(Phys.org) —Google finds much appeal in gaining the distinction of leading the way toward a future where USB sticks and rings can replace traditional passwords. The idea of killing off passwords has been an attractive one ...
The folks who brought you laptop trackpads, voice-activated smartphones and touch-screen tablets are dreaming up new ways for users to interact with technology through wearable, fashionable gadgets.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 11, 2013
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Many people who have tried Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system without a touch screen have hated it because of the inability to use touch and swipe commands to get things going. Now, a company has made a digital pen ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 8, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Tobii Technology is introducing the REX, a USB-connected peripheral that works with Tobii's software Gaze. The Stockholm-based company will show its REX device for Windows 8 at the CES show in Las Vegas, from ...
A former software engineer for Chicago-based CME Group pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing computer code and other proprietary data for an electronic trading exchange in China, officials said.
Other
Sep 19, 2012
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Does your laptop clash with your Empire-style interior? No problem. A French entrepreneur has signed up a team of traditional craftsmen to turn out PCs fit for a royal home.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 6, 2012
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You may have already placed a video call from your computer or from your smartphone. In the future you may make such calls from your television.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 16, 2012
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Finding it hard to keep up the passion in a long-distance relationship? Help might be on the way.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 23, 2012
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Back in the 1960s, Charlie Richter (PhD '28) installed a seismometer in his living room. It was bigger than his TV set, and it didn't go with the sofa, but it saved him a lot of late-night drives into the Seismo Lab and was ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2012
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Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can work on a far smaller scale, recording data within individual cells. One way to do that is to create ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 1, 2012
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