The Lena System, a home device that records 16 hours of audio from a toddler's shirt pocket, appears to predict autism in children as young as 24 months with 91 percent accuracy.

The 91 percent accuracy is high, and while Lena researchers continue to fine-tune their software to push that rate even higher, I remain somewhat skeptical that voice alone can determine whether a child is autistic. It is often suggested that Einstein didn’t speak until he was at least 3, if n

The Zune HD's mobile Web browser includes a search feature powered by Microsoft's Bing search engine.

That last shot shows off another feature Microsoft has been keeping under wraps–Bing. Yep, the Zune HD’s Web browser includes a search button for instant queries using the Bing search engine. Granted, it’s not an earth-shattering or completely unexpected announcement, but it’s one more detail for all the Zune fans and haters to sink their teeth into.

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And it understands you so well in these times of penury and desperation that it knows you have certain vulnerabilities that might be worth exploring: the vulnerabilities that lurk in the area around your pocket.

Bribery should be alluring, not merely an everyday solution to an annoying practical problem.

Therefore Microsoft has launched its first-ever TV ad for Cashback, a nifty system that gives you a little money when you buy something vital–s

An errant ampersand (”&”) took the blame for the exploit, admitted Microsoft in a blog published Tuesday at its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Web site.

In his blog, Howard played a high-tech version of “Where’s Waldo?” by challenging readers to find the typo amid a few short lines of code, even hinting that it was a single character.

Michael Howard, a security program manager at Microsoft, explained in his blog that the typo corrupted the code of an Active

“This is the 1980s style of venture capital–real technical risk with small amounts of money and small teams,” Khosla told The New York Times. “Clean-tech companies taking large amounts of money–that’s project finance, not technical risk. That’s a differentiation most people have lost.”

Khosla Ventures on Tuesday said that it has raised two funds to invest in green-tech and IT-related start-ups. Khosla Ventures III has $750 million to invest in traditional early to mid-stage com

In its initial complaint, Palm told the USB-IF that the latest update of its WebOS would restore iTunes functionality to the Pre. In response, the USB-IF quoted policy and reminded Palm that it may use only its own issued vendor IDs, not those of any other company. The group asked Palm to clarify its intentions within seven days.

But the group supported Apple’s stance and cautioned Palm by letter that any further attempts to use the code would be a violation of its r

I can’t help but pay homage to my former colleague and lunchtime running partner Bill Goggins at Wired magazine, who may have benefited greatly from this kind of technology. Just moments after waving jovially for cameras in the San Francisco marathon in 2006, the 43-year-old former deputy editor collapsed at mile 24 and died of apparent heart failure.

While the ECG necklace could be used for the permanent screening of the elderly, and of people with cardiovascular disorders, he

Folks will also want to remember that to move from the release candidate to the final version requires a clean installation of the operating system, meaning backing up one’s data, reinstalling Windows 7, and then restoring the data and reinstalling any applications.

While Microsoft’s Windows 7 will go on sale in just about two months, there is still a little time to get a free copy of the operating system.

Well, at least a free test copy of Windows 7, anyway. Users hav

Some advertisers have chosen to make their pictures a little more discreet. Some advertisers have even taken the name change from Erotic Services to Adult Services to heart. This advertiser from the Los Angeles section literally uses the phrase “adult services,” as if this is now a seal of approval.

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster offered these words to the San Francisco Chronicle on the subject of the new adult services section: “We are no more able to read the minds of people placin

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