"Nearly three in four Utah households own a computer, a higher percentage than in any other state, according to a new census report."

Utah?   UTAH???? !!!!! ?????

In a move sure to make Dell, HP, Lenovo and other computer company execs quake in their shoes, students at U. of A. have gone where no geek has gone before.  If you own stock in a computer company, sell it now….

From The Journal of the American Chemical Society:

"Magic-sized cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanocrystals have been pyrolytically synthesized. These ultra-small nanocrystals exhibit broadband emission (420-710 nm) that covers most of the visible spectrum while not suffering from self absorption. This behavior is a direct result of the extremely narrow size distribution and unusually large Stokes shift (40-50 nm). The intrinsic properties of these ultra-small nanocrystals make them an ideal material for applications in solid state lighting and also the perfect platform to study the molecule-to-nanocrystal transition. "

 Don’t feel bad if none of that makes any sense to you.  Suffice to say it’s a break-through in the development of a longer-lasting replacement for the light bulb

A central device that stores all your music. A device that allows you to record your vinyl, burn your favorite music to CD, and update your iPod. That lets you stream the same, or different, songs throughout your home. All that without a PC.
 
“…you might not have high hopes for the Olive Symphony, a $900 hi-fi component that merges all of those technologies and more. But instead of creating a multi-headed digital Frankenstereo, the company managed to make all of those technologies and features feel natural together. The resulting box takes a long time to describe, because it does so much. But it takes surprisingly little time to master, and most of its features are usable whether you own a computer or not. “

Read the entire NY Times review here…..

Want to know the National Security Agency guidelines for keeping your computer system secure?  Their site has downloadable guides for Apple, Microsoft and Sun Solaris operating systems.