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  • Technology that can beat the traffic

    Published February 05, 2013

    Traffic hasn't worsened much since last year, according to the latest Urban Mobility Report. But any traffic is bad news. Can technology help reroute us around all this congestion?

  • Can you correct misinformation online?

    Published January 29, 2013

    Thanks to the World Wide Web, rumors and innuendos live on, ricocheting around cyberspace. Unfortunately, some new research points out how difficult it is to correct them.

  • Game over for Atari? An ode to Pong

    Published January 23, 2013

    Eventually, all of one's childhood idols fall on hard times. Now, it's Pong. Atari's U.S. subsidiary, the creator of Pong, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, slain by a flock of Angry Birds and a school of Fruit Ninjas.

  • Forget the tech hype, here's some tech help

    Published January 15, 2013

    Not all of CES was about gawking gadget giddiness. There was some practical news about products and services that could actually save you money -- and make your life easier too.

  • CES: Distracted driving? You ain't seen nothing yet

    Published January 09, 2013

    On display at this year's CES is an explosion of in-car apps, Internet services—even behind-the-wheel video conferencing--that is bound to send government official screaming about driver distraction. 

  • AT 2013 CES, every gadget is connected -- even your fork

    Published January 07, 2013

    The theme (or meme) of the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week can be summed up as “the Internet of things”--or thingys. Just as no one on the Internet may know you're a dog, soon, no one on the Web will know whether you're a TV, watch ... or even a fork.

  • What I learned from Wikipedia's most popular articles of 2012

    Published January 02, 2013

    A ranking of popular 2012 Wikipedia articles in different languages offers a fascinating window on global trends around the world—and some anomalies.

  • Scrolling through the Dead Sea Scrolls online

    Published December 27, 2012

    Although you may have finished unwrapping all your material presents by now, there are some new gifts of a more spiritual nature still to be opened online.

  • Offbeat gifts for nice gamers

    Published December 19, 2012

    What are the holidays without play days? And even if you can't play, at least you can give someone close to you games to play with.

  • Tech gifts to ho, ho, hope for

    Published December 12, 2012

    From the past 12 months, here are some of the nicest--and a couple of the naughtiest--gift suggestions for those gadget hounds in the family.