IP: DO READ. Anthrax mail cleaning zaps digital gadgets

[David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: John Lyon <jelyon () jelyon com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 13:27:59 
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Anthrax mail cleaning zaps digital gadgets

May be of interest to IP.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2837116,00.html

Anthrax mail cleaning zaps digital gadgets
Digital dream gadgets are being irreparably zapped by an irradiation process
the U.S. Postal Service has used since October to sanitize mail against
anthrax threats, an electronics trade group said on Tuesday.

Compact flash memory cards used to store data on many name-brand digital
cameras and handheld computers face not just data loss but become entirely
inoperable when subjected to electron beam irradiation, the CompactFlash
Association said. --Reuters 


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