technology - "computer"

The new Consumer Reports serves up what it labels, in big letters on the magazine's cover, the '7 biggest online blunders.' They're mostly about compromising the security of your identity, things that can lead to your bank account being emptied, your credit card being enjoyed 'offsite,' your computer being debilitated.

Hamburg - Software for uninstalling programs does not work completely reliably, a new test has shown. For that reason computer users are advised to stick with the uninstallation function included in Windows and to reach for special software only if p...

Berlin - Bertram Meyer leans over his desk and tugs at his computer's monitor cable. He disconnects the keyboard and packs up his computer mouse. A case of energy drinks are waiting in the hallway of his Berlin apartment. He packs a sleeping pad, sle...

Hugh Pickens writes 'Using computers to model the physical world has become increasingly common as products as diverse as cars and planes, pharmaceuticals and cellphones are almost entirely conceived, specified, and designed on a computer screen. Typically, only when these creations are nearly ready for mass manufacturing are prototypes made. But the NYTimes is running an interesting essay highlighting a little-noticed movement in the world of professional design and engineering: a renewed appreciation for manual labor, or innovating with the aid of human hands. 'A lot of people get lost in the world of computer simulation,' says Bill Burnett, executive director of the product design program at Stanford. 'You can't simulate everything.' Fifty years ago, tinkering with gadgets was routine for people drawn to engineering and invention, and making refinements with your own hands means 'you have to be extremely self-critical,' says Richard Sennett, whose book The Craftsman examines the imp