Credit Union: Bitcoin's New Best Friends?
The Internet Archive Credit Union comes to the 2013 Bitcoin conference waving an olive branch
'Strongbox' for Leakers Offers Imperfect Anonymity
Humans still represent the weakest link in a new online tool for anonymous sources
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IT Hiccups of the Week: Lie Detector Lies?
No-swipe payment system swipes customers’ money; Big Apple worries that e-voting will take a bite out of mayoral election
Bitcoin ATM Robocoin Makes Money Laundering Easy
As the Department of Homeland Security targets online Bitcoin exchanges, alternatives are beginning to emerge
Google and NASA Turn to New D-Wave Computer
A new Quantum Artificial Intelligence lab is the latest user of D-Wave's supposed quantum computer
Feeding the World With Big Data
Agriculture experts say that open data could lift people out of poverty
IT Hiccups of the Week: Programming Error Rejects Unsuspecting Oregon Trimet Riders' Credit and Debit Cards for 5 Years
Austrian utilities suffer unexplained “software failure,” GM and Chrysler issue recalls, Atmos Energy customers charged too much
Another Excuse For Why Tennessee Will Make State IT Workers Reapply for Their Jobs
North Carolina and Ohio also struggle with government IT projects
D-Wave's Quantum Computing Claim Gets Boost in Testing
In some cases, D-Wave's computer proved 3600 times faster than standard computers
Time To Make Plans For June’s National Day of Civic Hacking
They may look like block parties, but these June 1-2 hackathons around the country aim to do some real work for good.
IT Hiccups of the Week: Online Testing Problems Spread
Lingering after-effects of Chicago Options Exchange and H&R Block tech issues
The Bitcoin Arms Race Is On!
Powerful mining machines are changing the nature of the popular cryptocurrency
IT Hiccups of the Week: Latest LivingSocial Alert Not What Customers Bargained For
Plus: Glitches open prison doors, keep people off juries
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Face Recognition Failed to Find Boston Bombers
Facial recognition software didn't spot the Boston Marathon bombers; armchair "investigators" found too much
Eye-Tracking Software Goes Mobile
Umoove aims to bring hands-free control to phones and tablets
Intel Versus the Dwindling PC Market
Questions about the company's mobile push and its business model again take center stage
IT Hiccups of the Week: Excel Spreadsheet Error Heard Around the World
H&R Block sued over refund delays, Minnesota math test hit by server issue, and NH MMIS has problems after all
An Eye Tracker in Every Smartphone?
Eye Tribe wants to make eye tracking cheap and easy—as long as you don’t wear bifocals
Demo Mobile Conference Embraces The Internet Of Things
And a Pittsburgh design lab's new tool makes it simple to connect all those things together
A Big Step Toward a Silicon Quantum Computer
Control of nuclear spin is key to a practical silicon quantum computer
IT Hiccups of the Week: New NHS 111 Helpline Needs to Call 999
Alberta’s ERCB computer system falls and can’t get up, Georgia’s DDS out again, everyone placed on detention in New Zealand
Biggest Bitcoin Exchange Halts Trading After Price Plummets
The Bitcoin economy shed a billion dollars overnight—and it may not have hit bottom
IT Hiccups of the Week: Computer Technology Upgrade Sours Small Michigan County
Computer problems greatest UK niggle, blunder at Hong Kong racetrack, New Hampshire Medicaid System passes first tests
Bitcoin Hits $1 Billion
The total worth of the virtual currency has reached a new high. Economists are mystified as to why
Movea’s Data Fusion Transforms Sensors Into Indoor Navigation
Software company Movea helps app developers corral the data from the sensors that pack today’s mobile devices
IT Hiccups of the Week: Expect Problems with New Medicaid System New Hampshire Warns
Also: RBS irritates customers second time in a month; USS Guardian finally off Philippine reef
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Drone Manufacturers Whine That They Are Misunderstood
Americans need to be better educated on benevolent uses of UAVs, they say
IT Hiccups of the Week: Red Bull Racing Gets Apology from McLaren Over ECU Software Issues
GM recalls Cadillacs and Buicks, Panama Canal containers stack up at port, Verizon erroneously bills customers in Midwest
Computer Technology Impact on 2013 Society as Predicted in 1962 and 1988
Stand-in brains, sophisticated real-time games, electronic mapping system for cars, and household robots
Have Researchers Computed the Complete Neanderthal Genome?
New high-quality draft is about as good as human or Neanderthal genome can get, its developers say
Loser: D-Wave Does Not Quantum Compute
D-Wave Systems' quantum computers look to be bigger, costlier, and slower than conventional ones
Why I'm Wagering $100,000 on Quantum Computing
If quantum computing really does turn out to be impossible for some fundamental reason, I'll be absolutely thrilled.