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»
Every year, hundreds of thousands of computers find an afterlife at recycling programs nationwide. If you've ever sent in a clunker, there's a good chance it went to Dell [DELL], which runs one of the largest consumer take-back ...READ»
Blu-ray technology out-does DVD for one reason only: the discs store more information, so you can fit a higher-resolution movie file in the same physical space. That's a great thing now everyone and their dog has an HDTV. But a new ...READ»
Microsoft's new "metered PC" concept has the nerd world united in a chorus of outrage. Despite all the yelling, the pay-as-you-go model might be one of the best ideas Redmond has had in years.READ»
It's the holidays, and that means offering peace and clemency to your nemeses. Or, in my case, coming to tolerate -- even appreciate -- a netbook.
I didn't think it was possible at first; every UMPC I've used has felt cramped, slow, ...READ»
A Chinese company says it's producing a case for an upcoming iPhone Nano. Bits of code inside the latest version of OS X suggest a new Mac Mini. Are they one in the same?READ»
Dell's apparently ultra-thin laptop Adamo teaser campaign from last week is joined by an even more intriguing one from Sony. It bears little more than a swishly-photographed Vaio logo on a shiny-looking black device, and the words "On ...READ»
Rumors and snippets of information are circlating that Dell has a novel new laptop on the way: An ultra-thin, ultra-light machine in the MacBook Air class. Only Dell's machine, dubbed Adamo, is to be thinner.
Apple's MacBook Air ...READ»
If you're short on space, Sony's [SNE] JS1 all-in-one PC just might make your Soho studio apartment feel a little roomier. The 20.1-inch display is big enough for any gaming, light video or photo editing that you might want to do, ...READ»
I recently received a response to a note I sent to a colleague of mine who works for a Fortune 50 company now. He heads up their research. I worked with him at Harris Interactive (http://www.harrisinteractive.com) where he designed ...READ»
I recently received a response to a note I sent to a colleague of mine who works for a Fortune 50 company now. He heads up their research. I worked with him at Harris Interactive (http://www.harrisinteractive.com) where he designed ...READ»
