Vision 6 im Hands On: Gelungene neue E-Book-Oberklasse von Tolino

Die Tolino-Allianz hat dem neuen E-Book-Reader Vision 6 mehr Speicher und Geschwindigkeit spendiert. Das ergibt einen gelungenen E-Book-Reader. Ein Hands-on von Ingo Pakalski (Tolino, Mobil)

Die Tolino-Allianz hat dem neuen E-Book-Reader Vision 6 mehr Speicher und Geschwindigkeit spendiert. Das ergibt einen gelungenen E-Book-Reader. Ein Hands-on von Ingo Pakalski (Tolino, Mobil)

Anzeige: Mit Hacker-Know-how zu mehr IT-Sicherheit

Auf Einbrüche zielgerichtet reagieren, von Hackern lernen und Sicherheitslücken erkennen: Vier Hacking- und Security-Seminare bieten Lösungen und Antworten zu diesen Themen. (Golem Akademie, Server-Applikationen)

Auf Einbrüche zielgerichtet reagieren, von Hackern lernen und Sicherheitslücken erkennen: Vier Hacking- und Security-Seminare bieten Lösungen und Antworten zu diesen Themen. (Golem Akademie, Server-Applikationen)

Seminal Michael Faraday paper digitally stored in fluorescent dyes

The dyes are cheap to make, low-energy, and can’t be read without special microscope

Harvard researchers have developed a data-storage approach based on mixtures of fluorescent dyes that are printed onto an epoxy surface in tiny spots. The mixture of dyes at each spot encodes information that is then read with a fluorescent microscope.

Optical disks, flash drives, and magnetic hard disk drives can only store digital information for a few decades, and they tend to require a lot of energy to maintain, making these methods less than ideal for long-term data storage. So researchers have been looking into using molecules as alternatives, most notably in DNA data storage. Those methods come with their own challenges, however, including high synthesis costs and slow read and write rates.

Now, Harvard University scientists have figured out how to use fluorescent dyes as bits for a cheaper, faster means of data storage, according to a new paper published in the journal ACS Central Science. The researchers tested their method by storing one of 19th-century physicist Michael Faraday's seminal papers on electromagnetism and chemistry, as well as a JPEG image of Faraday.

"This method could provide access to archival data storage at a low cost," said co-author Amit A. Nagarkar, who conducted the research as a postdoctoral fellow in George Whitesides' Harvard lab. “[It] provides access to long-term data storage using existing commercial technologies—inkjet printing and fluorescence microscopy.” Nagarkar is now working for a startup company that wants to commercialize the method.

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Lilbits: KDE Plasma 5.23, OpenBSD 7.0, Windows 11, and yet another mini-laptop

Ubuntu 21.10 isn’t the only new release of a free and open source operating system today. The OpenBSD team have also released version 7.0 of their Unix-like operating system based on BSD rather than Linux. And while operating systems are cool and everything, they’re not much use these days without a proper desktop environment, and […]

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Ubuntu 21.10 isn’t the only new release of a free and open source operating system today. The OpenBSD team have also released version 7.0 of their Unix-like operating system based on BSD rather than Linux.

And while operating systems are cool and everything, they’re not much use these days without a proper desktop environment, and the folks behind the popular KDE Plasma environment have released version 5.23 with a number of design and performance tweaks. Since it’s coming on the 25th anniversary of the announcement of the KDE project, it’s also being referred to as the KDE Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition.

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

KDE Plasma 5.23 (25th anniversary edition) [KDE]

KDE Plasma 5.23 released on the 25th-anniversary of the KDE desktop environment. It brings a design refresh with a new theme, new custom color options, a faster Kickoff app launcher and Discover app center, system tray updates, and more.

OpenBSD 7.0 [OpenBSD]

OpenBSD 7.0 released with support for 64-bit RISC-V processors, ARM64 updates (including improvements for Apple Silicon, even if it’s not ready for most users yet), and many other new features, updates, and bug fixes.

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22478 [Microsoft]

The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build includes new desktop backgrounds celebrating 7 years of the Insider Program, Fluent emoji, and the introduction of Update Stack Packages (improvements for Windows Update delivered outside of major OS updates).

Shortage Alert: ODROID-H2+ discontinued [FanlessTech]

Hardkernel’s ODROID-H2+ single-board computer with an Intel Celeron J4115 has been discontinued, due to supply chain issues that made it difficult to obtain Intel’s Gemini Lake processors.

6.9 inch mini laptop with 5G [Taobao]

This Chinese mini laptop with a 6.9 inch display has an Intel Celeron J3455 Apollo Lake processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB to 1TB of storage. It also has a QWERTY keyboard, and a Trackpoint-like red pointing stick. It looks nearly identical to the Topton L4, but allegedly supports 5G. Thanks for the heads up Jack!

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Twitter and Facebook and follow @LinuxSmartphone on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on open source mobile phones.

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Lilbits: KDE Plasma 5.23, OpenBSD 7.0, Windows 11, and yet another mini-laptop

Ubuntu 21.10 isn’t the only new release of a free and open source operating system today. The OpenBSD team have also released version 7.0 of their Unix-like operating system based on BSD rather than Linux. And while operating systems are cool and everything, they’re not much use these days without a proper desktop environment, and […]

The post Lilbits: KDE Plasma 5.23, OpenBSD 7.0, Windows 11, and yet another mini-laptop appeared first on Liliputing.

Ubuntu 21.10 isn’t the only new release of a free and open source operating system today. The OpenBSD team have also released version 7.0 of their Unix-like operating system based on BSD rather than Linux.

And while operating systems are cool and everything, they’re not much use these days without a proper desktop environment, and the folks behind the popular KDE Plasma environment have released version 5.23 with a number of design and performance tweaks. Since it’s coming on the 25th anniversary of the announcement of the KDE project, it’s also being referred to as the KDE Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition.

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

KDE Plasma 5.23 (25th anniversary edition) [KDE]

KDE Plasma 5.23 released on the 25th-anniversary of the KDE desktop environment. It brings a design refresh with a new theme, new custom color options, a faster Kickoff app launcher and Discover app center, system tray updates, and more.

OpenBSD 7.0 [OpenBSD]

OpenBSD 7.0 released with support for 64-bit RISC-V processors, ARM64 updates (including improvements for Apple Silicon, even if it’s not ready for most users yet), and many other new features, updates, and bug fixes.

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22478 [Microsoft]

The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build includes new desktop backgrounds celebrating 7 years of the Insider Program, Fluent emoji, and the introduction of Update Stack Packages (improvements for Windows Update delivered outside of major OS updates).

Shortage Alert: ODROID-H2+ discontinued [FanlessTech]

Hardkernel’s ODROID-H2+ single-board computer with an Intel Celeron J4115 has been discontinued, due to supply chain issues that made it difficult to obtain Intel’s Gemini Lake processors.

6.9 inch mini laptop with 5G [Taobao]

This Chinese mini laptop with a 6.9 inch display has an Intel Celeron J3455 Apollo Lake processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB to 1TB of storage. It also has a QWERTY keyboard, and a Trackpoint-like red pointing stick. It looks nearly identical to the Topton L4, but allegedly supports 5G. Thanks for the heads up Jack!

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Twitter and Facebook and follow @LinuxSmartphone on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on open source mobile phones.

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