As young people begin their search for a career, it is likely that many will consider one of the vast opportunities available in the computer industry. Skilled computer professionals are in steady demand, despite the normal fluctuations of the world...

Labor saving ideas involving the computer, particularly for industrial and mechanical purposes, is a never-ending process. Computers in industry are drastically changing the way things are made and profoundly changing the jobs of the people who make...

Computers and computer networks have changed the way in which people work, play, do business, run organizations and countries, and interact with one another on a personal level. The workplace of the early twentieth century was full of paper, pens, and...

To understand the development of the computer industry during the latter half of the twentieth century, one must look to the demand for computing power before and during World War II, when computing was a means to a very specific and urgent end....

Computing is the activity of developing and using computer technology, including computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology. Computer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of computing and...

Computers, satellites add precision to farmers' chores New systems reduce fertilizer, pesticide use, track yield more closely By JENNY PRICE Associated Press Monday, August 14, 2000 Mike Cerny isn't just harvesting crops when he drives his combine through corn,...

Self Organizing Sensor Networks Maximal Coverage Using Autonomous Mobil Nodes. Swapna Ghanekar, Fatma Mili and Imad Elhajj, Oakland University, Computer Science and Engineering, Rochester, MI Advances in sensing and communication technology make sensor networks a convenient and cost effective tool for collecting...

John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82.Backus died Saturday in Ashland, Ore., according to IBM Corp., where he spent his career.Prior to...