Stories about: Pearson

  • +

    Robots improve safety, efficiency at Thai hospital 15/05/2009 06:44:00

    A Thai hospital famous for medical tourism and celebrated for its use of new technologies is turning to robotics to become more efficient and improve patient safety.
  • +

    Credit-card firms investigate fraud at Canadian airport kiosks 25/07/2008 08:18:46

    Low-cost Canadian airline WestJet has temporarily stopped the practice of allowing customers to use credit cards as identification when checking into flights at self-service kiosks at all Canadian airports.
  • +

    Soft, squishy robots can change shape, size 08/07/2008 21:12:18

    Toss aside your typical idea of a robot -- all metal, jerky movements and a stiff-legged walk.
  • +

    Tech start-ups that should matter 21/12/2007 11:00:05

    In 2007,we designated more than 90 start-ups as worth watching. After a second look, we picked these 10 as offering what matters most in the enterprise -- agility, seamless integration and pervasive connectivity.
  • +

    Publisher drops Telstra over caller ID, price 16/11/2007 11:54:17

    In a strange case of how something simple can result in a big IT contract change, a local enterprise has switched from Telstra to Optus because of the Big T's refusal to support caller ID for international originating calls, in addition to cost.
  • +

    Dell restates earnings after internal probe 01/11/2007 09:30:36

    Dell completed an internal accounting investigation this week and restated its financial results from fiscal 2003 to the first quarter of 2007, bringing it into compliance with listing requirements specified by the Nasdaq stock exchange.
  • +

    BT Futurist: AI entities will win Nobel prizes by 2020 16/10/2007 10:00:07

    You might not agree with him. You even might not believe what he says. But British Telecom does. Ian Pearson has been BT's futurologist since 1991. His job it to imagine where today's technologies will lead us. Artificial intelligence, genetic modification, intelligent viruses, imaginary civilizations and Second Life 10.0, as well as some pretty nasty scenarios involving robots like the Terminator are all real possibilities he included in his 2006 Technology Timeline. In this interview, Pearson talks about his profession, explains why he doesn't think we will understand intelligent machines when they finally arise, and warns to the big ethical dilemmas our technological civilization will have to face sooner or later.
  • +

    Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise 01/06/2007 08:08:15

    For consumers, the Macintosh's hip quotient is being hammered home with one of the largest and most memorable advertising campaigns in Apple history. But the enterprise isn't getting any of that attention.
  • +

    Google-UC contract fuels copyright brawl 06/09/2006 14:53:00

    The book-scanning contract between Google and the University of California has made the Association of American Publishers (AAP) even more distressed over Google's project to digitize millions of volumes from libraries.
  • +

    Google to offer book downloads 30/08/2006 10:24:44

    Google has expanded its controversial book search service to allow people to download whole copies of books in PDF format to their computers, with the ability to print them out.
  • +

    Google hit with second lawsuit over Library project 20/10/2005 08:34:42

    The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed suit against Google over the search company's Google Print Library Project, the organization announced Wednesday. The project, which involves scanning library books without seeking copyright holders' permission, has proved controversial with publishers. This is the second suit to be filed against Google by a US body representing writers and publishers.
 
Gift Guide
Discussions on The PC World Forum

Bridge Netgear DG834GV to AP Belkin F5D7230-4

I have the above Belkin and am able to configure it as an access point, but I want ...

Best Multifunction - laser or inkjet?

Hi there We wish to purchase a multifunction colour printer/copier/scanner/fax - ...

Documents Folder in Windows7

I have recently loaded Windows 7 using a clean install after formating my HDD. I ...

Recomendations on a laptop

Hi Looking at buying a laptop in the $1500 to $2000 range. I like the Toshiba ...

HP C309a

I hope someone can help with this. I bought an HP C 309a in September and installed ...
Create new Topic
More from the forum
Samsung

CXO Latest

LED Advisor

Popular Phones & Plans

Powered by WhistleOut

1) Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB35 plans 9%
2) Blackberry Bold 900013 plans 13%
3) Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB35 plans 5%
4) Blackberry Curve 85206 plans 8%
5) Samsung Ultra Touch30 plans 6%
Three iiNet Virgin Mobile Vodafone
« 1 of »
1) Apple mobile phones 14%
2) Blackberry mobile phones 21%
3) Samsung mobile phones 10%
4) Nokia mobile phones 6%
5) LG mobile phones 3%

Compare: Mobiles | Broadband

PC World
 

Colour your world with Samsung

A chance to win with every
Samsung Consumable purchase*