
Cool It: Is the Internet Too Hot for Data Centers to Handle?
Researcher evaluates ways for us to keep enjoying streaming Web video without wrecking the environment
Researcher evaluates ways for us to keep enjoying streaming Web video without wrecking the environment
China's Twitter generation squares off against the “Great Firewall”
Even before any Google Glass augmented-reality headsets are available to the public, West Virginia is considering a bill to ban drivers from wearing any head-mounted display. Larry Greenemeier reports...
A big step up from wireless radios, modified smartphones could help operatives identify the enemy and disseminate allegiance shifts, and even provide a drone’s-eye-view of the battlefield...
Today was one of of those days I was glad to have old-school Mac and Windows PCs lying around my home office
T-Mobile USA is taking a bold step forward with a new contractless plan for smartphone subscribers
T-Mobile continues to rev up the changes it's got in store for customers
House subcommittee chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (center) will preside over today's hearing to discuss updating a 1986 privacy law
Google's new Talking Shoe keeps the wearer connected, but advertisers are likely to run down this as a two-way street. Larry Greenemeier reports
3-D glasses help doctors perform invasive surgery when their hands are obscured from view
If the Samsung Galaxy S4 rumors pan out, Samsung's newest smartphone may let people interact with the screen using just their eyes
The fear of lawsuits will prevent online companies from using your content as they please
Caltech engineers have constructed a new kind of microchip that can learn to heal its own information pathways
As successful as Samsung's Galaxy S franchise is now, it's easy to forget the Korean consumer electronics giant's first attempt at the American smartphone market was met with an apathetic shrug...
The pigment's chemistry could be incorporated into modern applications. For instance, inkjet printers could fabricate devices with the pigment's near-infrared-emitting property
Community computers could replace pay phones on the streets of the Big Apple
The new bulb-shaped set of light-emitting diodes only costs less than $20
Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Erik Brynjolfsson explains how technology has affected economic growth and productivity--and how human workers can adapt
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