computing

Phone-Cloud Lets You Ditch Office Landlines

BY Chris DannenFri Oct 30, 2009 at 2:22 PM

For many office workers, landlines are a redundant nuisance: one more voicemail account to check, one more thing to ring during a clandestine nap. But most office buildings wreak havoc on cell reception. New intra-office phone ...READ»

WAR ROOM | Comment

Navy's Future Command Center Looks Just Like the Star Trek Enterprise

BY Kit EatonWed Sep 30, 2009 at 8:27 AM

A research lab inside the U.S. Navy tasked with dreaming up the future of the armed force has been busy working on a new command center design. It's suitably high tech--and is undeniably influenced by Star Trek.READ»

APPLE IMAC | 7 comments

iMac Rumors: Blu-Ray and Core i7 Chips?

BY Kit EatonFri Sep 25, 2009 at 6:23 AM

Steve Jobs famously poo-poohed the idea of Apple adopting Blu-ray, describing the technology as a "bag of hurt." But with hot rumors of an imminent iMac redesign, the Blu-ray drive issue is again in the spotlight. Is Apple about to ...READ»

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Intel Uses Facebook and Distributed Computing to Fight Climate Change, Disease

BY Ariel SchwartzTue Aug 4, 2009 at 5:03 PM

Remember SETI@home? Launched in 1999, the alien-tracking effort was one of the first (and most popular) distributed computing efforts. It's still going, but a number of new distributed computing projects have popped up. The latest ...READ»

COMPUTING | Comment

Your Avatar & You

BY Donald SchwartzTue Aug 4, 2009 at 9:55 AM

What does you avatar say about you?READ»

GOOGLE OS | 11 comments

Google Drops a Bomb: Its Own Operating System

BY Kit EatonWed Jul 8, 2009 at 5:49 AM

Google announces the Chrome OS, an open source operating system designed for the web.READ»

SURFACE COMPUTING | 2 comments

Five More Killer Apps for Microsoft Surface

BY Chris DannenWed Jun 24, 2009 at 8:52 AM

In May, we brought you a list of 11 full-featured applications tailor-made for Microsoft's interactive table computing platform, Surface. With so many talented development teams hard at work on Surface, we missed a few--and the new ...READ»

PALM | Comment

Now That He's in Control, Can Jon Rubenstein Turn Palm Around Too?

BY Kit EatonThu Jun 11, 2009 at 7:56 AM

Jon Rubenstein just consolidated his management position at Palm--as of yesterday he's now the company's chairman and CEO. While this sounds like some dry business news, it may be revolutionary for Palm. Can Rubenstein turn Palm ...READ»

COMPUTING | Comment

Data Visualization Borders on Art

BY Donald Schwartz Sun Jun 7, 2009 at 10:51 AM

Must See Data Viz - Eye Candy w/MeaningREAD»

COMPUTING | 1 comment

Innovative Search Engine

BY Parag ShahFri May 15, 2009 at 9:33 AM

Date: May 15, 2009 Hello, “MelZoo.com” launched on January 01, 2009, is the first flagship; potential of Multi Million-Billion Dollar Business, Factory of product & Services and they will be making it ...READ»

TOUCHSCREENS EVERYWHERE | 2 comments

Microsoft Moving Surface Off the Table and Into Your Home

BY Kit EatonThu May 14, 2009 at 7:05 AM

Microsoft's Surface shows off the capabilities of multi-touch computing admirably, but it's still limited by the machine's box. It's no surprise then to find plans to take Surface off a flat screen and dot it all over your home. ...READ»

COMPUTING | Comment

EU Punishment For US Companies

BY Somnath BanerjeeWed May 13, 2009 at 5:32 PM

After Microsoft and Intel who else would be the next candidate for being punished? Will the other US companies be targeted? Will it be Google? Just wondering.READ»

MICROSOFT SURFACE | 18 comments

11 Killer Apps for Microsoft Surface [Video]

BY Chris DannenFri May 8, 2009 at 1:07 PM

Microsoft's interactive table, dubbed Surface, brings the heady dream of interactive computing closer reality. As developers find ways to make Surface's gorgeous multi-user interface shine, more and more companies are turning ...READ»

DIGITAL SCHOOLS | 3 comments

Three Rs to Become Three Rs Plus Google in U.K. Schools

BY Kit EatonThu Apr 30, 2009 at 9:16 AM

Taking an apple to class for teacher could soon take on a whole new meaning. There's a plan underway to overhaul the curriculum in U.K. primary schools--nothing special there, since there's always some attempt underway to improve ...READ»

COMPUTING | 6 comments

Women - The Ultimate Entrepreneurs

BY James RickmanFri Apr 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM

More than one-third of entrepreneurs in the United States are women, and the growth in the number of woman-owned firms is more than double the rate of all U.S. firms. Stay-at-home moms are multi-tasking more than ever. In between childcare, cooking and cleaning, they are cranking out inventions that are making them millions. In America, women start 424 new enterprises every day that’s more than twice as many as men. READ»

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Microsoft's Surface 2.0-aka SecondLight-Due in Two Years

BY Kit EatonMon Mar 16, 2009 at 12:07 PM

Microsoft's Surface has always been a slightly baffling product: It's a real multi-touch large-screen PC with almost sci-fi levels of cleverness, but costs a whopping $10,000, so it's out of most people's reach. But clearly ...READ»

ATOM | 8 comments

Intel's Phone-Media Hub Mash-Up is a Curiously Dated Idea

BY Kit EatonThu Mar 5, 2009 at 5:58 AM

Intel doesn't think that the home phone is dead--despite some pretty compelling evidence that more and more people are using cellphones as their main telecommunications systems. And it wants to combine a home phone with another ...READ»

CIRCUITRY | Comment

New Chip Technology Could Help Computers Think on Their Own

BY Kit EatonFri Feb 27, 2009 at 5:54 AM

While there's a lot of work to push nanotechnology as the future of computer chips, good old-fashioned semiconductors still have a lot of life in them yet: and they've recently been given a boost with a radical new type of circuit ...READ»

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Next Generation Interaction: Are Virtual Worlds Waiting in the Wings?

BY Donald SchwartzTue Feb 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM

About: This is the revised transcript of the Fast Company.com Call-In titled, Next Generation Interaction: Are Virtual Worlds Waiting in the Wings? that took place on November 2008. Portions of the dialogue have been re-written ...READ»

32NM | Comment

Intel Plans to Beat Downturn by Innovating

BY Kit EatonWed Feb 11, 2009 at 6:37 AM

Just a few weeks ago, Intel announced it would lay off thousands of employees due to the recession, but the company has just revealed another more positive tactic that it will use to beat the financial downturn: Innovation. In ...READ»

COMPUTING | Comment

In Internet Democracy Not All Good Causes Are Apparently Equal

BY Donald SchwartzMon Feb 9, 2009 at 4:29 PM

In Internet Democracy Not All Good Causes Are Apparently Equal In Internet Democracy Not All Good Causes Are Apparently Equal By Donald Schwartz February 1, 2009 ...READ»

ANALYSIS | 4 comments

Does the DVR Apple Television Rumor Make Sense?

BY Kit EatonMon Feb 9, 2009 at 6:59 AM

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has gone all out in forecasting that Apple will enter the digital video recording net-connected television market by 2011. It's a bold assertion, with research behind the claims, and it seems to make ...READ»

BRAZIL | Comment

Brazil Greens-up Educational PC Project by Virtualizing

BY Kit EatonWed Feb 4, 2009 at 5:20 AM

Brazil's government is about to create the world's largest desktop virtualization project, in schools across the entire country. And it's not just a move to advance educational computing for the country's kids while saving cash--it's ...READ»

COMPUTING | Comment

New Conducting Ink Heralds Printable Semiconductor Revolution

BY Kit EatonThu Jan 22, 2009 at 8:33 AM

Flexible circuitry is a big upcoming trend in electronics, but there remain a few challenges to overcome before it can really take off. Now Polyera, a US company that makes specialist chemicals for flexible electronic devices, may ...READ»

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Apple Officially Quashes iPhone Nano and Mac Netbook Rumors

BY Kit EatonThu Jan 22, 2009 at 5:59 AM

Apple has officially quashed any idea that it's planning an iPhone nano or netbook-like MacBook computer. During Tim Cook's first quarterly earnings call as stand-in Apple leader yesterday afternoon, he was asked about the ...READ»