Wrapping up Speeds and Feeds, part 3: Ruggedness
Rugged laptops are available from several manufacturers, but they're too bulky and expensive for mainstream consumers. We need rugged consumer notebooks; here's how we'll get them.
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Singularity University seasons executives for the future
During the institution's inaugural executive program, 20 students are getting an intense education in the exponential technologies that could shape their companies and industries for decades to come.
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Nokia: Smartphone batteries need 'breakthrough'
The head of the handset maker's research center says it will be a long time yet before power-hungry smartphones can last on a weekly power charge.
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As alternative energy grows, NIMBY turns green
With more renewable energy projects trying to come online, the country grapples with the balance between local land use and a national push for clean energy.
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Is Mozilla's contributions program working?
A few months ago Mozilla gave add-on developers a tip jar as a way for them to get paid for their creations. But is anyone making any money off the program?
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Kerry, U.N.'s Ban upbeat on climate prospects
U.S. Senator John Kerry says he'll try to outline a compromise climate control bill, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is upbeat on Washington's intentions.
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Will Craigslist drive scalpers out of business?
If I want good seats to a sold-out show, I wait until the last minute and buy via the Internet. How long before everybody else figures this out?
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Sponge absorbs 180 times its weight (in toxic sludge)
Researchers in China have adapted carbon nanotubes into a sponge-like material that can be squeezed dry and used to mop up oil spills.
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Logitech buys video-conferencing firm LifeSize
Acquisition puts the maker of Webcams and other peripherals into the video-conferencing market.
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Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce
Elimination of 680 full-time jobs comes as the software maker tries to align costs in the face of lagging sales. They follow a 9 percent reduction within the Omniture unit.
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Smartphone users, keep complaining
Want great software for your mobile phone? Keep up the complaints. That was the message at a Tuesday session aimed at developers at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco.
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New York hospital revives ailing computer network
St. Vincent's Medical Center switches to desktop virtualization and sees big savings in both staff time and electric bills.
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Microsoft moves MSN Video under Bing umbrella
The software maker said on Tuesday it is combining its video search and MSN content under the Bing brand.
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Two new remote Webcams: Mole and Vue
One is small and simple but fails as a security camera; the other is big and ugly but does it all.
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Create audio messages from song samples
Let Them Sing It For You is a Web app that lets you enter a text message, then splices the words together from pieces of songs it finds on the Web.
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Eastern Europeans charged in payment processor hack
Grand jury indicts defendants accused of hacking into RBS WorldPay network and running "one of the most sophisticated computer hacking rings in the world."
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RealNetworks appeals injunction on RealDVD sales
Real asks appeals court to overturn federal judge's decision to halt sales of DVD-copying software.
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Google hopes to remake programming with Go
A Unix co-creator is among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers and programming. Today, Go becomes open-source software.
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A child porn-planting virus: Threat or bad defense?
There is some concern that malware can plant illegal child porn on innocent people's computers, but experts say that, while possible, it's not very likely.
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When open source isn't (open enough)
It's very possible to be completely open-source without being completely open, but this may fade as more companies learn to use open source effectively.
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