Computer

Blades Have The Edge

Superslim machines are fomenting a quiet revolution in the server room

Nanotechnology: What Will It Mean?

Rise of the Machines

Chess computers are beating grand masters with ever-greater ease, and even more demoralizing, they're beginning to do it with style

In Defense of Dumb

Gadgets don't necessarily get better when you give them brains

N800 Fights the Bad Guys

If you want to find the vulnerabilities in your system before the black-hat hackers do, Nokia's programmable handheld is just the ticket

A Bronx Tale

Broadband TV concern hooks up the 'hood

All The Tech in China

The African Hacker

With home-brewed code and a little help from Microsoft, a programmer in Ghana launches Africa's first software empire

Who Killed the Virtual Case File?

How the FBI blew more than $100 million on case-management software it will never use

In Defense of Dumb

Gadgets don't necessarily get better when you give them brains

A Match Made in Packets

Coming soon: cellular handsets that can use a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth Cavities

Ethernet's High-Wire Act

As ever-richer media burden data networks, a new IEEE standard is needed to ensure quality of service

Fighting Indigestion At the Internet Buffet

A description

Networking Know-How

Using online networking sites could land you your next job

Electric Flex

Electrically activated plastic muscles will let robots smile, arm-wrestle, and maybe even fly like bugs

Exoskeletons Around the World

A photo gallery of exoskeletons and wearable robotic systems in the U.S., Europe, and Asia

Fly like a Fly

The common housefly executes exquisitely precise and complex aerobatics with less computational might than an electric toaster

Hold Me Closer, Tinny Dancer

I, Roboticist

I wanted a robot butler, so I built one

Engineering Everquest

Online gaming demands heavyweight data centers

Learning From Software Failure

The Exterminators

A small British firm shows that software bugs aren't inevitable

Who Killed the Virtual Case File?

How the FBI blew more than $100 million on case-management software it will never use

N800 Fights the Bad Guys

If you want to find the vulnerabilities in your system before the black-hat hackers do, Nokia's programmable handheld is just the ticket

Who Killed the Virtual Case File?

How the FBI blew more than $100 million on case-management software it will never use

Loser: Another Fuel-Cell Charger Flunks

Fuel cells look great on paper, but who wants to run a laptop off one?

Loser: Still Waiting For Nanotube Memory Chip

Nantero's alternative to flash memory has reached its sell-by date

Tell Us What You Think

Why Losers?

We don't do this because we're mean spirited. We do it because we care