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[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

SINGLE ELECTRON CHIP. Hitachi Ltd. has demonstrated what it says
is the world's first memory chip that uses only a single electron
and can operate at room temperature. The technology could be the
bases for development of a chip capable of storing 16 billion
bits, about 1,000 the capacity of most advanced chips sold today.
(New York Times 12/8/93 D5)


MOSAIC JAMS. Use of the new navigational software Mosaic has
become so popular, it's causing data traffic jams on the
Internet. "Mosaic is the first window into cyberspace," notes the
director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications,
where Mosaic was developed. (New York Times 12/8/93 D1)


WIRELESS E-MAIL. Wireless e-mail has great potential, but the
systems now available still have a few kinks to work out.
Improvements are needed in service range, cost, transmission
speed, capacity, security and integration with e-mail systems on
local-area networks. (Communications Week 12/6/93)