technology - "computer"

Apple has seen the future, and it is about customer service. On Thursday, Apple opened its largest U.S. store, a building in Boston with a glass and steel facade that a senior company executive said reflected Apple's plan to expand its retail ventures at home and abroad. Sandwiched between aging brick buildings on Boylston Street, the store features a ground floor with more than 100 Mac computers.

Washington - You spend a lot of time staring at your computer's liquid crystal display (LCD). That's why you owe it to yourself to ensure that your LCD is giving you the best picture that it can. There's no reason to put up with inaccurate colour, st...

The cable broadband providers are slowing BitTorrent traffic at all times of the day, not just during peak traffic, according to a new study by a German computer research group.

Since 1993, Microsoft has been struggling to maintain its leadership position while the Internet grew ubiquitous.

LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - If you work for a bank, a computer may be reading your e-mails, listening to your phone calls or analyzing chat conversations as you type.

In May 1968, electrical engineer George Heilmeier and his team of scientists revealed the liquid crystal display to the public. The technology that is seen on computers, alarm clocks and the digital screens of microwaves is ubiquitous. Host Andrea Seabrook speaks with Heilmeier about his eureka moment and what's so great about an LCD screen.

TechWeb - InformationWeek - Your IRS tax rebate check can buy more tech fun than you think. A search for goodies from Apple, Asus, LG, Magnavox, Garmin, and others turns up computers, flat screens, a Blu-ray DVD burner, and more.

Roland Piquepaille writes 'The St. Petersburg Times, Florida, reports that a well-known robot designer, Robin Murphy, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Florida (USF), 'plans to add a heart to robot rescuers.' As says USF, the goal is to develop 'a robot that will be a companion to a person who may be trapped after a car crash or in building ruins following an earthquake, or someone pinned down by sniper fire.' As said Murphy, 'robots can provide not only a sense of being a 'buddy' by playing soothing music or providing other entertainment, the robot also can be the audio and video link between survivor and family.' Murphy will develop this robot with some money coming from Microsoft. But read more for additional references and a picture of Murphy with her robot rescuers.' of this story at Slashdot.

Jay writes 'Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is out now. If yours didn't auto-update, then get it while it's hot! The release came a bit early with computer World noting 'The appearance of Firefox Release Candidate 1 (RC1) came earlier than expected. As recently as last Saturday, Mozilla's chief engineer said that although the company had locked down RC1's code, it was planning to publicly launch the build in 'late May.'' My copy just downloaded- restarting after I save this story. God I hope it's better than the last beta. of this story at Slashdot.