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A Japanese marine biologist and educator named Masamichi Hayashi has developed a new aspect of education. He has created some one hundred life-like, hand-made fish bots constructed from all kinds of recycled objects, including everything under the sun from discarded rainwear to windscreen wipers.

A few of the larger fish bot models can open and close their mouths and eat artificial “prey”!

Read more here: http://www.weirdasianews.com/2010/01/20/children-learn-sea-life-teacher-fish-bots/

The highly publicized conficker work virus quietly phones home today for instructions on how to behave, visiting 500 of 50,000 random generated websites. Distructive action from the work has yet to be seen. Perhaps it will be triggered at a later date, having been discussed so much in the news of attacking PCs on April 1st.

Image Source: Microsoft

Get removal tools here: http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/worm_w32_downadup_al.shtml

More news here: PC World

A new millimeter-wave technology sends data at 10 gigabits per second developed by engineers at Batelle, a research and development firm from Columbus, OH. The technology operates on 60-100 Ghz.

Read more on this amazing feat here:
http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/21464/?a=f

Beta 1 available here: http://lifehacker.com/364289/internet-explorer-8-beta-1-available-for-download

Beta 2 available here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/worldwide-sites.aspx

Because of some patent lawsuit between CSIRO and Buffalo, Buffalo has to stop selling wireless products.

They have the best if only ethernet converter on the market and everyone is out of stock! Buffalo wireless come back! We need you!

Source:
http://www.buffalotech.com/press/releases/buffalo-issues-a-statement-about-the-csiro-appeal/

Coming soon, and supported not by Apple, but by Synchronica Mobile Gateway. Their technology works with Windows Mobile Messaging and should not need any additional connectors on Exchange.

Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134590-c,iphone/article.html

$15 Million Project coming to Disneyland with live actors, and technoloy from HP, Microsoft, and Lifeware.

Source
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/house_of_the_fu.php

Due Q2 of 2008 at $99
Kensington Dual Monitor Adapter enables you to have just that, Dual Monitors. It will support widescreen displays up to 1440 x 1050 pixels and standard displays up to 1280 x 1024 pixels.

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/12091/13115/kensington-dual-monitor-adapter-usb.phtml

With Microsoft not doing as well as they expected with Windows Vista, there are rumors that a a new Windows version is coming out sooner than expected.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/vista-successor-rumored-to-be-on-track-for-2009-release/

EEPC's mini mobile laptops have brought new competition to the market of mini portable affordable laptops. Here are some expected this year.

Gigabyte: To Roll out June 2008
http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20080116PD217.html

Everex Cloudbook: To Roll out February 2008

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9059060&taxonomyId=16