Charles Arthur On Technology
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Once upon a time there was a boy called Bill, and he had a vision of what a computer-operating system should be able to do: find a file that had any sort of content you were looking for, anywhere on your machine or a local network, and hand it to you
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Plus: Putting a face on technology could improve our interaction with hi-tech gadgets.
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By BENJAMIN J. ROMANO, THE SEATTLE TIMES  It's getting harder to tell the difference between a television and a computer.  You might have read something like that in the mid-1990s, but never before have both platforms shared so many capabilities.
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Computers are some of the most sophisticated and powerful tools available today -- yet these marvels of modern life are no more than looms on steroids, according to James Essinger's fascinating new book
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By Tampone, Kevin  SYRACUSE - For those outside the world of information technology, mainframe computers that fill entire rooms may seem like relics of a bygone era.
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Catapulted to geek stardom literally overnight at this high tech confab in 2006, inventor of mind-blowing touchscreen technology gives Wired News a glimpse into life as an entrepreneur and his new company, Perceptive Pixel. Kim Zetter reports from Monterey.
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Also: Nasa's Mars rovers--'biggest breakthrough' in science in 2004. [News.com Extra]
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Fluery still roots for JBoss...Edward Tufte mostly likes iPhone interface...mysteries of Linux's /proc files...multicore compression...Actually *using* mammoth telephotos
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The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to âshow off the latest and greatest phonesâ and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, âsoftware is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular.â So, Shannon continues, âit was no surprise that many of the phones were iPhone clones â with touch screens, sleek flat shapes and spare software interfaces. Apple was able to make a phone that paid equal attention to the software and the hardware. And the rest of the industry was following suit here.â
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A cadre of unknown designers shapes everyday human-machine interactions. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine.
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Technology is changing daily. It&#39;s a wonder we aren&#39;t all punch-drunk from the velocity with which new things emerge and not-so-old things become obsolete.
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Also: A new breed of tech for elders. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Venture capitalist Charles Harris knows his way around the high-risk, high-reward world of nanotechnology.
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The Apple co-founder talks about the early days of the company, speculates on artificial intelligence and future inventions, and reveals his unfulfilled dream.
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Veteran computer scientist Frances Allen looks back on Ptran, "primitive" computing and what it was like making her way in a man's world.
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By Paul Gromosiak  I must admit that I am a bit of a Luddite, but I have accepted my fair share of technology in my daily life. What concerns me is how rapidly technology seems to be taking complete control of our lives. Once our servant, I think it is now our master.
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BBC News interviews Gordon Moore, the man whose "law" has driven the computer revolution.