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With its new Photos tool, Google gets another shot at our personal data
I’ll always remember the visual grandeur of my daughter’s college graduation. And so will Google, because I took pictures of the event and posted them on Google Photos. The search company’s free...
View ArticleAfter two months, ‘Infinite Crisis’ announces shutdown
Could Superman beat Batman in a fight? Maybe. But neither one of them could conquer the fiercely competitive online videogame market. On Tuesday, Needham videogame developer Turbine Inc. announced...
View ArticleWith Windows 10, Microsoft has the right stuff
At its best, a computer operating system ought to be like tap water — something you only notice when it comes out brown. Microsoft Corp’s Windows 8 software emerged muddy and reeking in 2012, and the...
View ArticleCVS drives another nail in film’s coffin: No more 1-hour processing
The “1-Hour Photo” signs have come down outside CVS Pharmacy stores in Boston and throughout the United States, as the Woonsocket, R.I., drugstore chain is now no longer developing photographic film...
View ArticleAfter car hack, Internet of Things looks riskier
Last month’s revelation that hackers could remotely seize control of over a million Chrysler automobiles has delivered a stark warning that life in an ultra-networked world could be very dangerous,...
View ArticleMobile phone security moves in slow motion
Apple Inc. is likely to release a new iPhone sometime next month, and according to one rumor, the company’s ordered 90 million of them for sale during the holiday season. How many of those new iPhone...
View ArticleCheap ink? Epson pours it on with EcoTank, promising 2 years between refills
My home laser printer has run dry, and I’m faced with a familiar dilemma: Spend a small fortune on a fresh toner cartridge, or a slightly larger fortune on a whole new machine? Mind you, there’s a...
View ArticleWith Sway, boring slideshows made easy
One of the most reviled pieces of software on earth comes from Microsoft Corp., and I’m not talking about Windows. Well, maybe Windows 8, but never mind. My candidate is PowerPoint, Microsoft’s...
View ArticlePrivacy tool protects felons — and freedom
The Kilton Public Library in Lebanon, N.H., just became an outpost in the global struggle for Internet freedom — and perhaps part of an international criminal conspiracy. All because one of the...
View ArticleBack to the future with a Segway sequel
Dean Kamen didn’t return my phone calls, so I can’t be sure about this: I suspect he’s having a bittersweet Christmas. Kamen is the New Hampshire-based inventor of Segway, a two-wheeled electric...
View ArticleIn Minsky’s wake, machines get smarter
If history had gone Marvin Minsky’s way, he might have spent his last days in the care of medical robots — competent, sympathetic, and infinitely smart. Minsky, the renowned computer scientist who...
View ArticleMaybe that PC will Neverware out
I hate throwing stuff away, especially machines. I’ve still got the first computer I ever owned, a 1980s-vintage “portable” Kaypro that’s the size of Kim Kardashian’s makeup case. Somewhere in the...
View ArticleMedical drones could beat Amazon to the skies, with Harvard help
The less you’ve got, the less you’ve got to lose. Which is why cargo delivery drones may become popular in Africa long before they catch on over here. Jonathan Ledgard thinks it’ll happen. The former...
View ArticleMobile phone security moves in slow motion
Security researchers say that the so-called “Stagefright” bug is a truly dangerous threat. But most affected Android phones are defenseless, and may stay that way for weeks.
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