Vertegri Research

The MRP posted a press release from Vertegri Research, maker of the briefcase-size and battery-less clone portable, that they have gone out of business. VR is hoping to complete orders received and issue refunds for returns or cancellations.

Yesterday's Washington Post (tree parts version) announced that IBM will be making CPU chips with copper (and silicon, of course) rather than aluminum. This change will allow much greater CPU speeds because, as we all know, copper conducts electricity much better than aluminum. Okay, so where are the gold filled chips?