technology - "computers"

'Sales of Apple's Macintosh computers have been growing much faster than PC sales overall, with many new Mac buyers switching from years of using windows computers,' admits Walt Mossberg (allthingsd.com). And to help those who have made the switch, he's assembled 'a quick tip sheet explaining a few of the most common differences' between mac os Leopard and windows.

Bridger writes 'Poker software called Polaris will play a rematch against human players during the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Developed by an artificial intelligence group at the University of Alberta in Canada, Polaris will be pitted against several professionals at the Rio Hotel between June 3rd and 6th. 'It's possible, given enough computing power, for computers to play 'perfectly,' where over a long enough match, the program cannot lose money,' said associate professor Michael Bowling.'' of this story at Slashdot.