Digital Books Start a New Chapter
Every few years since the dawn of the PC era, electronic books have been hailed as the “next big thing.”
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Information Technology
The Scientific Computing Revolution
With computing price-performance continuing to improve by 100 percent every 12 to 18 months, computers are finally becoming powerful enough
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The Era of Absolutely Fabulous Manufacturing Is Coming
For decades, futurists and science fiction writers have dreamed of an era of small-scale, on-demand manufacturing that would permit us
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Software Wars Challenge Industry Players
Faced with the open source movement, widespread piracy, and globalization, the software industry is becoming a tougher place to make
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Farm-Shoring Brings High-Tech Jobs to Rural Areas
Just a few years ago, small town America was rapidly vanishing. At the same time, American technology jobs were being
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Subliminal Marketing is Going Mainstream
As we define it here, subliminal marketing isn’t “brainwashing.” It refers to a host of new techniques and technologies that
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Voice Recognition Is Finally Starting to Make Sense
Voice recognition, with applications as varied as automated transcription and voice-operated appliances, has been sought-after since the earliest days of
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