Scientists at the University of Edinburgh thought they had a brilliant idea. Could they turn a computer into a witty comic? They wrote a software program that mimics the most basic form of humor, the ...

The International Business Machines corporation is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. And to do so, the company has released a video lecture of its history that contains at least one very ...

A logo for SIEVE, created by Yazhuo Zhang, portrays hotter objects in shades of red and colder ones in shades of blue. Zhang also designed a web site for SIEVE, including a motion graphic ...

Computer scientists have invented a highly effective, yet incredibly simple, algorithm to decide which items to toss from a web cache to make room for new ones. Computer scientists have invented a ...

Haven’t we all felt the urge to throw our laptop against the wall when the screen goes blank at 3 am and totally wipes hours of hard work? To prevent those frustrating computer crashes, scientists at ...