A Tablet for the Blind?
By David Zax (Technology Review) An innovative app developed at Stanford University over the summer shows how tablet computing has the potential to transform the […]
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Stop, Or I’ll Tweet! Cops Struggle With Social Media
By Bill Wasik DALLAS, Texas — A nightstick, a revolver, and a smartphone to check in on Foursquare. That’s the necessary gear of the future […]
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One Smart Phone, Two Personalities
By Tom Simonite AT&T, the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S., and Qualcomm, which dominates the market for smart-phone processors, want to give your […]
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How to Bid on Computing Power
By Cindy Waxer Imagine buying time on a computer in Ireland or Indiana the same way you’d bid for an antique on eBay. That’s how […]
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No Cell Towers, Big Problem: Army Aims for Battlefield Network
By Mark Riffee It’s been four and a half years since Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone. Since then, the Jesus Phone and its competitors […]
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Government Aims to Build a ‘Data Eye in the Sky’
By John Markoff More than 60 years ago, in his “Foundation” series, the science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov invented a new science — psychohistory — […]
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Malware in the Office, in the Sky and on the Phone
By Richard Adhikari October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and it’s being rung in for federal agencies […]
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Cyberthreats Rise as Federal Agencies’ Defenses Slip
By John K. Higgins Information technology vendors who can provide productive ways to protect against cybersecurity threats should find a welcome market among federal agencies. […]
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Brain linked to robotic hand; success hailed
By David Templeton When it happened, emotions flashed like lightning. The nearby robotic hand that Tim Hemmes was controlling with his mind touched his girlfriend […]
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Wired Petri Dish Gives Real-Time Updates
By Katharine Gammon A new prototype petri dish can create an image of what’s growing on it and send that information to a laptop, all […]
