Science & Technology

Think Diffident Jerry Brito 01/23/2007

Sarbanes-Oxley has helped make Apple and other innovators timid.

Celebrity Power David Robinson 01/18/2007

Information overload makes our attention the next hot commodity, writes DAVID ROBINSON. An endless variety of niche sources could leave us absorbed—and isolated—if not for the big-name celebrities who bring us back together.

Going Further: The Attention Economy David Robinson 01/18/2007

Many writers have weighed in on the ways attention shapes our world. Some are better than others—here’s an overview.

Energy Conservation Comes of Age on the Battlefield Brent M. Eastwood 01/17/2007

Fuel-efficient technologies could save lives by lightening the loads military supply lines have to carry.

The Curse of the Better Mousetrap Timothy B. Lee 01/16/2007

According to the conventional wisdom, the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray formats are like VHS and Betamax—two competing standards squaring off in a winner-take-all market. But in today’s marketplace, other options might moot the format war.

Techno-Ideas Nick Schulz 01/16/2007

Mass conformity is dead. Long live mass customization! NICK SCHULZ on the explosion of variety and personalization.

Cyberinfrastructure Arden L. Bement 01/11/2007

We are entering a second revolution in information technology, one that may well usher in a new technological age that dwarfs, in sheer transformational scope and power, anything we have yet experienced.

Code War Ian Lamont 01/05/2007

India and China are fighting each other for a bigger slice of the $300 billion software market.

AT&T-BellSouth Merger: Regulation Through the Backdoor James Gattuso 01/05/2007

By imposing net neutrality conditions on a new merger, the FCC circumvented the policy process.

Pharma in Europe: Going from Heartburn to Heart Attack? Jurgen Reinhoudt 01/04/2007

Europe’s pharmaceutical research and development is vanishing. The United States, which takes its “healthy” pharmaceutical R&D for granted, should take note.