A balky computer system is working again on the International Space Station, thanks to a reboot, the Russian space agency reported today. “The system was tested for one and a… Read More
One of the three computers on the Russian side of the International Space Station has crashed, but orbital operations are unaffected because the two other systems are in working order,… Read More
GeekWire Summit attendees will spend the next two days in Seattle hearing from some of today’s leading innovators in the tech and science industries. On Monday night, they took a… Read More
Do we need to be concerned about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence? Some people say there’s nothing to worry about, while others warn that a Terminator-level nightmare is dead… Read More
A decades-old machine that inspired Paul Allen, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and others on the path to putting the “power of computers into the hands of millions of people” is… Read More
If a new TV, tablet or laptop are on your holiday wish list, you might be wondering what to do with that closet or drawer full of defunct electronics of… Read More
[Editor’s Note: Ben Marwick is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Washington. This article was originally published on The Conversation. It’s republished here under a Creative Commons license. Also read the original… Read More
Medical records. Social Security Numbers. Employee performance evaluations. Those were just some of the confidential records found on old computers that several agencies in Washington state were sending to surplus,… Read More
Intermec, an Everett maker of rugged mobile computers and bar coding and RFID technologies, said that it plans to cut 170 jobs, or seven percent of its work force, as… Read More
Just how big is Apple’s lead in the mobile app space? Consider this: Apple CEO Tim Cook just announced at the company’s big World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco… Read More
Our guest last weekend on the GeekWire podcast was Charles Brennick, the founder and director of InterConnection. The nonprofit, located in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, refurbishes donated PCs and distributes them around the… Read More
A federal grand jury indictment announced today against three Seattle men reads like the plot for a high-tech crime novel — accusing them of hacking into wireless networks using long-range… Read More
We already know that Paul Allen is a super geek, but how far does his passion for computers really go? The Wall Street Journal today has a fascinating story on… Read More