Some distant chimes of 2001: A Space Odyssey here... in 25 years time we could find ourselves immortal, if you consider life as an artificial intelligence "shadow" eternal life, that is. We'll all be "uploaded" - our entire personalities will be copied into the vast memory banks of these AIs - and we'll live forever. More than that, we'll be able to spend time with our ... Read full entry

The autonomous, almost humanoid, robot of many a science fiction yarn, is almost reality. But unlike some of those sci-fi stories where malfunctioning, or otherwise, malevolent robots plot world domination, we're still in control. Right? Today, thanks to the relentless increase in the power of computing, the latest robots are being fitted with sophisticated systems that enable them to see, feel, move and work together. Robot engineers call this ... Read full entry

Leopard is nothing for Apple to purr about: the new Apple operating system isn't pleasing everyone it seems, if users are already Googling "downgrading to Tiger"... Why was I looking up "downgrading to Tiger"? Because I'm considering it. And it's clear from the search that plenty of other people, having upgraded to Apple's latest version of OS X, codenamed Leopard, are doing ... Read full entry