Terry Childs is still in jail awaiting trial for his crimes, but he has given the passwords needed to access the city's computers to the mayor. Update to this. picked by bernardblack 4 weeks ago

San Francisco story follow up to - picked by topofall 1 month ago

An old computer these days is no longer a completely useless system. In fact, even though I might upgrade my main computer every couple of years, I usually take ten to fifteen years before I completely remove it from my home network and send it to that great LAN in the sky! picked by Sandman2 11 months ago

Are you ready to entrust your destiny to a computer? Researches say that a new computer program can make life-or-death decisions for disabled people better than their closest relatives. picked by Maxriter 1 year ago

Put these programs on a USB stick and plug it into a failing computer for a quick repair kit that will get rid of viruses, maintain the system and all that jazz. picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have constructed the highest-resolution computer display in the world – with a screen resolution up to 220 million pixels. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A German man who startled his neighbours when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for disturbing the peace by police who sympathised with his technical frustrations. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In 1982, 25 years ago, ninth-grade student Rich Skrenta decided to play a prank on his friends. He wrote the Elk Cloner virus that infected Apple II machines. Although there were earlier viri, it is thought to be the first computer virus to be unleashed "in the wild." picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

Loads of pictures of modded computer cases, some of these look really really cool. picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

Computer Culture In Our Life picked by cafeaaa 9 months ago

Many of us think of the movie “Tron” as the the first film to use computer animation or effects in any form. But the technology goes back a lot further than 1982, when Tron was released. Here are some notable milestones in computer animation and effects in film: picked by power832 1 year ago

Employees provided computer data without questioning identity picked by deepchill 1 year ago

A scratchy recording of Baa Baa Black Sheep and a truncated version of In the Mood are thought to be the oldest known recordings of computer generated music.

Audio included in link. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

A primitive star has been born in the heart of a computer, revealing how the basic building blocks of life were present soon after the Big Bang some 13.7 billion years ago. Stars convert light elements such as helium and hydrogen into the heavier elements necessary for life and it has often been remarked that human beings are glorified stardust. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

What would a dog say if it could talk? "Stranger", "fight", "walk", "alone", "ball" and "play", according to scientists who have developed a computer programme to translate dog barks. The special programme analysed more than 6,000 barks from 14 Hungarian sheepdogs in six different situations. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

And use the parts to make these creative (and vaguely nerdy) accessories. Too bad I don't have a computer that I can get rid of at this time. picked by kirbykirst 1 year ago

NETSURFER emerged from SNOWCRASH´s search for new forms of furniture compa-tible with new technologies. Abandoning the conventional combination of chair and desk, the NETSURFER rethinks our relationship to the computer and our surfing requirements. picked by 86Apex 10 months ago

I don't remember where I got this url from and just went to check it out today. No frills on the graphic end of this site, just straight text. It's like a stock market of prices for computer and electronic equipment. Shows a link and whether the price just went up or down. Mostly computers and electronics (and accessories for those items) but just found a great deal on a canon lens! picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

A computer model has been developed that can predict what word you are thinking of. The model may help to resolve questions about how the brain processes words and language, and might even lead to techniques for decoding people’s thoughts. picked by sandossu 3 months ago

The story of the first computer bug and how the term computer bug was invented picked by dork 1 year ago