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The information technology expert believes rich communication between computers and humans is the wave of the future.
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The “Heroes” creator is most fascinated by technology that allows us to immerse ourselves in narrative worlds—and make our own world a better place.
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Obstacles to software unification should have been surmounted already. When they are, David Gelernter will be a happy man.
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A conversation with the professor of computer science at Yale University.
It’s about live, streamed, Twitter-style content, says the Entertainment Weekly creator.
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Innovation on the mobile platform has been held back by carriers—until now. The new possibilities have the Wikipedia founder excited.
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Dan Zanes headed an 80’s rock band out of Boston, got some breaks, toured, but then left and eventually became a renowned children’s musician. Does he miss it?
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Dan Zanes, a happy and successful family musician, was solicited and wound up with a role in the recent movie “A Wonderful World,” about a grim and failed children’s musician—how […]
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What happens when you leave an 80s rock band? Go Solo? Self Produce? Make family music? Dan Zanes outlines the path toward redefinition.
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As the monoliths of the music industry slowly fade into obsolescence, a new framework, in which one escapes the odd predicament of not owning a word of what one has […]
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The Grammy-winning composer explains why the most important element in songwriting is imagining it as a party.
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The folk legend has a curiously inspiring legacy—partly due to his unique ability to render almost anything into music and also because many aren’t entirely sure just how he played […]
I used to picture my neighbors, my bosses, my drinking buddies, all faithfully keeping thoughts of racial conflict out of their minds the same way the pop-up zapper software on […]
An inquiry will be launched into the handling of a complaint that Governor David Paterson violently assaulted a female aide, after questions were raised over a suspected “hush up”.
Silicon Valley startup Bloom Energy has unveiled new technology which can “harnesses chemical reactions to create energy” in the hope of revolutionizing the world’s fuel sources.
An apology has been demanded of a Montgomery County middle school after a pupil was escorted from the premises by police after refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Hopes for bipartisanship faded long before today’s summit, writes Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown, who says Obama should offer some “key concessions” to win over Republicans.
Scientists have found that a particular area of the North Atlantic Ocean attracts plastic debris and other trash, leaving the region comparable to the Pacific’s “great garbage patch”.
A blizzard is expected to take aim at the Northeast of America, with what weather experts are predicting to be “immobilizing blizzard conditions” with wintry winds and destructive snow.