CES: Next Year's Touchscreens Will Go Right to the Edge (Almost)
The bulky bezels framing of the screens on today's tablets are set to shrink.
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Tom Simonite
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I’m MIT Technology Review’s IT editor for hardware and software and enjoy a diverse diet of algorithms, Internet, and human-computer interaction with chips on the side. Working in our San Francisco office, I cover new ideas about what computers can do for us, whether they spring from tech giants, new startups, or academic labs.
My journey to the West Coast started in a small English town called Wantage and took in the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and five years writing and editing technology news coverage at New Scientist magazine.
Tom Simonite's Stories
The Year in Computing
New ways to feed our need for computing speed, novel controllers for our gadgets, and scary security risks all appeared in 2010.
Bringing Down the High Costs of Business Forecasting
Cloud-based services now provide a way for companies to plan ahead without relying on cumbersome spreadsheets. But what's a boon for smaller companies is disrupting the market for higher-end solutions.
Attending the Christmas Party as a Robot
Office parties can be even more trying when you send an electronic avatar in your place.
Home Internet with Anonymity Built In
A router that runs the Tor software prevents Web tracking.
The New, More Awkward You
Robots that stand in for remote workers could force people to learn how to tolerate a new breed of social failings.
The Brainy Learning Algorithms of Numenta
How the inventor of the PalmPilot studied the workings of the human brain to help companies turn a deluge of data into business intelligence.
Raising a Botnet in Captivity
Researchers created their own, imprisoned, network of zombie computers to better learn how to take down those at large on the Internet.
Tracking Trick Shows the Web Where You Are
A new technique could be used to target advertising to users' surroundings without their knowledge.
The Browser Takes All
Google's new computer throws out everything but the Web.
