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From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 20:54:35 -0500
SINGLE ELECTRON CHIP. Hitachi Ltd. has demonstrated what it says is the world's first memory chip that uses only a single electron and can operate at room temperature. The technology could be the bases for development of a chip capable of storing 16 billion bits, about 1,000 the capacity of most advanced chips sold today. (New York Times 12/8/93 D5) MOSAIC JAMS. Use of the new navigational software Mosaic has become so popular, it's causing data traffic jams on the Internet. "Mosaic is the first window into cyberspace," notes the director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, where Mosaic was developed. (New York Times 12/8/93 D1) WIRELESS E-MAIL. Wireless e-mail has great potential, but the systems now available still have a few kinks to work out. Improvements are needed in service range, cost, transmission speed, capacity, security and integration with e-mail systems on local-area networks. (Communications Week 12/6/93)
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