December 9, 2008 (Tuesday)
- The mouse celebrates its 40th anniversary. (BBC)
- Research shows there could be no end in sight for Moore's Law. The fast pace of growing computing power could be sustained for many years to come thanks to new research from the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) that is applying advanced techniques to magnetic semiconductors. (PhysOrg)
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