Making A Computer From Bubbles
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:38:38 -0800

Stanford professor Manu Prakash explains how bubbles can be used as bits to make a computer . By directing the bubbles through etched pathways, they act like electrons traveling through circuits. In this system, however, the computer is powered by ...

How It Was: My adventures with computers in 1970s England
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:07:58 -0800

The only computers she had seen were on Star Trek, and they blew up in showers of sparks every week throwing some unknown crewman across the bridge. When I got to Leigh Grammar School in Lancashire, England in 1973 aged 11, (the school had been going ...

Fate of Kansas elections law tied to computer issue
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:37:20 -0800

TOPEKA | Progress on modernizing the Kansas computer system for issuing driver's licenses is six months ahead of schedule and could mean that some potential voters will be required to show proof of their US citizenship during this year's presidential ...

ICT lessons in schools are 'highly unsatisfactory', says Royal Society
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:14:15 -0800

British schools have more computers per pupil than almost every other European country, but our computing lessons are still "highly unsatisfactory", a group of leading scientists has warned. The Royal Society, one of the country's most eminent ...

Madison County school board goes online
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:21:02 -0800

The Madison County School District has gone paperless, using computers to keep up with work rather than relying on a notebook filled with key information. The Clarion-Ledger ( reports that last week was the first meeting at ...

Predictions 2012: Child's play in the digital world
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:55:27 -0800

By Kurt Rodgers | Auckland | Tuesday, 17 January, 2012 I've been trying to get my mum onto the internet for quite a while but she doesn't like computers they're too complicated and uncomfortable to use. It all changed within a few minutes of using my ...

NYC hospital mistakenly bills patient for $44M
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:25:57 -0800

NEW YORK - Patients of a New York City hospital are getting billed for tens of millions of dollars because of a computer error. Unemployed doorman Alexis Rodriguez says he almost became ill when he received a $44.8 million bill from the Bronx-Lebanon ...

Ask My Tech Guy: Android v3 Upgrade? Out-of-date computer ?
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:49:44 -0800

When is a computer "out-of-date?" My husband bought me a Zenithink tablet. It has Android 2.2, but I've heard Android 3 is a lot better for tablets. Will I be able to upgrade? That's right Ashley. Early on, Android software was made with smartphones in ...

Web Gang Operating in the Open
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:48:47 -0800

Those curious enough to click the link got a message to update their computer's Flash software, which begins the download of the Koobface malware. Victims' computers are drafted into a botnet, or network of infected PCs, and are sent official-looking ...

Restoring the wartime birthplace of the modern computer
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:08:59 -0800

It may seem like a ramshackle holiday camp, but this is the place where the famed mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing and his code-breaking colleagues laboured to bring an end to the Second World War, and by some estimates shortened it by ...

Next generation of TV, computer interface unveiled at CES
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:47:38 -0800

The future for TVs and computers involves voice-activation, eye movement control and other interface technologies that are on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. "These days devices get smarter and smarter," said Derek Li, ...

Crime Report for Monday, Jan. 16
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:54:36 -0800

Two laptop computers taken. diplomat drive: 1600 block, reported at 7:55 am Friday. Keys reported stolen. randolph avenue: 300 block, reported at 9:20 am Friday. Electronics and an air rifle stolen. breezewood avenue: 2700 block, reported at 9:03 am ...

Cloud server shipments to skyrocket in 2012
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:25:09 -0800

16, 2012, 8:23am PT No Comments For anyone needing yet another data point to show that cloud computing is driving IT, check out new projections from IHS. The researcher predicts that unit shipments of cloud servers computers used to power public ...

Janam Introduces XG105 with New Motorola Laser Engine
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:57:53 -0800

16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Janam Technologies LLC, a leading provider of rugged mobile computers that scan barcodes and communicate wirelessly, today announced the release of its new XG105 gun-shaped rugged mobile computer . ...

Sony shows off two concept computers that it'll never sell you
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:33:51 -0800

By Raymond Wong We swung by Sony's booth and got a look at two encased concepts that offer a glimpse of what's in store for the future of mobile computing . Needless to say, they're freakin' awesome. The first concept computer is the Slate (the black ...

How Computers , Curators, And Users Create Pandora's Playlists
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:54:30 -0800

BY Christina Chaey Today In this extended version of the talk from our new issue, we speak with Tom Conrad, the CTO and Executive VP of Product at Pandora. Why does it take so much input from so many sources for the company to build perfect playlists? ...

Eurotech: $1.7M Contract From Energy International to Power Digital Whiteboard ...
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:02:36 -0800

Drawing on concepts of minimalist computing , Eurotech lowers power draw, minimizes physical size and reduces coding complexity to bring sensors, embedded platforms, sub-systems, ready-to-use devices and high performance computers to market, ...

Computers , i Pads, and More Are Up for Grabs from Bright House's Sweepstakes
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:15:30 -0800

By Sandra Grauschopf, About.com Guide January 16, 2012 If you'd like to win a new computer or a new i Pad, enter Bright House Networks' Go For It Sweepstakes for your chance to win those or other prizes. The grand-prize winner will receive an $1800 ...

Alloy Computers named top-level snom distributor
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:11:31 -0800

By Contributor, Tuesday, 17th January, 2012 Alloy Computer Products has been appointed as a platinum distributor by IP communication technology vendor snom, the only Oceania reseller to achieve the top level this year and one of only nine worldwide. ...

Raspberry Pi number 1 goes for PS3500 on e Bay
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:25:49 -0800

Well, it has started in popular fashion - a PS20 Raspberry Pi computer sold for PS3500 on e Bay last week, writes Steve Bush. The Raspberry Pi Foundation, which intends to sell its educational computers directly, auctioned 10 of its beta production board ...