by Eric A Morris, New York Times Opinion “Freakonomics”. Bad news: with all due respect to Terrafugia, unless you’re a fan of Futurama it’s probably going to be awhile before you see a flying car. But cars that drive themselves are coming, probably within most of our lifetimes and possibly sooner than you might think. [...]
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by Greg Hack, The Kansas City Star America’s love affair with cars has been going on for more than a century. But if you’re one of those people who really hate driving, the future could belong to you. Thanks to advances in sensors, GPS systems, electronic steering and computerized braking, cars have been developed that [...]
by Doug Gross, CNN This week, news out of the Middle East saw BlackBerry, the handheld communication device of choice in the corporate world, assailed on multiple fronts over a security problem. The problem? It’s too secure. Governments in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said they plan to ban BlackBerry use, at least [...]
by Nick Wingfield, The Wall Street Journal, Technology. The online habits of most people who use the world’s dominant Web browser are an open book to advertisers. That wasn’t the plan at first. In early 2008, Microsoft Corp.’s product planners for the Internet Explorer 8.0 browser intended to give users a simple, effective way to [...]
by Adrian Bridgwater, Dr. Dobbs Before getting down to technical details, I’d like to ask whether the future position of Complex Event Processing (CEP) tools and engines spells good news or bodes ill for our technology future. Specifically, I’d like to question whether CEP represents a highly agile customer-influenced IT delivery driver, or whether CEP [...]