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Trying to put new zip into Moore's Law

February 24, 2008 2:00 PM PST

If innovation has a heart, it's probably a semiconductor, beating to the pace of Moore's Law.
The New York Times

Kurzweil: 'Exponential' change ahead for games, people

February 22, 2008 11:00 AM PST

Renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how tech will give people superhuman abilities and near immortality.

Metaphors for the modern world

February 13, 2008 10:09 AM PST

The rarefied world of achievement is awash in metaphors, so News.com's Michael Kanellos lists some that can be applied to the heroes, villains, and principles of ordinary life.

At Yahoo, a need to hit refresh

February 1, 2008 7:50 AM PST

The troubled Web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could stand to take a look at its past.

Eight business technology trends to watch

January 31, 2008 10:10 AM PST

Eight emerging trends are transforming many markets and businesses. Executives should learn to shape the outcome rather than just react to it.

Google to enter clean-energy business

November 27, 2007 1:46 PM PST

Search giant earmarks hundreds of millions of dollars with the goal of generating a gigawatt of clean energy that's cheaper than coal.

Some resolutions for Corporate America

November 13, 2007 7:08 AM PST

Savvion executive Rob Risany has had it--and he's issuing a manifesto that you corporate types ignore at your own risk.

Are VentureOne's three wheels better than four?

October 30, 2007 7:22 AM PDT

Venture Vehicles, yet another entry in the alternative-car market, plans a motorcycle-car crossbreed to market in 2009.
Photos: Rollin' with a three-wheeler

Stirring GE's Ecomagination

October 26, 2007 10:35 AM PDT

Lorraine Bolsinger, who heads a major energy-efficiency initiative at General Electric, says companies can make green while being green.
Photos: Inside GE's clean-tech labs

Maker Faire thinks big in Texas

October 22, 2007 8:55 AM PDT

Do-it-yourselfers gather in Austin to revel in mad science and gadgetry at this alternative carnival. Imaginations are wowed, stretched and captured.
Photos: Maker Faire fare

Analyst: Social networking faces uncertain future

October 19, 2007 10:21 AM PDT

Report by U.K.-based Datamonitor compares popularity of social-networking sites to the dot-com boom, and warns that long-term growth is by no means assured.

Gates still finding his voice

October 19, 2007 12:33 PM PDT

Following launch of corporate telephony software, Microsoft's chairman discusses how speech recognition has made inroads and where it has yet to go.
Video: Gates' crystal ball
Video: Phones should call person, not number

Do we need NASA?

October 3, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Almost 50 years after the space agency was founded, is it still worth spending $17.6 billion in taxpayer money a year to keep it going?

How NASA helped invent Silicon Valley

October 2, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Technologies developed for planes and rockets have led to some of the most important commercial innovations to come out of California's heartland of the tech industry.

Microsoft gives U.K. start-ups a helping hand

October 1, 2007 12:31 PM PDT

CEO Steve Ballmer announces a program that aims to help U.K. software upstarts meet their potential.

Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?

September 20, 2007 2:15 PM PDT

Patent-dependent companies and inventors have fighting words for a bill that passed the House and, they hope, will die in the Senate.

Cisco outlines next Web revolution

September 19, 2007 11:08 AM PDT

Internet, growing urban populations and low hardware costs will fuel another major wave of innovation, company executive says.

Start-ups sally forth at AlwaysOn summit

August 2, 2007 8:16 PM PDT

Another line of start-ups makes their case at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit.

Opening the door from lab to market

August 2, 2007 6:21 AM PDT

Departing IBM Research for scholarly pursuits, Paul Horn offers a bullish forecast for technology innovation.

Reformers must alter one-size-fits-all patents

July 18, 2007 11:55 AM PDT

Tech politics watcher Brian Kahin says the patent system should suit different needs, granting one sort of patent for software, for instance, and another for drugs.