Remember the Stuxnet computer virus? Initially found to have infested big-time control systems around the world, its true purpose quickly emerged: to attack and destroy the nuclear centrifuges at Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment ...READ»
If you designed the original laptop computer, you'd deserve a design award. If you co-founded IDEO, one of the world's foremost design innovation firms, you'd definitely deserve one. If you'd done both of those things, plus acted as ...READ»
The most recent TED gathering, TEDGlobal in Oxford, highlighted the theme of the future of education--and Chris Anderson's own talk hinted at how TED sees itself as a potential part of that future.
Sugata Mitra, of the Hole in the ...READ»
So, maybe it wasn't the best idea to leap full tilt into those cool new tools we discovered through SxSWi. Learn how to safely integrate innovation without putting your infrastructure, data, business and brand at risk.READ»
The virtual workspace is a project management tool that allows individuals, groups and business teams to connect and collaborate on projects digitally. Teams can plan projects, update project steps, organize events and create reports ...READ»
In the run-up to the Detroit Auto Show, there have been a lot of new hoopties sneak-peeked by luxury car companies, but perhaps none as truly hooked up as the new Audi A8. The A8 is arguably this year's torch-bearer for ...READ»
On Friday we reported a new iPhone app that makes it easier to start a small business. The idea that a small, portable computing device could help grow a concept into company isn't a new one; in fact, it was the genesis of HP's marketing campaign for their early 1980s PC, the HP-85.READ»
In 2007, Apple decided it would drop the "Computer" from its corporate title and become simply Apple, Inc. At the time the change seemed semantic or aesthetic, depending on your outlook. But the move proved more prescient this morning ...READ»
Most designers' time is focused on creation when it comes to a product's lifecycle. But it is just as important to look at the other end of the lifecycle--the deconstruction of the very products that they create.
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Scientists already know that climate change has an impact on the environment, but what about the supercomputers that are supposed to predict climate change? It turns out the U.K.'s most powerful supercomputer, which also happens to be ...READ»
For computer viruses everywhere, today is something akin to the day Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal. Two years ago today, the Storm botnet (sometimes called the Storm worm botnet) had a career day, sending a record 57 million ...READ»
It's well known that your brain can automate certain tasks like walking or playing the guitar. But new research out of the University of California, Berkeley demonstrates that our brains might be just as apt at controlling PCs. That ...READ»
Star bank holding firm Goldman Sachs has been getting its fair share of antipathy this month. First it was Rolling Stone's polemic against the bank; then it was BusinessWeek's sobering review of how the 140-year-old firm will be ...READ»
Tom Gerhardt's mud computer, one of the projects on display at NYU's ITP spring show 2009, is a keyboard replacement made entirely of the squishy stuff. According to Gerhardt, the Mud Tub pioneers a "new open-ended interaction ...READ»
At the end of February, Microsoft [MSFT] brought suit against GPS company TomTom [TOM2] for several patent infringements pertaining to TomTom's Linux-based GPS navigation software. Now the Linux community is preparing for a fight, ...READ»
This week Samsung released an "edgy" viral video to appeal to the youngsters and get people talking about its solid-state hard drives. At the risk of indulging the electronics company by doing just that, I've broken down the ...READ»
