Glitchy software isn’t just annoying, as more and more objects get electronic brains in the form of chips, it can be deadly. Automatic drug injection patches to the steering systems on advanced cars are powered by semiconductors that rely on software to tell them what to… Read More »
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A chance meeting with Safi Qureshey, one of the early pioneers of PC revolution, took me on a trip down memory lane, back to the go-go days of early 1990s when PC stocks generated as much enthusiasm amongst investors as Google (GOOG) does today. Qureshey was one… Read More »
What you read is not what you blog? I get that feeling after reading Cory Doctorow’s comment over on Boing Boing about Bruce Sterling’s Wired column this month He takes an amazing, science-fictional view of how an internetworked world is likely to upend the creaking,… Read More »
Tom has figured out a new use for Treo 600 — hailing a cab. I switched on the screen, which is quite bright and large on a Treo 600, and waved it high above my head. Within seconds the taxi flashed back a response, and it… Read More »
