[H]ardNews 10th Edition - Blair's Tech Ed.

Super Fish Robot:

The Japanese have created a big huge robot fish that is on display at Expo 2005. The fish can be used to gather information, take pictures and then transmit all the data back to researchers. Kinda like a big robotic-spy fish.

According to Hiroshima-based designers Ryomei Engineering, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the robot will carry out tasks such as monitoring the safety of bridges or gathering information on fish stocks, transmitting images and data back to its operators.

MS Teams With Toshiba:

It looks like Microsoft is teaming up with Toshiba to develop HD DVD players. This should make the competition between Blu-ray and HD DVD a little more interesting.

"The companies also plan to strengthen their collaboration on iHD, the DVD Forum's latest interactivity format," they said. HD DVD is a newly developed high-definition digital video disc standard. It is competing with the Blu-ray disc technology to become the global standard for next-generation audio-visual products.

Hacking Program Found On UConn Server:

The University of Connecticut has had to notify 72,000 students that officials found a hacking program on one of the servers. Uh oh.

The server contains names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers and addresses for anyone with an account that allows access to the school's computer network. The personal information was not in a readable format, officials said.