Cool Stuff That's Coming

For most Internet users, streaming media means sound that cuts in and out and a choppy picture viewed in a window the size of a deck of cards. But for Internet2 users, it’s a different…

Besides being a show-stopping bit of mathematics, the work was big news for the Internet. Very large prime numbers are the bedrock of Internet encryption, the sort your browser uses when you are shopping online.

The world got a little smaller Tuesday after scientists reached around the globe via the Internet and touched. By Chris O’Brien Mercury News Or rather, the scientists — in London, Boston and Los Angeles —…

Fashion shows are occasions for watching gorgeous models parade across stages in one-of-a-kind items that most of us would not be caught dead wearing. By Manny Frishberg Wired.com The one presented here last night at…

A software maker is trying to redefine how people interact with their PCs. Popularized by Norway’s Opera Software, the "mouse gesture" is slowly winning converts among software developers who hope to simplify repetitive tasks in…

Motorola is unveiling a global positioning system chip it says is the first GPS satellite sensor small enough and hence cheap enough for practical use in consumer-electronics devices such as cell phones and notebook computers….

Illinois researchers are at the heart of a $13.5 million federally funded project to build an ultrahigh-speed virtual computer. JOHN VAN Chicago Tribune The end result will be like having the parts of a really…

Deep in his basement laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley professor Liwei Lin holds what may become one of the most innovative medical devices in recent years. New York Times Syndicate Bob Keefe It…

Hoping to pioneer a new approach to consumer marketing, the CambridgeSide Galleria mall this week is launching a service that enables shoppers to use their cellphones to get instant coupons for Galleria stores. By Peter…

The Spokane, Portland and Seattle No. 700, a 1930s locomotive, will make its Montana debut next month, marking the first time in 50 years a steam train has crossed the state on rails. Marcia Pilgeram,…