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The IndustryJuly 13, 2011 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:28 AM/EST
A New Low for Journalism--and TechnologyBy Eileen Feretic The ever-growing revelations involving the phone-hacking scandal of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World--which go back at least as far as 2005--are appalling on many levels. The misdeeds have robbed hundreds, possibly thousands, of people of their... January 12, 2011 Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:40 AM/EST
Nanotech Fabrics Now Machine Washableby Tim Moran People have been cleaning their clothes in washing machines for 100 years, give or take. It's a simple process, really, and at the core it has not changed much in all that time. Wikipedia explains: "To clean... September 15, 2010 Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:18 AM/EST
Can-Do IT in ColombiaBy Samuel Greengard I just spent the last three days in Colombia. No, I wasn't kidnapped and I didn't meet Juan Valdez or the world's shortest man. I did spend a lot of time talking to corporate executives and touring... September 7, 2010 Tuesday, September 07, 2010 4:24 PM/EST
Telepresence Gets Spookyby Tim Moran Yoo Hoo! It's me, Telenoid. Ready for our budget meeting? There is probably not a weirder area of business-technology R&D than "telepresence." We took at look, a while back, at Vgo, a remote avatar telepresence robot that... Tuesday, September 07, 2010 4:17 PM/EST
Microsoft's Meter Maid Mistakeby Tim Moran Things always seem to be hopping Down Under, and this recent story from Australia's The Age is no exception. Apparently, Meter Maids have been "iconic figures" on Queensland's Gold Coast since the mid-1960s. The story, "Meter maids... August 23, 2010 Monday, August 23, 2010 11:11 AM/EST
Surfing With Actual Surf Boardsby Tim Moran I've never surfed. In the ocean waves, that is. We've all surfed the Web, of course, although I've never quite figured out exactly how clicking on links to various sites around the vast Internet has any connection... July 14, 2010 Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:39 AM/EST
Blue Monday For Big Bankby Tim Moran "IBM Employee Sparks Massive Bank Outage," read the headline at TheRegister.com. On a Monday in early July, "one of Singapore's largest banks suffered a seven-hour IT outage that took down everything from back-office services to ATMs." The... July 6, 2010 Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:02 AM/EST
The Tablet Tsunami and the Enterpriseby Samuel Greengard Gauging from the frenzy over Apple and the iPad, you would think Cupertino had invented a device that allows you to travel in time or eat junk food without gaining weight and clogging your arteries. Already, Apple... June 21, 2010 Monday, June 21, 2010 11:16 AM/EST
Keyboards Go Back to the Futureby Tim Moran When last we mentioned a typewriter in this space, it was in a report about extinct careers, including the typist in a pool. We have not stumbled upon a way to resurrect that job, but we did... June 9, 2010 Wednesday, June 09, 2010 5:57 PM/EST
Big Blue Cookie Monsterby Tim Moran The IBM of the 1960s was serious business. It was still helmed by the son of its first real president, the business icon Thomas J. Watson Sr. (of "THINK" fame), and it was Thomas J. Watson Jr....
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