January 3, 2012 Lately I have been staying up way past my bed time because of a new addiction. As humans we can become addicted to many different things: cigarettes, The McRib, gambleing, etc. Some things can completely take over your life
November 9, 2011 Every time the Internet goes down, we realize just how dependent we are on having it constantly available. But I don't know that I would die without it.
The Commodore 64, the classic personal computer from the eight-bit '80s, is making a comeback. Sort of.
Later this month, Commodore USA will be releasing a computing system that looks just like
May 4, 2011 A team at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo has invented a device that actually lets you kiss someone over the Internet. Sort of.
The device kind of looks like a straw on top of a box. It's plugged into your computer, and someone else plugs one into their computer.
18-year-old Mark Bao is a student and self-professed computer nerd at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Two months ago, someone stole his computer. And last week, Mark realized he could have his revenge.
Mark remembered he'd set up his computer to back itself up online. And he could remotely access those backups. So he was actually able to log in and see what the thief had been doing with his computer.
February 16, 2011 This week on "Jeopardy," a supercomputer named Watson is competing against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two most storied players in the history of the game show
Watson is able to respond in a human voice to Alex Trebek’s answers. And the supercomputer is able to do so quickly enough to often beat the two human "Jeopardy" legends to the buzzer.
After the first day of the competition Watson was tied with Rutter for the lead.
There's a new study out that analyzes how two-to-five-year-olds around the world are doing in 'tech' skills versus 'life' skills. And depending on your point of view, kids today are either prepared for a brave new world . . . or our priorities are WAY off.
The technology company AVG polled 2,200 mothers who have Internet access and children aged two-to-five in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Here's what they found.
