All our lives we've been taught to avoid risk. Look both ways when crossing the street. Don't touch the hot stove. Don't talk to strangers. Yet ironically, most of us live in an irresponsibly dangerous fashion--without even knowing it.READ»
Google unveiled plans to make Net searches lighting quick with Instant Pages. This is possible only because Google's "very confident that we know what search results you want." Sure, you'll shave five seconds or so off all your searches--but it's not without some complexities. READ»
Intel's Light Peak data connection tech has evolved, and is now on sale in a real device--Apple's new MacBook Pros. It's clever, super-fast, and is actually a stealthy trick to replace the rats nest of wires on your desk with a new protocol.READ»
Weird patent file #48295: RIM (makers of BlackBerry) has a plan for a billboard that changes the ad's length depending on speed. The slower you drive, the more time you have to read (and crash!), so the longer the ad will be.READ»
Verizon announced that one of its FiOS business customers was able to eke out nearly gigabit speeds. That may sound like nerd-speak, but it's the future, and it's going to change the way you do everything from watching movies to buying computers. Here's how.READ»
The infant version of Google's Android mobile OS, 2.2 Froyo, is just rolling out to a single device (the Google Nexus One) now. You can check out more in-depth impressions here, but perhaps the most buzzed-about feature is the ...READ»
Everybody likes to be entertained, and jazzing up marketing project proposals or sales presentations with graphics, a little video or a multi-media presentation can help keep an audience’s attention. Flashy graphics however, won't ...READ»
The typical helicopter today chugs along at a respectable 150 miles per hour. With its aptly named X2 Technology, chopper maker Sikorsky hopes to have new helicopters flying nearly twice as fast.READ»
AMD recently announced that it would cease to market its chips based on technical specs like speed ratings and cache, effectively withdrawing it from the arms race that has been dominated by Intel since time immemorial. AMD will opt ...READ»
That's the question being asked by Google's new coding site for developers, code.google.com/speed. The search giant, famous for its spartan, utilitarian Web interfaces and monster server farms, believes that making pages on the Web ...READ»
AT&T [ATT] and Verizon [VZ] are today's behemoths in the mobile service provider marketplace. But with its fast network, forward-thinking technology, and value-oriented plans, the next decade of cell users could all belong to the ...READ»
Intel's [INTC] announced details of its next-generation chips, fabricated using a 32nm process, due to go on sale late 2009--the chip's transistors switch 22% faster and result in processors much smaller than the current 45nm ...READ»
