When Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone 35 years ago, he envisioned a world with people so wedded to wireless connections that they would walk around with devices embedded in their bodies.
But while phones have come a long way since the former Motorola researcher made the first-ever wireless call from a busy New York street […]
It seems the $499 ultra-portable Asus Eee PC can do no wrong. The size of a paperback, weighing less than a kilogram, with built-in wi-fi and using flash memory instead of a hard drive for storage, the Eee PC has been winning positive comments not just from breathless reviewers but from ordinary people who have […]
Skype has long been the champion of free internet voice chat. Much like instant messaging, it lets you catch up with internet buddies anywhere in the world for next to nix.
Provided, that is, both of you are parked in front of your computers wearing headsets, receptionist-style. Not always convenient; not very 2008 either.
This model is […]
Japan successfully launched Saturday an experimental satellite aimed at providing high-speed Internet access across Asia, even when terrestrial infrastructure goes down, the space agency said.
The domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying the Kizuna satellite was launched at 17:55 pm (0855 GMT) with no glitches from the Space Centre on Tanegashima island off the southern tip of […]
People will increasingly interact with computers using speech or touch screens rather than keyboards, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said.
“It’s one of the big bets we’re making,” he said during the final stop of a farewell tour before he withdraws from the company’s daily operations in July.
In five years, Microsoft expects more Internet searches to […]