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Microsoft hopes its SoundWave will let you interact with your PC using hand gestures in midair rather than on a keyboard. Larry Greenemeier reports
Microsoft hopes its SoundWave will let you interact with your PC using hand gestures in midair rather than on a keyboard. Larry Greenemeier reports
Two economists untangle the relation between illegal downloads and ticket sales
Science fiction serves as a key inspiration for the man whose job it is envisage Intel's future and, to a large degree, the future of computing itself
The world's largest computer chipmaker employs a corporate futurist, Brian David Johnson, to guess what gadgetry and computing will look like in 2020 and beyond
What the "matching algorithms" miss
Samsung Galaxy S III (Credit: CNET) Just days ago, Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy S III , the global, quad-core, Android Ice Cream Sandwich successor to its best-selling smartphone ever, the Galaxy S II ...
Despite advances in medical imaging, an autopsy still gives experts the best picture of what ails us
Inside information from the bigwigs of the wireless world
Impossible connections, dropped signals, phantom networks—why wireless Internet still seems stuck in the Stone Age
As consumer telescopes and techniques improve, will there be implications for national security?
(Credit: Canonical) Last year was a long time ago for Android. That was when Google's mobile platform was stealing market share from all the other smartphone platforms -- winning even against the iPhone -- and beating a path toward market dominance...
Ocean floats provide yet more evidence of global warming, revealing that rainy regions are getting wetter and dry regions drier much faster than predicted
Malware like Flashback, which has infected hundreds of thousands of Macs, could become commonplace as cyber attackers target Apple
The grand scheme, a stepping-stone to string theory, is still high on physicists' wish lists. But if no solid evidence surfaces soon, it could begin to have a serious PR problem
Online game informs researchers and policymakers about caring for watershed areas
Avatar director James Cameron's effects company created a virtual Shakur using physical characteristics and movements captured from previously recorded performances. Larry Greenemeier reports...
Letters to the editor from the January 2012 issue of Scientific American
With federal investigators turning up millions of bogus electronics in military systems, the Defense Department is searching for a better way to spot the fakes
New technology that increases the warning time for tornadoes and hurricanes could potentially save hundreds of lives every year
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