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READY to wear a computer on your face? Google thinks you are. The company's Glass headset seeks to bring wearable computing into the mainstream - but what will the average person do with it? There are privacy fears , but a sneak peek at some of the first Glass apps gives a glimpse of how useful the device might be.

A Sarasota high school senior has been honored by the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for a computer tool she has developed to help doctors diagnose leukemia.

Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services.

When a solar flare filled with charged particles erupts from the sun, its magnetic fields sometime break a widely accepted rule of physics.

The device is supposedly intended to answer a question that Microsoft asked itself for the project: "Can we improve a living room that's become too complex and fragmented?" The console will therefore combine gaming, television and other media entertainment into "the one system for a new generation", according to Microsoft's president of interactive ... (more)

Hewlett-Packard, the troubled computing giant that has been trying to turn itself around, reported its second quarter earnings a few minutes ago, and they're a mixed bag: Better than expected on the bottom line , but weaker on the top.

Microsoft Corporation , the American software giant founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, is arguably the most overlooked tech stock in the market due to the perceived maturity of its Windows and Office product lines.

Social media companies say consumers' loss of privacy is just the cost of doing business.

Algorithms, deep pockets and a disdain for the existing TV model as the chief content officer reveals why the agent who talked about their budgets was "remarkably ill-informed," and countering "the managed dissatisfaction a of the entire entertainment business." Ted Sarandos doesn't need to be liked by Hollywood.

Shaolei Ren, Mihaela van der Schaar, "Dynamic Scheduling and Pricing in Wireless Cloud Computing," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing , vol.

Brocade is driving its business expansion in the Middle East by announcing the appointment of networking industry veteran Dr.

Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers.

On April 24, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee's Subcommittees on Research and Technology held a joint hearing to examine big data and the impact it has on multiple scientific fields.

It's exactly the sort of futuristic thinking you'd expect from Google and NASA: Late last week, the organizations announced a partnership to build a Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA's Ames Research Center.

The most amazing part about science is you can answer questions and really revolutionise the world and our knowledge base.

Arizona State University computer scientist Carole-Jean Wu will expand her work to reduce energy consumption in computing systems with support from Science Foundation Arizona.

No one really expects that this new cloud, named the vCloud Hybrid Service, will really damage Amazon's lock on the cloud computing market, any more than IBM 's, HP 's, Google 's and Microsoft 's clouds will.

Jeff Glucker found his love for cars as a child when he felt tremendous sadness after watching Ferris Bueller's pal Cameron destroy a 1961 Ferrari... More Despite Will Smith's aversion to technology in iRobot , there's really nothing to worry about the current and near-future crop of artificial intelligence products coming our way.

BlackBerry no longer owns the fast-paced, innovative smartphone world but the company, whose email-on-your-hip devices once revolutionized the industry, now aims to run it.

The European Commission funded project CoolEmAll has released the first prototypes of advanced tools designed to help improve the efficiency and sustainability of datacentres.