Firefox — the flag bearer of free software
Mozilla's browser is taking market share away from Microsoft. Sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race.
Tuesday, Nov 16, 2004 8:30 PM UTCEntertainment Microsoft
Mozilla's browser is taking market share away from Microsoft. Sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race.
Tuesday, Nov 16, 2004 8:30 PM UTCThe giant retailer's introduction of RFID technology is forcing other supermarket chains to catch up. But fiddling with data may not be the best survival strategy in the Wal-Mart future.
Monday, Sep 20, 2004 7:30 PM UTCEvolvable hardware -- gadgets that design themselves -- can get the job done, even if humans have no idea how they do it.
Thursday, Aug 12, 2004 7:30 PM UTCWhy should humans have to do all the work? It's high time machines learned how to take care of themselves.
Monday, Jul 12, 2004 7:30 PM UTCFrom blog spam to pornbots, new strains of computer programs aimed at pumping up Google page ranks just keep on coming.
Tuesday, Jun 8, 2004 7:30 PM UTCIn the wacky wiki world, a Web browser is all you need to start contributing. But when the goal is to create an encyclopedia, such democracy has some pitfalls.
Tuesday, Apr 27, 2004 7:30 PM UTCNot all trips to India are blessed by Krishna: A case study of outsourcing gone awry.
Tuesday, Apr 6, 2004 8:30 PM UTCThere's a market for software that recognizes your face and fingerprints, but also increasing fear that Big Brother will be the one staring hard at your eyes and nose.
Thursday, Feb 26, 2004 8:30 PM UTCWhile a small Utah company launches a frontal assault on free software, the rest of the globe is saying: Gimme some of that!
Monday, Dec 22, 2003 8:30 PM UTCFamous programs from just a generation or two ago are in danger of disappearing from human ken, forever.
Wednesday, Jul 30, 2003 7:30 PM UTCCall them hackers of the last computing frontier: The GNU Radio coders believe that any device with a chip should be able to do, well, anything.
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2002 8:30 PM UTCEvidence is mounting that cracking down on software copyright infringement may not be good for business. Case study: Microsoft in China.
Thursday, Sep 26, 2002 7:30 PM UTCWith the promise of stock riches now a distant dream, VA Linux's former programmers keep the open-source faith.
Wednesday, Jul 31, 2002 6:37 PM UTC"Extreme programming" sounds like no more than a marketing-driven fad, but fans are convinced that its rules hold the key to better code.
Wednesday, May 29, 2002 7:28 PM UTCMeir Lehman has been studying the life cycles of computer programs since he was a researcher at IBM 30 years ago. One of these days he's going to get it all figured out.
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