• COMPUTERS
    BMW Only Owned One Computer When it Designed the E28 5-Series

    BMW BY CHRIS PERKINS DEC 30, 2016 2.4k In the late 1970s and early 1980s, BMW’s entire global operation only possessed one computer. The team developing the second-generation 5-Series had to ask for permission to borrow it, since the company mainly used it for spare parts logistics and payroll tasks. Given these circumstances, it’s amazing […]

  • Finney: Computer store hell, or why I prefer hardware stores

    (Photo: Ingram Publishing, Getty Images/Ingram Publishing) The tiny light on my personal computer’s power cord failed to turn on when I plugged it into the wall. The light is supposed to be orange when it is charging the laptop’s battery, and green when the battery is fully charged. But it was black as a burned […]

  • ALL DEALS
    USING A COMPUTER MIGHT REDUCE COGNITIVE DECLINE: STUDY

    12:07 PM, 1 Jan, 2017 0 The study showed that using a computer might be a positive influence as we enter our twilight years. A study released today strengthens the ever-deepening connections between maintaining a busy brain and reducing the risk of cognitive decline in later life. As we age, our brain faces an inevitable […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Donald Trump: ‘Computers Have Complicated Lives Very Greatly’

    Photo: Twitter Many people would say that computers have been a boon to both science and society, facilitating calculations and communications unfathomable in the pre-digital age. President-elect Donald Trump, however, is not one of those people. Has Donald Trump Ever Used a Computer? The personal computer revolutionized the American home in the 1980s and 90s. […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Top 5 Computer Trends We Expect at CES 2017

    The Consumer Electronics Show, the annual trade show, often lays the foundation for the coming year in technology. CES 2017, which officially gets under way on January 5 in Las Vegas, will certainly yield a lot of computer news, most of it from manufacturers reacting to Microsoft and Apple’s offerings from this year. We expect […]

  • Sisodia’s camp office burgled; papers, computer missing

    The ransacked officeof Manish Sisodiade31 sisodia Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s office in East Delhi’s Khicripur was burgled on Friday with miscreants taking away ‘important’ documents, a computer and a digital video recorder with them. With many other things in the office left undisturbed, Mr. Sisodia’s staff members have raised the suspicion that the […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Trump: No computer safe from hacking

    President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday evening that no computer is safe from hacking and that some communications should be sent by courier. “I don’t care what they say. No computer is safe,” Trump said while taking questions at the Grand Ballroom of Mar-a-Lago ahead of his New Year’s Eve party, according to pool reports, adding […]

  • COMPUTERS
    ‘Russia hacking code’ found on Vermont utility computer

    Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES An electrical company in the US state of Vermont says it has found malware code allegedly used by Russian hackers on one of its company laptops. The Burlington Electric Department said it had taken “immediate action to isolate” the computer, which was not connected to the electrical grid. The government alerted them […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Drone Deliveries in US Stalled by More Regulations

    Amazon completed its first drone delivery Wednesday in the U.K. and not in the U.S., marking the debut of its comprehensive unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) shipping service. This was a direct manifestation of America’s burdensome regulations, which seem to be forcing Amazon, and other businesses, to take their drone technology abroad. “The fact that Amazon chose […]

  • COMPUTERS
    What Microsoft’s New Chatbot, Zo, Means for Your Business

    There’s a new chatbot in town. Zo is the latest in Microsoft’s efforts to evolve AI. The company wants to create conversational AI that not only takes the informational side into account, but also the emotional side. In other words, it wants to create an experience that mimics that of talking to an actual person. […]