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by Larry Seltzer, eWeek
Vendors such as Panda Security, McAfee and Trend Micro are looking into cloud security approaches. The volume and velocity of malware developments necessitate changes like this, and there are advantages to the cloud approach. It's also a risky move, but it's beginning to look inevitable.
by Parchi Patel, MIT Technology Review
Pixels containing ink reservoirs could lead to bright e-readers that look more like printed paper.
by Douglas Quenqua, New York Times
by John Markoff, New York Times
I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of completing a computer program to compete against human “Jeopardy!” contestants. If the program beats the humans, the field of artificial intelligence will have made a leap forward.
by CNET
Lip-reading computer from researchers in Britain is able to identify languages spoken with "high accuracy," according to scientists.
by CNET
RealTime lets friends share what they're watching on YouTube. But you'll have to build a new social network, and it doesn't unlock any hidden YouTube value.
by Darryl K. Taft, eWeek
by David Talbot, MIT Technology Review
How anonymity technology could save free speech on the internet.
by Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider
Adobe's Flash video and animation platform fueled the Web video boom. Can it finally bridge the TV-Internet divide in your living room?
by Darryl K. Taft, eWeek
Microsoft is working on a new language for parallel programming named Axum. Formerly known as “Maestro,” Axum is an incubation project that Microsoft is working on to help programmers tackle the issue of parallel programming in the .NET environment.
by Darryl K. Taft, eWeek
IBM is building analytics clouds it says will help its clients make better decisions and better utilize the data that is available to them.
by Chris Preimesberger, eWeek
The new encryption software, which uses Wave Systems' Trusted Drive Manager application, is built around NIST-certified AES encryption technology fully integrated within the HDD's controller, the company said.
by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review
TextFlow claims to have a novel approach to online collaboration.
by Claire Cain Miller and Brad Stone, New York Times
A number of Web start-up companies are creating so-called hyperlocal news sites that let people zoom in on what is happening closest to them, often without involving traditional journalists.
by Anne Eisenberg, New York Times
A new, six-ounce security camera the size of a deck of cards uses a different approach to cover a 180-degree field of view. It employs fixed, inexpensive sensors that divvy up the surveillance job, and smart software that instantly puts their separate views together into one live streaming video.
by Damon Darlin, New York Times
LiveOps, a rapidly growing company in Santa Clara, Calif., that operates virtual call centers — agents working from home across the country — has also found that software can perform other management tasks. How it uses that software points to the direction in which technology is taking the workplace.
by Erica Naone, MIT Technology Review
A new tool aims to make a web browser's history more useful.
by Katherine Boehret, Wall Street Journal
by Nicholas Kolakowski, eWeek
Google has refined its search to give users local results off nonspecific keywords, such as "restaurants" or "gym." Users can also input specific location or street names, without the added keywords of a city or state, to obtain local results. Google has been expanding its search features and other capabilities as it continues to compete with Microsoft and Yahoo for online market share.
by Tom Espiner and Robert Goodwins, CNET
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated how a genetically modified virus can be used to construct both the cathode and anode of a lithium ion battery.
by Jsh Lowensohn, CNET
by Dave Rosenberg, CNET
by Rnadall Stross, New York Times
by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Sara Silver, Wall Street Journal
Barnes & Noble Inc. has launched a free electronic-reader application for Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry as general book sales flag and the e-book market heats up.
by Maggie Shiels, BBC News
Smarthphone maker Palm is pitching its new software development kit (SDK) for its next-gen operating system, WebOS.
by Josh Lowensohn, CNET
by Kenneth Chang, New York Times
Theoretical physicists are not yet obsolete, but scientists have taken a couple of steps toward replacing themselves.
by Ashlee Vance and Matt Richtel, New York Times
Get ready for the next stage in the personal computer revolution: ultrathin and dirt cheap.
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