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A new multi-bit 'spin' for magnetic random access memory storage

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 08:14 AM PDT

Interest in magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is escalating, thanks to demand for fast, low-cost, nonvolatile, low-consumption, secure memory devices. MRAM boasts all of these advantages as an emerging technology, but so far it hasn't been able to match flash memory in terms of storage density. A research team reports an intriguing new multi-bit MRAM storage paradigm with the potential to rival flash memory.

Computer privacy: Share button may share your browsing history, too

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 06:14 AM PDT

One in 18 of the world's top 100,000 websites track users without their consent using a previously undetected cookie-like tracking mechanism embedded in 'share' buttons. The researchers traced 95 percent of canvas fingerprinting scripts back to a single company.