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Gigahertz: Who Really Cares?

An ad last week for dells new Inspirons read "1 GHz now in notebook form.""So what," I thought. Another bump up in mobile processor...

Speaking Out to More

Voice recognition companies Nuance Communications Inc. and IBM Voice Systems are partnering to spread their technologies to a broader audience. Nuance, of Menlo Park,...

Robo Cop-Out

Lay the blame for the collapse of the Internet economy on poorly designed computers and applications that lack a human focus.Thats the message put...

HP Takes Aim at Small Biz

Hewlett-Packard Co. earlier this month became the first large PC maker to try its hand at the nascent PC subscription utility-based computing model.The Palo...

Compaq Latest to Cut Staff, Lower Estimates

Stung by falling sales and shrinking market share, Compaq Computer Corp. is abandoning what it called its "more prudent" sales approach and is now...

Its the Chips, Stupid!

Its a little like the United States building a working space-based missile defense and then being successfully invaded by Mexico. Such is the condition...

Outliving the Worm

Unlike many people convicted of computer crimes, Robert T. Morris shies away from the spotlight and has moved on to become a leading researcher...

Intel Puts Bus Plan in Gear

Intel Corp., in what critics say is a bid to suppress growing support for a rivals technology, is leading an effort to develop a...

Out of the Garage, Into the Office

Hewlett-Packard says it hasnt closed its much-hyped Garage Program, it just found a new home for it.Following the fizzle of the dot-com boom, the...

Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling would no doubt hate the idea of being a hero of any kind — sung, unsung, whistled or hummed. But Sterling deserves...