Paris-based startup Biomemory has launched new DNA cards that allow owners to store up to one kilobyte of DNA data on a credit card-sized storage device. It works by converting digital information ...

Actually, according to the ISO, a kilobyte <I>is</I> 1000 bytes, because kilo is the standard SI prefix for (x)*10^3. They've defined a new set of prefixes for 2^10, 2^20, etc, under which 2^10 bytes ...

What can be done with 1 kilobyte of javascript? Marvels of code efficiency await you at this year's golf tournament. Entries include graphical demos such as Quantum Worm, Metaballs, Creepy Organ, ...

When you ask most non-geeks how many "bytes" are in a "kilobyte", after thinking about the root of the prefix "kilo" they might tell you "one thousand", and be both right and wrong at the same time.

Just like we measure day-to-day things like time in seconds, mass in kilograms, and height in meters, computer memory and disc space are measured based on bytes. You would have probably come across ...