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Pi Gets 127 Billion New Digits Using nothing more than a home desktop computer, scientist Fabrice Bellard managed to calculate an additional 127 billion digits that followed the number 3 in Pi. The concept is a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter in certain kinds of geometry. Usually, t... 7 January 2010 04:45 GMT 1024 Bits Encryption Can Be Cracked Mathematics is not so easy, once you get past the "exact change" problem and the yearly taxes. Here's a mathematical record that might sound simple to achieve, until you try it.An international team of scientists have performed a computational "Herculean Task" and finally found the prime factors of a well-known... 21 May 2007 10:51 GMT