Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

8 hours ago | 5 / 5 (7) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...

Glasgow's joking computer

Technology / Computer Sciences

15 hours ago | 4.4 / 5 (9) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland is exhibiting a computer that makes up jokes using its database of simple language rules and a large vocabulary.

Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents

Technology / Business

9 hours ago | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 2

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone.

3-D microchips for more powerful and environmentally friendly computers

Technology / Semiconductors

10 hours ago | 4.4 / 5 (8) | 0

Not so long ago our computers had a single core which had to be boosted for performance - making each machine into a great central heating system. Beyond 85° C, however, electronic components become unstable. ...

Postal services get exclusive '.post' address

Technology / Internet

11 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 2

Global postal services will soon have their own address on the Internet, after the web's authority for assigning domain names ICANN, said on Friday that it had approved the new address dot post (.post).