No! The author of "A Better Pencil" explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself
By Vincent Rossmeier Sep 19, 2009
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A hint that China's consumers are waking up: Global shipments of cheap computer processors are surging
By Andrew Leonard
November 10, 2009
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Dell introduces a new website for female customers. What are the chances they sell a pink laptop?
By Sarah Hepola
May 12, 2009
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I've heard reading online uses more energy than printing documents. Can that be true?
By Pablo Päster
September 8, 2008
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Video game designers are racing to create characters that feel real. Now, if they could only turn digital figures into flesh and blood.
By Matt Shaer
February 19, 2008
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Computers dominate stock trading like never before. It's no coincidence markets are ever more volatile and opaque
By Andrew Leonard
July 13, 2009
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They use less power, and they are gradually replacing desktops everywhere, but small is not necessarily beautiful.
By Andrew Leonard
May 8, 2008
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Like electricity, the Web is everywhere and changes everything, says Nicholas Carr. But the one thing it can't deliver is freedom.
By Scott Rosenberg
January 24, 2008
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Why can't I get over this? It's not like my family was murdered, or I'm a refugee -- it was just a laptop!
By Cary Tennis
October 18, 2007
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Researchers say women respond better to "gentler" computer programs.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
September 24, 2007
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Salon's Scott Rosenberg explains why even small-scale programming projects can take years to complete, one programmer is often better than two, and the meaning of "Rosenberg's Law."
By Andrew Leonard
February 3, 2007
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Programmers talk to computers using precise instructions -- but when they communicate with people, human language betrays them. An excerpt from "Dreaming in Code."
By Scott Rosenberg
February 3, 2007
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Michael Dell returns to run the company he founded, but the battle he's fighting may have been lost years ago.
By Andrew Leonard
February 1, 2007
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June hourly wages tick up, but long-term, inequality will only grow.
By Andrew Leonard
July 7, 2006
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A consultant hacks into the FBI's computer systems.
By Tim Grieve
July 6, 2006
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More than 50 percent of our recycled computers are shipped overseas, where their toxic components are polluting poor communities. Meanwhile, U.S. laws are a mess, and industry and Congress are resisting efforts to stem "the effluent of the affluent."
By Elizabeth Grossman
April 10, 2006
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A guide to how and where to dispose of your computer so it doesn't end up in a toxic dump.
By Elizabeth Grossman
April 10, 2006
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The computing world mourns the passing of technologist Anita Borg.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 9, 2003
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New touch-screen voting machines may look spiffy, but some experts say they can't be trusted.
By Farhad Manjoo
November 5, 2002
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Wayne Wang's new film, "The Center of the World," shows how dangerous geek love can be.
By Karen Croft
April 19, 2001
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Let me tell you what happened in the Mississippi of Mexico while I was out with the Pusher Divine, and visited by Peter Lorre and his giant knife.
By Carlos Amantea
April 3, 2001
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Y2K never quite happened. When you're paranoid, that's a tough pill to swallow.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
February 12, 2001
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A group of French technicians is suspended for using company computers to send dirty pictures.
By Jack Boulware
November 7, 2000
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The divide between blacks and jobs isn't digital Plus: How to improve the election process; was "Kiss Me, Kate" worth reviving?
Letters to the editor
March 6, 2000
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Don't feel guilty about not buying your toddler a Pentium, a new book argues: You may be doing the kid a favor.
By Andrew Leonard
August 1, 1998
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