Disabling DisabilityMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:41PMTechnology has come to the aid of people with disabilities, thanks to the ingenuity of university students whose gadgets, soon to go on view at i-CREATe 2011, could help bridge gaps in their communication with other people and enable them to do their daily chores on their own.
Geek Bucket List No. 79 -- Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet With Project ArcadeWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:20AMQuite a few years back I was shopping at Costco. As I was walking down an otherwise ordinary aisle, I stopped dead in my tracks. I could swear I heard the sounds of an arcade game.
Feature: How digital detectives deciphered Stuxnet, the most menacing malware in historyMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:52AMIt was January 2010, and investigators with the International Atomic Energy Agency had just completed an inspection at the uranium enrichment plant outside Natanz in central Iran, when they realized that something was off within the cascade rooms where thousands of centrifuges were enriching uranium. Natanz technicians in white lab coats, gloves, and blue booties were scurrying in and out of the ...
Arts agenda: Galway Arts Festival and TED GlobalFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:06PMDuring this year's Galway Arts Festival, temporary galleries will pop up all over the city. The full program of arts events will include a museum-scale exhibition by one of Ireland's leading artists, Hughie O'Donoghue, as well as a 3D dance installation, two exhibitions in association with the Crafts Council of Ireland, live art and new technology works.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's SkillsTutor Partners With Intel To Provide Schools A Total Learning Technology SolutionTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:14AMAt the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia, SkillsTutor, a division of global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), announced an innovative partnership with Intel and Equus Computer
European Exclusive PlayStation Vita Technical Talk For Develop ConferenceWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 4:19PMThe Develop in Brighton Conference (19-21 July) will host an exclusive PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) technical talk the first since its announcement in the US earlier this month. The Coding Track Keynote will take place on Wednesday 20 July by Sony Computer Entertainment...
Mac 911: Last word on Lion and application compatibilityMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 1:03PMIn which I wrap up the few remaining questions about what will and won't run under OS X Lion.
Desktop PCs: Dead As a Doornail, Or Maybe Just a Fax MachineMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 8:04AMThe corporate desktop has looked the same for decades: computer, keyboard, mouse, desk phone, maybe a printer. But do these tools dominate because they're the perfect combination of technology needed for work today, or is the enterprise workplace due for an extreme makeover?
USB 3.0: Great Technology, But Hard to FindSunday, June 26, 2011 @ 6:31PMUSB 3.0 offers data transfer speeds that are five times faster than USB 2.0, so why hasn't it caught on?