Google’s Glass Gets a Competitor
A company already in the business of selling wearable displays will launch its own consumer gadget next year—but the format is still unproven.
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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
Fabrication Trick Offers Fivefold Leap in Hard-Disk Capacity
Current hard-drive designs are reaching their limit in data storage, but a new manufacturing technique could allow drive capacities to keep expanding.
Cellular Data Network for Inanimate Objects Goes Live in France
A startup hopes to connect millions of low-power sensors worldwide to the Internet, making everything—from power grids to home appliances—smarter.
Moore’s Law Is Becoming Irrelevant
The CEO of ARM says power-efficient chips for mobile devices will move into desktops, laptops, and servers.
How to Steal Data from Your Neighbor in the Cloud
A study proves that software hosted in one part of the cloud can spy on software hosted nearby.
A Rewired Internet Would Speed Up Content Delivery
Content-centric networking promises to deliver content quicker and more reliably—but it may take time for companies to adopt it.
Microsoft's Plan to Bring About the Era of Gesture Control
Apple might have made the touch screen ubiquitous, but Microsoft thinks hands-free interfaces will be just as big.
Preparing for Cyber War, Without a Map
The U.S. government has pledged to retaliate quickly if power grids or other critical elements of infrastructure are hacked—but the technology needed to do so is lacking.
Old-Fashioned Control Systems Make U.S. Power Grids, Water Plants a Hacking Target
Critical infrastructure is at risk of a cyberattack because of systems that haven't kept pace with Internet threats.
A Startup Finds a Better Way to Mine Your Facebook Past
The Trove search engine feeds on everything you and your friends have shared.
