Clever hack creates the first 128GB 3.5-inch floppy drive; Astronomers say we might be overlooking extraterrestrial signals; Is the $4 Freedom 251 Android phone a scam?; and More

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March 3, 2016

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		Clever hack creates the first 128GB 3.5-inch floppy drive Ever been nostalgic for the majesty of 1.44MB floppy disks, but wished they came with 91,000 times the storage capacity? One capable modder has heard your cry. Behold: the 128GB floppy disk.

		Astronomers say we might be overlooking extraterrestrial signals The aliens might have sent us a message and assumed we're the ones who don't exist.

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		Is the $4 Freedom 251 Android phone a scam? Is the world's cheapest smartphone too good to be true?

		Nintendo NX console coming this Christmas with new Zelda game: report It's shaping up to be a major year for Nintendo if the rumor mill is even partially accurate.

		The Witness: The risks and rewards of doing lines The Witness is the first game in a decade, or maybe longer, that returned me to a youthful, terrifying level of crazed devotion I thought I'd manage to abandon

		Here's why we don't have light-based computing just yet Optical computing could be the future of processing -- so why is it taking so long to replace electricity with light?

		Raspberry Pi 3 launches with faster 64-bit processor and Wi-Fi for the same $35 The Raspberry Pi is arguably the world's most successful and accessible computer platform that anyone can program. The latest version is the best one yet.

	Jamie Lendino Managing Editor, ExtremeTech.com Follow me on Twitter: @jlendino

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