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Remember how Sandisk was flirting with read-only, cheap-archival storage based on their new "3D memory' back in February? Well, it sounds like they're about to commit. We just received a tip from a SanDisk customer who took a survey about a proposed write-once memory card. The most interesting new piece of information is the price: a 400 photo, 1GB write-once card for a proposed $5.99 as described by our tipster. We can't vouch for his claims -- nevertheless, what he says is consistent with what we've heard and certainly makes sense. We'll break it down for you as we received it:
Usually, I'm as competitive as it gets. Give me any lighthearted game and I'll turn it into a bitter deathmatch that can drive a wedge between the most established friendships -- but this is one competition I'm OK with coming in second... or last. A new study found that Australians (not Americans) are the world's worst green house gas polluters, as least when defined by power sector emissions.
What questions should homebuyers ask related to the green (not the cash)? Here is some advice from The Green Guide:
Lots of laptops claim to be infinitely portable and have super-long battery life, but in reality, the technology always seems to fall a bit short (or totally flat). In other words, you're going to spend most of your computer-life tethered to an electrical outlet.
We've seen some interesting nanotech power concepts in the past, but researchers at UCLA have gone back to basics and developed a printable nanotech version of a traditional battery they say could power other printed, flexible nanotech devices. The batteries, which are less than a millimeter thin, feature the same zinc-carbon makeup as traditional rechargables, but are made by depositing thin layers of zinc and manganese oxide over a layer of nanotubes. Sadly, tech isn't producing usable amounts of power yet, but lead scientist George Gruner says the simplicity of the underlying tech should make it easy to solve that problem. Damn straight -- we're not giving up till we get a pair of electric underpants to call our own.
