Scientists put life into memory chips via neuron networks

Researchers have made advances towards integrating living cells into memory chips. Israeli scientists have shown it is possible to store data on an artificial culture of live neurons, imprinting rudimentary memories. Itay Baruchi and Eshel Ben-Jacob, of Tel-Aviv University, said that the breakthrough could help neurologists to understand how our brains learn and store information. ...more

Make a video: meet Moby

Apple is co-sponsoring a competition for budding film makers to make a video for Moby's version of New York, New York. Together with EMI and U-MYX, Apple is inviting video submissions that will then be hosted on U-MYX's Moby mini-site where others can view, comment on and rate it. Potential entrants can download U-MYX's mix of New York, New York or cut their video to Moby's own version. ...more

Eclipse shadows 8meg Net rollout

Eclipse Internet is the latest ISP to tweak its high-speed broadband offering. It is offering two different up-to-8Mbps packages designed to allow Net users to allow to choose the type of service that best suits their needs. The Evolution service combines unlimited monthly traffic with varying degrees of what the ISP describes as 'sensing and adapting to busy service conditions' designed to optimise performance during peak hours. ...more

3dfx cuts prices for Christmas

If you fancy nabbing yourself a fancy 3D graphics card, now seems to be the right time. 3dfx has slashed the prices across the range of its graphics cards. The Voodoo 5500 has had its price cut by ?50 from ?249 to ?199, while the Apple Mac version of the card is cut to ?229. ...more

06-01-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main stories from the world of IT. Linux kernel version 2.4. ...more