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Talking Back To Your Device Has Never Been Easier

August 11, 2009
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Dr. Carlo Tornatore, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Georgetown University Hospital, uses a special medical version of Dragon voice recognition software to enter notes on a patient encounter.

It’s talk-back time. Who hasn’t spoken to their computer on occasion?

Beyond Talk: Voice Recognition On Deadline

August 10, 2009
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The thought of being able to dash off e-mails, compose a letter or even write a book by speaking — without ever having to tap away at a keyboard — seems like a dream out of a sci-fi film.

The Clash Of Ages: How Technology Divides Workers

June 22, 2009
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If you’re a boss, what do you do about employees who love to tweet, text and social network throughout the day?

Amid Fears Of New Restrictions, Gun Sales Surge

June 20, 2009
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Heu Thao shows a customer a shotgun at the Gun Store in Las Vegas in November. Gun sales skyrocketed around the time of Barack Obama's election.

The recession has put the brakes on all sorts of industries, but the upward spike in gun sales that began about the time President Obama was elected continues.

Airlines Boost Self-Service With Mobile Check-In

May 4, 2009
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A bar code on a cell phone or smart phone mobile browser can be read by a scanner at security and at the gate when a passenger boards.

The sound — and sight — of cell phones is all too familiar in airports.

Stocks Weigh Down U.S. Pension Funds

February 18, 2009
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You thought your retirement plan was being managed by smart advisers in the most conservative way.

Some Technology Leaves The Blind Behind

January 30, 2009
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Mike May, chief executive of Sendero Group, a California-based company that makes accessible Global Positioning System products for blind and visually impaired people.

As consumer electronics companies race to create more flat screens, touch-screens and other sleek innovations to woo mainstream consumers, there’s at least one group of people who are not celebrating this trend: the blind and visually impaired.

Taking A Walk On The ‘Green’ Side At CES

January 9, 2009
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Walking the floor of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, one passes a dizzying array of televisions, computers and cameras that are all lit to perfection and powered up to showcase their features.

Indian Or Not? Fritz Scholder’s Art And Identity

December 24, 2008
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Fritz Scholder broke almost every rule there was for an American Indian artist.

Cities Gone Wireless: Safety Or Surveillance?

July 17, 2008
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Oklahoma City Battalion Chief Glenn Clark uses a laptop to obtain information using the city's Wi-Fi network. Police officers and firefighters are able to view real-time images from hundreds of cameras located throughout the city, even if they are far from those locations.

While some cities have seen their dreams of providing wireless Internet access for all fade, others have forged ahead with wireless networks for an altogether different purpose: surveillance.