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David Mayhew On Fundamentally Changing How We Compute

Can you envision plugging into the flow of information--via data centers powered by green energy like wind and solar? David Mayhew can.READ»

Cheeky Little Underage Hackers Are Getting Their Very Own DEF CON Event

Kids can hack too, so DEF CON has a new conference for the discerning young cyber attacker.READ»

The iPad Is A $500 Kid's Game

A survey from PBS has revealed something pretty staggering for a $500-plus next-gen computing device: 70% of parents are happy to hand the iPad to their kids, and download child-friendly apps for the rugrats. READ»

What Apple's Balance Sheet Will Reveal About The Tech Industry

Apple's second-quarter call is tonight at 5 p.m. Eastern. The statistics will be telling, since they encompass the Verizon iPhone and the iPad 2's early sales. Here are the need-to-know numbers buried in all that data. READ»

Kinect Hack Shows How You'll Wave at Your PC in Five Years

Kinect hacks are often impressive, revealing how powerful the Microsoft device actually is. A new one that combines 3-D modeling, data gloves, and gesture control, hints at how you may control your PC in the near future.READ»

NIST Scientists Make Quantum Computer Breakthroughs

Quantum computing will create machines unbelievably faster and cleverer than anything ever made, using weird and wonderful physics. The latest advances mean we're that much closer moving beyond semiconductors. READ»

Meet the Cutting Edge of Medicine: 1mm Injectable Computers

Imagine a computer, complete with processor chip and sensors, so small it could give a grain of salt a run for its money. Now imagine embedding it inside your body as a super-smart sensor capable of transmitting data to your doctor. READ»

Vodafone's Webbox Could Bring Net to TVs in Developing Nations

Vodafone's trying to tap a new market in the developing world that leverages TV and web tech with a cheap Internet portal box that uses an existing TV as its display, bringing the Net to homes that otherwise may not have been connected.READ»

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Brits Explore the Final Android Frontier, Power Satellite With Google Phone

Androids in space are standard sci-fi fare, but a British research firm plans to actually power a satellite with one--it's using a Google Android phone as the spacecraft's brains.READ»

How Apple Could Fall Without Steve

Apple's CEO is suffering the after-effects of cancer and a liver transplant, and his latest medical leave has the tech world agog over Apple's immediate plans. The truth is Apple will have plenty of trouble surviving a Steve Jobs-less future.READ»

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Apple's Mac App Store Scores Over One Million Downloads on First Day

The new App Store is an innovation not without its attendant controversy, but one thing is already certain: It's a hit. READ»

Bed or Bits? Nearly Half of All Americans Would Ditch Sleeping Quarters Before Their PC, TV

According to a new survey, close to 50% of Americans would give up their bed before their TV and computer. That's something to remember as the FCC rules about the future of the Net today.READ»

Your Next Computer Chip Revolution Unveiled by IBM: Sexy Blend of Lasers, Electrons

IBM's just unveiled a new breakthrough chip tech: CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics. Confused? It's actually pretty astonishing, promising chip-sized supercomputer power in the near future. Now you're interested....READ»

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iFive: Google Gifts Googlers, Facebook's Free Speech, RIM Tablet Priced, BP and Shell Under Fire, Apple iAd

Innovation served up every which way: over easy, sunny side up, with OJ on the side.READ»

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Rumor: Intel Backing Light Peak Tech for Early 2011 Debut, Beating USB 3

Intel's Light Peak device-connection tech is very promising, but it's superficially similar to USB 3. Rumors now suggest Intel will be releasing tech to support Light Peak in early 2011, and Apple may be in cahoots. Is USB 3 doomed before it starts?READ»

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Dell Outlines Its Strategy Against Apple: A Hundred-Million Dollar Ad Spend

Is a nine-figure advertising budget that emphasizes premium products the answer to Dell's woes?READ»

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Apple Teases OS X Lion in "Back to the Mac" Event, But What'll It Be Like?

Hiding in the logo for Apple's new press invite to an October 20th "Back to the Mac" event is a picture of a lion. Woah! That's one enormous hint it's all about the next-gen OS X. What'll it be like?READ»

Finally, "Paperboy" and "Airwolf" Maker Brings 8-bit Games to iPhone, iPad

The ZX Spectrum Elite App, from the company that kicked off the 1980's home computer revolution, reinvigorates the 8-bit games rage for the Apple generation.READ»