UK retailer stops stocking floppy disks

UK retailer stops stocking floppy disks: "PC World, Britain's largest chain of computer superstores, will say goodbye to floppy disks once the current stash is gone.

The retailer said Wednesday it opted not to reorder any more disks because they do not hold enough data and better alternatives exist.

PC World has about 10,000 disks in stock. With 155 stores across Britain and nearly 50 more elsewhere in Europe, spokesman Hamish Thompson said the final stock of floppies will be gone 'in weeks, if not days.'"

Jason Leopold and Marc Ash | Cheney's Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair

Jason Leopold and Marc Ash | Cheney's Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair: "Copies of handwritten notes by Vice President Dick Cheney, introduced at trial by defense attorneys for former White House staffer I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, would appear to implicate George W. Bush in the Plame CIA Leak case."

The Hindu : Sci Tech / Information Technology : Triple fillip for Moore 's Law

The Hindu : Sci Tech / Information Technology : Triple fillip for Moore 's Law: "IN A week of extraordinary developments, three American technology players, have made separate but complementary announcements of research breakthroughs that could ultimately lead to a new generation of silicon semiconductors chips — smaller, faster, cooler and cheaper than anything the world has known so far."

Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons / Program was touted publicly, then came official gag order

Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons / Program was touted publicly, then came official gag order: "During the Cold War, the Air Force funded numerous scientific studies of the basic physics of antimatter. With the knowledge gained, some Air Force insiders are beginning to think seriously about potential military uses -- for example, antimatter bombs small enough to hold in one's hand, and antimatter engines for 24/7 surveillance aircraft."

LiveScience.com - Amnesia Victim Wandered for 25 Days

LiveScience.com - Amnesia Victim Wandered for 25 Days: "DALLAS (AP)—Joe Bieger walked out his front door with his two dogs one morning last fall a beloved husband, father, grandfather and assistant high school athletic director. Minutes later, all of that, indeed, his very identity, would seemingly be wiped from his brain's hard drive.

For 25 days, he wandered the streets of Dallas and its environs a lost soul, unable to remember his name, what he did for a living, or where he lived, until, finally, a contractor who was building a new house for Bieger and his wife happened to recognize him.

By that point, Bieger had somehow made his way to a suburb about 20 miles from his Dallas home, holes worn in the rubber soles of his canvas shoes. He had lost 25 pounds, and a full white beard covered the normally clean-shaven educator's face.

Bieger, 59, says he was diagnosed afterward as suffering from psychogenic fugue, an extremely rare form of amnesia."