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TODAY ON iTnews.com.au:    Oracle smashes transaction speed record   Apple iPod takes off as flight data recorder   Microsoft under fire from the EU again   Hackers crack Xbox 360 security   Only handful of top business ISVs ship Vista apps   Sony does u-turn on PS2/PS3 compatibility   BBC sets up YouTube channels   Lenovo recalls 200,000 notebook batteries   Boffins store data in bacterial DNA   Intel 'hacker' has charges quashed after 12 years   Major deal boosts Chinese online ad market   Canon won't give up on flat panels, chairman says   Researchers create world's thinnest substance   Reuters plans 'financial MySpace'   CNN network hit by Rinbot worm
Monday, 5th March 2007
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Tim Lohman,
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 This afternoon, scientists at a Japanese university have developed a way of using bacterial DNA to store data almost indefinitely.

In other news, software vendor Lightfleet has said it has developed laser-based technology that moves data faster between large numbers of microprocessors in a server, boosting the processing speed.

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Oracle smashes transaction speed record
Four million transactions per minute sets new world record, Oracle claims.
By Matt Chapman


Hardware
Apple iPod takes off as flight data recorder
White box becomes a black box.
By Staff Writers


Research/Trends
Microsoft under fire from the EU again
Commission claims royalty prices are too high.
By Shaun Nichols


Security
Hackers crack Xbox 360 security
Security hole left open for three months.
By Tom Sanders


Applications
Only handful of top business ISVs ship Vista apps
ISVs are taking their sweet time shipping new business applications for Windows Vista, but the picture is looking a little brighter for the second half of 2007.
By Staff Writers


Hardware
Sony does u-turn on PS2/PS3 compatibility
Removal of Emotion Engine sparks strong emotions.
By Clement James


Internet
BBC sets up YouTube channels
But new report suggests this is a big mistake.
By Iain Thomson


Hardware
Lenovo recalls 200,000 notebook batteries
Reported fire hazard as units overheat.
By Shaun Nichols


Research/Trends
Boffins store data in bacterial DNA
Researchers promise robust stortage lasting 'millions of years'.
By Staff Writers


Government/Law
Intel 'hacker' has charges quashed after 12 years
Perl guru Randal Schwartz has had his conviction for hacking Intel's password files quashed, 12 years after being found guilty.
By Iain Thomson


Finance
Major deal boosts Chinese online ad market
Focus Media to buy Allyes for US$300m.
By Simon Burns


Hardware
Canon won't give up on flat panels, chairman says
Canon chairman Fujio Mitarai said he expects his company to win a patent-related dispute in the United States and pursue its plan to enter the US$84 billion flat-panel television market.
By Staff Writers


Research/Trends
Researchers create world's thinnest substance
Atom-thick sheets could revolutionise computers.
By Iain Thomson


IT Services
Reuters plans 'financial MySpace'
Social networking for financial professionals.
By Matt Chapman


Security
CNN network hit by Rinbot worm
Antivirus software not updated in time.
By Matt Chapman
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