the owner of the most-used search engine.""
(Would thier new logo be a handful of red flags?)
"Microsoft Corp. is in talks to buy DoubleClick Inc., the Internet advertising company owned by private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC, citing unidentified people familiar with the situation."
"The purchase would give Microsoft tools to battle Google Inc. for ads that appear on Web sites. DoubleClick works with advertisers to create online campaigns..."
"Microsoft may be able to use DoubleClick's Dart technology to steer advertisers away from Google, the owner of the most-used search engine.""
