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    This photo gallery takes you inside Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US, home to some of the world's fastest supercomputers. It's also the site where the first plutonium was refined to create atomic bombs during World War II.

  • Nuclear fusion becomes economic reality?

    Nuclear Fusion mimics the reactions that occur in the sun to create safe, clean nuclear energy. Sound like hot air? Not according to a leading US venture capitalist who believe it will become economically viable within several years.

  • IT for Sydney nuclear reactor under review

    IT systems for a proposed nuclear reactor to be built in south Sydney are among the areas under the spotlight, with government agencies planning to make a decision next month.

  • Patents Hook Start-Ups

    Three years ago, Steven Golden, chairman and chief executive of Cool Savings, came up with a hot new idea for how to distribute coupons to consumers over the Web. The business by all accounts turned out to be a smashing success. Golden said Cool Savings became responsible for close to 40 percent of all coupons distributed via the World Wide Web.

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  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

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  • Fujitsu LifeBook N6460

    Amongst the monster "laptops" there's been a heavy focus on multimedia and power, and to a degree, the Fujitsu does well here -- the speakers, lack of Bluetooth and price being the only things that truly cripple it.

  • At Intel, the chip with two brains

    There's more than one way to build a multichip microprocessor, according to Intel.

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