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Stephen Shankland, CNET News
Google and other companies interested in the Internet's addressing system have proposed a technology they hope will get Net users to nearby servers more quickly.
Eric A. Taub, New York Times
With the growth of broadband connectivity and social networks, companies have introduced a wide range of Internet-based language learning products, both free and fee-based, that allow students to interact in real time with instructors in other countries, gain access to their lesson plans wherever they are in the world, and communicate with like-minded virtual pen pals who are also trying to remember if bambino means baby.
Josh Lowensohn, CNET News
Factery Labs has a new tool that helps users keep an eye on trending news topics throughout the day.
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, CNET News
University of Florida engineers have designed a tiny, inexpensive sensor using a semiconductor that amplifies minute signals to detect glucose levels, pH or alkalinity levels, and indicators of cancers.
Dan Saltzstein, New York Times
Brad Stone, New York Times
Amazon.com is finally opening up the Kindle to developers. This has the potential to turn a popular single-purpose device into a more interesting and versatile gadget, limited only by the imagination of third-party programmers — and by what they can do with its monochrome e-ink screen.
Rik Fairlie, New York Times
A new digital photo frame provides an easy way to share photos, social networking updates, and RSS feeds.
Christopher Mims, Technology Review
The machine will use an unfashionable chip design.
New York Times
Is it just a matter of time before technologists find a way to defeat censorship?
Nick Bilton, New York Times
Flexible displays mean more rugged devices, both on the battlefield and at home. But fully flexible devices are five to seven years away.
Ina Fried, CNET News
Originally developed for the Xbox, Microsoft now has a Windows version of Kodu--a tool for letting preteens create their own code.
Tom Krazit, CNET News
Following attacks on Gmail accounts of human rights activists, Google said Tuesday it will no longer censor search results in China, and might shut down Google.cn.
Brad Stone, New York Times
Stephanie Clifford, New York Times
Smartphones that can read bar codes are allowing magazines to add Internetlike interactivity to print graphics and advertisements.
Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed
Erika Jonietz, Technology Review
What happens when your online pals meet your TV?
Melissa J. Perenson, PC World
Brad Stone and Nick Bilton, New York Times
Erica Naone, Technology Review
With Scrybe, users can perform tasks, such as performing a search on Wikipedia, by tracing one of a number of predetermined shapes on a touch pad. They can also create custom gestures for specific custom tasks.
Brian Stelter and Brad Stone, New York Times
Manufacturers are starting to unveil sets capable of 3-D and cable programmers are in a rush to create new channels for them.
Agam Shah, IDG News Service
Lenovo on Tuesday made a splash in the mobile market with the launch of its first smartbook, a mini-laptop that the company says combines the best features of netbooks and smartphones, albeit without telephone functions.
Brad Stone, New York Times
Hollywood and its high-tech partners are trying to create a digital standard that would let consumers buy or rent a movie once and then play it on any device.
Steve Lohr, New York Times
Stores have long used sales and demographic information to better aim their goods at customers. But retailers now have access to a vast trove of digital data — and better tools to make sense of it.
Rachel Aviv, New York Times
Innovative technologies have made bumps on paper seem outdated. But are blind people losing more than they gain?
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