Emerging Technology

Yesterday, President George Bush was attacked by an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at him. Thanks to the power of YouTube, footage of the attack may be what some people remember most about his administration.

Google Chrome is officially out of beta. But is it any betta? Tynan doesn't think Chrome's ready for prime time just yet. He tries to break the news to her as gently as he can.

Now drivers in Indiana have one more excuse for hating their license photos. Effective in November, Indiana residents applying for new driver's licenses or renewing existing ones are being forbidden from smiling for the camera. The reason is new facial recognition software being used by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The software was installed as part of an effort to cut down on identity fraud and is being used to compare an applicant’s new photo with the ones on file.

Can possessing lewd images of Lisa and Bart Simpson earn you jail time? In the land down under, the answer apparently is yes.

In Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches bloggers watch Firefox 3.1 get ready to rumble. Not to mention Remi Gaillard's real-life Mario Kart...

Amazon has run out of every book lover's favorite Linux device: the Kindle. But, there are other choices like the Sony Readers.

It has been a long time since I wrote for Computerworld but, like it or not, I am back. The title of this blog series is Technology Matters -- a double entendre -- "the substance of thought" and "to be of importance."

Are the video games the devil's playthings? A conservative investment group offers its advice on how to keep the Antichrist out of your Xbox this holiday season. Tynan has some other ideas.

YouTube and Ning are trying to shed adult-oriented content to appeal to mainstream advertisers. Will it work, or will people just go elsewhere to satisfy their prurient desires?

That's not my headline for Sun's general availability release of the newest version of MySQL, that's how Michael 'Monty' Widenius, MySQL's co-founder and today's MySQL's CTO describes it.

Last week it was I Want Sandy. Yesterday, Pownce. Which Web 2.0 startups will disappear tomorrow? Twitter? Facebook??

India terrorism attack may have demonstrated how satellite images help terrorist groups. But there's no need to worry about it. Our Web 2.0 world is far more important.

Whether it's Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or Stupid Bloody Tuesday, you can find great deals on gadgets and gear this season -- if you know where to look.

Konnichiha! It's Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches bloggers watch Nokia pull out of the Japanese cell phone market. Not to mention the vegetable of mass destruction...

When it comes to sheer, blinding speed you can't beat supercomputers, and, once more, the fastest of the fast in the Top 500 Supercomputers, are Linux computers.