Can You Count On These Machines?
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After the 2000 election, counties around the country rushed to buy new computerized voting machines. But it turns out that these machines may cause problems worse than hanging chads. Is America ready for another contested election?
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Buying a computer should be easy -- almost anything sold today should competently handle most home-computing chores. But it's not, since so many companies market essentially the same machine.
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Looking to make a start? Boy, are you in luck.
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Check balances, transfer money and even pay bills on a handset.
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Here's a smart way to take advantage of what isn't working.
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It's hard to resist these increasingly handy devices. But should you try?
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Check the checkers and see who is inquiring about your credit history.
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Most machines don't improve with use. Old pickup trucks don't gradually become Ferraris just by driving them fast, and a pocket calculator won't change into a supercomputer by crunching lots of numbers. The human body is different...
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Do you know how to spot the outperformers of tomorrow?
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Machines that only a few years ago seemed to be the stuff of fantasy are slowly but surely reaching the mainstream.  Photos: IBM's Blue Gene/L  Photos: Barcelona's big blade
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Investor's Business Daily - The answer -- if you believe Hewlett-Packard  , IBM   and Sun Microsystems   -- is those bar codes printed on the side of just about every product sold today.
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Practical issues Comment I was asked if I, as a Mac user, would recommend one to a business user who is buying a personal machine for business use. I am the proud owner of an iconic Mac PowerBook G4, an eye-catching brushed metal effort that I purchased back in 2004. I have never owned a Mac desktop, being strictly Intel/Microsoft, but I travel enough using the Mac as a main machine to attempt some type of comparison.â¦
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Some CDs come with bells and whistles; be sure you understand how they work.
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A look at the key assets that will have to be combined: Most of them are unusually delicate machines with lots of interdependencies that well could be thrown off by a combination.
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New products appear, but is the quality good enough to catch on? Gadget Lab listens in and wants to hear your reports.
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Submachine gun, check. Semiautomatic pistol, check. Personal digital assistant, check.
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Despite sub-$1000 prices, the answer still depends on what apps you run.