A prototype drive using protein molecules from a bug has been used to store data at approximately 50 Terabytes! This idea first started out by coating DVDs with a layer of protein so that one day solid state memory could hold so much information that storing data on your computer hard drive will be obsolete, says Professor V Renugopalakrishnan of the Harvard Medical School in Boston while reporting on his findings at the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Brisbane this week.

Steve Oldmeadow has never set foot in Silicon Valley, but this month the software developer became one of a select few to be handed a $120,000 cheque from Google.

The new phone, slightly more compact than its predecessor, does have a fresh case design and goes with full touch interface using SPB Shell on top of Windoze Mobile 6.1, plus the 3-D transition effects for the file and program browsing. While the CPU is the same Samsung S3C 6400 533 MHz, the RAM amount was doubled to 128 MB catering for even larger applications.

Such a great idea, making the most of the subway draft in an unusual art form.

Looks like Google has rolled out another PageRank update. Some sites have faired better than others, there has been a shift of 1 or 2 points for most sites, but there seems to be a higher page rank assigned to pages deeper within the hierarchy; giving more power to pages that really matter.

The last update was in July 2008. Roughly, Every 3-4 months, Google Updates its database and re-calculates the PR values & then updates Google Toolbars worldwide.

Some of you may remember the first Tron film hitting the screens in 1982, where Jeff bridges took the role of Kevin Flynn; well Disney have decided to make the second incarnation of the film some 26 years later; and yes Jeff bridges will still play the main role, albeit some what older, but still bad ass as ever.

The entry level version of the popular Microsoft games console, the Xbox 360 has had it’s price slashed recently, in an all out battle to beat the Playstation 3 (PS3) in the early Christmas sales push - the cheapest xbox 360 is now advertised at £129! That puts it at about £50 less than the cheapest Nintendo Wii and a staggering £140 less than the cheapest PS3.