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Want a whopping 170GB hard drive?
Fujitsu has developed new hard drive technology that may help to stem the expected slowdown in the rate of growth for hard drive capacity. Manufacturers have been able to double the capacity of hard drives over the past 4 to 5 years. But as the gigabytes stack up, analysts and industry insiders are expecting the overall growth rate to slow as technological limitations take hold. To prevent this, hard drive makers are working to test the boundaries of storage capacity. Fujitsu's hardware, the company says, incorporates "sensitive" technology that can read more data off hard drive platters inside the drive where data is stored.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-909613.html

New Web spyware eschews cookies
Researchers in Scotland are developing a new kind of Web monitoring software that they claim can collect enormous amounts of data on Web surfers while remaining nearly undetectable. The technology came to light when it was chosen as one of 40 technologies funded this year by the Scottish Enterprise, Scotland's economic development agency. The University of Strathclyde received the award for an undisclosed sum Thursday. Dr. Lykourgos Petropoulakis, who is heading the 18-month research project, declined to comment on the technology, calling it "highly classified" information.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-909499.html

MS expert backtracks on bare Windows
A computer expert testifying for Microsoft conceded Friday that it would be possible to remove features from the company's Windows operating system even if technically difficult. University of Colorado computer science professor John Bennett had testified Thursday that a version of Windows with removable features was "technically infeasible." Questioned by an attorney for nine states seeking stiff antitrust sanctions against the software giant, Bennett said anything was possible with software.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-909372.html

eBay to pop with ads
eBay plans to test out pop-up ads on its Web site, a move that could prove controversial with its members. eBay will test the ads over the next several weeks, the company told members Thursday via a posting on one of its announcements boards. The ads will appear as visitors leave the company's home page and will direct them to merchandise on eBay or "other sites," the company said.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-909512.html

Why Net marketers love mom
Hellerman isn't the only mother spending an increasing percentage of her money online. Sons and daughters throughout the United States will pay respect to mom Sunday, sending flowers and chocolates to commemorate Mother's Day. In fact, a report from comparison-shopping site BizRate.com said 71 percent of online shoppers plan to buy a Mother's Day present, spending an estimated $100 on their gifts. But e-tailers have an entirely different reason to be grateful to moms: The demographic group is emerging as one of the fastest-growing segments of Internet users -- and possibly the most extravagant when it comes to how much money they spend while online.
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-900615.html?tag=fd_top

Microsoft looks to China for researchers
Microsoft is on the lookout for research talent in China to focus on four core future technologies: speech recognition and synthesis, digital pen, panoramic pictures, and multimedia compression for wireless communications networks. Over the next two years, the company will intensify its study of these areas with help from Asian educational institutions such as the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the University of Sydney, Tokyo University, Taiwan's Tsinghua University and Harbin Institute of Technology in China.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-909496.html?tag=fd_top

Macromedia wins $4.9 million from Adobe
Macromedia, a maker of Web-design software, said Friday that a jury had awarded it damages of $4.9 million in a patent-infringement suit against Adobe Systems, one of several legal disputes between the two companies. Macromedia's lawsuit arose from a patent-infringement action brought against the San Francisco-based company by Adobe. On May 2, Adobe said it was awarded damages of $2.8 million in that lawsuit, which dealt with different patents than those covered by Macromedia's counterclaim.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-909607.html?tag=cd_mh

Star Wars: A Vader Is Born
Little Anakin Skywalker is all grown up, but the Jedi apprentice can't seem to buy a break, and that means bad news for everyone around him. His teacher doesn't think he's much of a student. Somebody keeps trying to kill the girl he loves. His mother, well, she's half a galaxy away, facing some horrible danger that causes Anakin to have recurring nightmares. That's a lot for any 19-year-old to take. Yet, that is what the man who would be Darth Vader faces in Attack of the Clones, opening Thursday. Clones, the much-anticipated fifth installment of George Lucas' Star Wars series, will be a welcome respite for fans who loathed The Phantom Menace for its saccharine story line.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,52391,00.html

'Lifters': An Idea in the Clouds
Antigravitational devices developed by a computer geek could eventually change the world as we know it. Or they may just blow a few holes into some barn roofs. The devices are known as "lifters." When charged with a small amount of electrical power, they levitate, apparently able to resist Earth's gravitational forces. Currently, the devices can only levitate themselves. But developer Tim Ventura and others are working to convert electrical current into a force that can lift and move planes, trains and rocket ships. If that proves possible, the technology that powers lifters could extend the ability to explore space and drastically cut the use of fossil fuels on Earth.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,52432,00.html

RealNames Going Under, Keywords And All
RealNames Corp., one of the firms that pioneered the keyword approach to Internet addressing, will go out of business Monday, and as a result thousands of Internet keywords will go dark before the end of June, according to a source familiar with the situation. RealNames, based in Redwood City, Calif., will lay off about 80 employees on Monday and will begin the process of liquidating its assets, said the source, who asked to remain anonymous.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176525.html

Court Hands Coolsavings.com A Setback In Patent Dispute
A federal appeals court has largely reversed an early victory for Internet marketing company Coolsavings.com in a patent- infringement lawsuit over the electronic delivery of coupons to consumers. The U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., ruled this week that a District Court judge in Chicago erred a year ago when he ruled that Coolsavings.com's approach to online coupons couldn't be compared to a 20-year-old patent for point-of-sale coupon kiosks help by Catalina Marketing Corp. of St. Petersburg, Fla.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176522.html

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