Selling chip makers on optical computing

Technology / Semiconductors

12 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir ...

Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO

Technology / Business

8 hours ago | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.

Software takes a hard look at traffic fatalities

Technology / Software

4 hours ago | not rated yet | 1

Bergen County Police and a Hackensack, N.J., drug treatment center are among a growing number of agencies using a software program to identify dangerous intersections, spot teen driving trends and reduce accident fatalities.

Taking the drudgery out of software development

Technology / Software

9 hours ago | 3.3 / 5 (4) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Software developers will no longer have to reinvent the wheel when writing new programs and applications thanks to a clever new set of tools and a central repository of 'building blocks'.

Google, Yahoo zero in on Internet 'freedom' bill

Technology / Internet

7 hours ago | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a resilient effort by a Republican lawmaker to pass legislation that could restrict their ability to take a nuanced approach to operating in "repressive" foreign ...