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Forget the glasses--3D monitors ready now

June 8, 2006 Expect to see more opportunities for three-dimensional viewing show up on TVs, cell phones and beyond. TAGS: 3D, Philips Electronics N.V., glass, monitor, pixel, conference, TV, person, image, movie

A formula for procrastination

January 11, 2007 Can you assign a formula to putting off to tomorrow what you can do today? One professor believes you can. TAGS: professor, formula, equation, motivation, theory, person, researcher

The legislation behind a national ID

February 4, 2008 Federal regulations creating a uniform national ID card are looming. Read the full text of the relevant section of the law. TAGS: driver's license, person, section, birth, Social Security, requirement, law, purpose, U.S., photograph

Taking passwords to the grave

September 22, 2006 Family members are increasingly unable to access important data because their loved ones have not left passwords behind. TAGS: Marc Rotenberg, e-mail company, attorney, address book, Yahoo! Inc., password, Time Warner Inc., spokeswoman, client, San Francisco, person, e-mail, Google Inc.

Google joins Xerox as a verb

July 6, 2006 Yahoo may need a Band-Aid or a Kleenex. Its rival has been officially ensconced in Merriam-Webster's--and the OED. TAGS: verb, biodiesel, margin, Xerox Corp., WWW, Google Search, search engine, Google Inc., person, mouse, word, cell phone, spyware

Push-to-talk comes to BlackBerry handsets

January 4, 2007 RIM licenses PTT technology that offers voice mail, call waiting, and allows easy segue to conference calling. TAGS: push-to-talk, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, cell phone, handset, person

FAQ: The new 'annoy' law explained

January 11, 2006 Certain types of Web sites, e-mail are now federally prohibited. What does that mean in practice? TAGS: law, First Amendment, Communications Decency Act, VoIP, communication, prosecutor, argument, section, person

Bringing vision to the nearly blind

June 5, 2006 MIT fellow Elizabeth Goldring works with scientists and produces art to help the nearly blind see more than light and shadows. Images: Visuals for the nearly blind TAGS: vision, projector, scientist, person, eye, light-emitting diode, image, memory, Apple Computer

Matsushita eyes household robots again

October 4, 2006 These prototype robots won't roll their eyes or dance, but if you fall, they could help you get up. Photo: Robotic jacket has power up its sleeve TAGS: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., robot, operating profit, Japan, person, U.S., Panasonic, TV, hard drive

Yahoo Messenger releases security update

December 15, 2006 Aimed at flaws in software that downloads with Messenger, update is called "highly critical" by one security company. TAGS: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., attacker, security company, ActiveX Control, buffer-overflow, security, person, IM

Adobe brings Web conferencing to Acrobat

September 18, 2006 Acrobat 8 line, due in November, will allow people to view a common PDF file via a Web browser. TAGS: Web conferencing, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Macromedia Inc., person, Web browser

Exploit released for Mac OS X flaw

October 3, 2006 Exploit appears to have been crafted before Apple patched the flaw last week. TAGS: exploit, flaw, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, privilege, vulnerability, Apple Computer, patch, Apple Macintosh, person

A bad review for review sites

July 3, 2007 CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says that while everyone has a right to their opinion, sometimes those notions turn out to be pretty minute. TAGS: restaurant, person

IBM developing wiki how-to tool

March 29, 2007 Wikipedia-like tool aims to help people automate repetitive tasks performed on the Web, such as filling out forms or paying bills. TAGS: script, Wiki, criteria, IBM Corp., Firefox, task, Wikipedia, knowledge, San Francisco, field, person, process, Mozilla Corp., Web browser

Holiday dos and don'ts from the Geek Squad

December 8, 2006 With the gift-giving season upon us, the guys who see classic mistakes have a few tips before you put that gadget under the tree. TAGS: gift, recipient, Best Buy Co. Inc., TV, USB 2.0, person, Panasonic, USB, notebook computer, router, CD

Pay attention to BPM

March 27, 2003 Venture capitalist J. William Gurley asserts that a new category of enterprise software offers the potential to revolutionize white-collar business processes. TAGS: BPM, business process, W. Edwards Deming, EAI, enterprise software, enterprise application, JIT, manufacturing, impact, supervisor, person, concept, process, order, information technology, programming

Going back to school on security

February 13, 2008 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that educational institutions have been anything but smart about preventing security breaches. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, institution, data security, student, school, person, security, USB flash drive, hard drive

Spock: Search's final frontier?

August 8, 2007 As the search engine goes live, co-founder Jaideep Singh explains why he thinks the new search engine's people-related focus can spell the difference. TAGS: document, co-founder, Google Inc., search engine, person

Future of the environment is in the smart cards

August 3, 2006 U.K. firm Design Stream envisions a smart card that would let people keep track of their ecological behavior. TAGS: smart card, environment, impact, energy, credit card, behavior, U.K., card, person, idea

Bill would stiffen penalties for crimes posted online

January 26, 2007 Congressman wants to force states to boost sentences for criminals who post images or videos of their violent crimes on the Internet. TAGS: crime, First Amendment, penalty, bill, sentence, congressman, police, speech, MySpace, state, New York, person, video
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