Cellular Phones' Future: 3G

by David Chang Do you use a cellphone? – Who doesn’t? Do you know your cellphone service carrier? – Probably. Do you understand the technologies built into your cellphone? – Maybe. Do you know what’s coming next? – Probably not!...

Nanotechnology – the reality minus the hype

By Leigh Howe “There’s plenty of room at the bottom” – physicist Richard Feynman, 1959.   The beginnings of nanotechnology occurred as early as 1959 but wouldn’t become an accepted scientific pursuit until the 1980’s.  Nanotechnology is the art of manipulating matter...

Grid Computing

By Leigh Howe Internet – the next generation.  When you here the word “grid”, you immediately think of the grid of electrical power.  Take the same concept to the computer and the Internet, and you come up with “grid computing”.  Grid computing is a network of linked...

What is Open Source Software?

by Josh Morse Linux. Firefox. MySQL. Even casual computer users are familiar with some of these programs. Yet the open source licenses under which all three are released are often mysterious to even the most computer-savvy person. Today I hope to help clear up some...