research http://www.itworld.com/research xx Engineers create material that could hold 1TB of data http://www.itworld.com/storage/81872/engineers-create-fingernail-sized-chip-holds-1tb-data Engineers have created a material that could hold a trillion bytes (a terabyte) of data in a chip the size of a fingernail -- 50 times the capacity of today's best silicon-based chip technologies. http://www.itworld.com/storage/81872/engineers-create-fingernail-sized-chip-holds-1tb-data#comments Science Storage News research Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:32:45 -0400 ITworld staff 81872 at http://www.itworld.com Using the Internet makes people smarter, study finds http://www.itworld.com/career/81678/using-internet-makes-people-smarter-study-finds UCLA researchers find that Internet use stimulates the brain of middle aged and older adults without much online experience. http://www.itworld.com/career/81678/using-internet-makes-people-smarter-study-finds#comments Internet Offbeat Science News research Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:14:35 -0400 ITworld staff 81678 at http://www.itworld.com Open Source in Emerging Markets: a Few Points of Statistical Comparison http://www.itworld.com/open-source/77997/open-source-emerging-markets-a-few-points-statistical-comparison Developers in countries like China, India, and Brazil are much younger than are programmers in other parts of the world. And they're more likely to use open source. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/77997/open-source-emerging-markets-a-few-points-statistical-comparison#comments Development Open Source Research brazil China foss India open source research Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:19:49 -0400 Esther Schindler 77997 at http://www.itworld.com Users Are Part of Your Systems http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/67708/users-are-part-your-systems The days of stovepipe IT -- in systems, projects and people -- are over. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/67708/users-are-part-your-systems#comments IT management/strategy Opinion research Mon, 11 May 2009 10:31:20 -0400 ITworld staff 67708 at http://www.itworld.com As economy softens, Microsoft ramps up research http://www.itworld.com/storage/67577/economy-softens-microsoft-ramps-research At a lab at the University of Cambridge in England, Microsoft is studying networking, energy use and home broadband. http://www.itworld.com/storage/67577/economy-softens-microsoft-ramps-research#comments Green IT Storage News broadband energy use Microsoft research Thu, 07 May 2009 10:29:32 -0400 ITworld staff 67577 at http://www.itworld.com