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Mac OS X 10.6.6 update to include beginnings of Mac App Store integration

This could be interesting. Per MacGeneration, Apple plans to include some rudimentary integration between its upcoming Mac App Store and the next maintenance release of Mac OS X 10.6, according to discoveries made a MacGeneration forum member. Mac OS X 10.6.6, due for release in the next few weeks, will offer users the option of […]

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Researchers report storing 90 gigabytes of data in bacteria DNA

This is weird. But it is nifty. Per BlueSci, researchers from the University of Hong Kong managed to place 90GB of data into the DNA of a colony of 18 E.coli. The data can also be encrypted by site-specific genetic recombination; a purely natural process that means data can be jumbled up. Given that there […]