technology - "computer"

Some industry executives, along with consumer groups and security experts, are concerned that unwanted text messages on phones will be an even greater headache than unwanted computer messages.

Creating and remembering strong passwords -- like backing up our computers' contents -- is something many of us know we should do, but don't. And can you blame us? Having to come up with user names and passwords for virtually everything we do on a computer is enough to make anyone use 'Magic123' over and over. I've even heard of people who keep lists of passwords taped to their computer screens.

Teaching a computer to understand languages isn't rocket science -- it's not nearly that easy, said Peter Norvig, director of research at Google. It takes a limited number of calculations to send a spacecraft to the moon, Mars or other planets. And while the calculations aren't so simple, they are fairly easily managed by a computer, he said.

Bonn- Users of the PDF program Adobe Reader should update the software as several weak points have been found and hackers have already used one of them to their advantage. Otherwise users risk having damaging files on their computer, the German Feder...

Washington - Can a faster computer allow you to surf the internet with fewer lags? Yes, but only to a point. The speed of your computer has relatively little to do with pure internet performance. Most of the time you spend waiting will be a result of...

PARENTS will have to pay thousands of dollars to help implement Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's election promise of a computer for every student.

Between laptop-sized computers and hand-held devices, is there room for a third category whose size would fall between the two?

The greenhouse at Phelps High School is a shell of exterior brick walls and exposed steel beams. But by August, when a $63.8 million renovation of the school in Northeast Washington is finished, the space will have computer-controlled window shades and watering systems.

Between laptop-sized computers