A software deployment error at Knight Capital Group cost the trading firm $440 million in 45 minutes. An automated algorithm spiraled out of control on Friday, turning a tech fail into one of the costliest disasters in financial history.
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean shipped last week with Google Now, and it's actually useful in ways Android hasn't been before. Voice search doesn't suck anymore.
When CERN announced finding the Higgs boson last week, they were really celebrating a statistical signal emerging from petabytes of noise. That problem feels oddly relevant to what we're all trying to do with data right now.
Amazon just launched the Kindle Fire HD to undercut the iPad's dominance. But the real tablet war isn't about specs or price—it's about who controls your attention and your wallet.
OS X Mountain Lion launches next week. I'm not rushing to upgrade, and I'm okay admitting that's partly about caution and partly about stubbornness.
Google's new $199 Nexus 7 tablet is the first Android tablet that actually works as a portable device, and it's forcing a reckoning with iPad pricing.
Google's new $199 Nexus 7 actually makes a compelling case for Android tablets. It's not just cheaper than the iPad—it's different in ways that might matter.
Google's new Nexus 7 tablet went on sale yesterday for $199. That's aggressively cheap for a 7-inch tablet, and it might actually shake things up in the market.
Google's new Nexus 7 tablet is finally shipping today at $199, and everyone's acting like it's the iPad killer. It's not. Here's why.
CERN announced the Higgs boson discovery on July 4, but what fascinated me was watching the news explode across Twitter and blogs in real time—a peek at how modern science announcements actually propagate.
Microsoft released Windows 8's Release Preview last month and I still can't figure out what they're actually trying to do. Is it for tablets? Desktops? Both? Neither?
CERN announced finding the Higgs Boson on July 4th. Watching it happen in real-time across Twitter, blogs, and live streams felt like actually witnessing science unfold.
