Pilot fish who’s a computer science professor gets a call from a former student stumped by a database problem — one that should be pretty easy to solve. “This was not one of my most stellar students,” fish admits. “It seems … [Read more...]

Google’s Chrome OS platform sure has come a long way. From the early days, when Chrome OS was little more than an experimental “browser in a box,” to today â€â€� with the platform powering first-class hardware and supporting a diverse … [Read more...]

Using an iPad or iPhone to mine bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies would be hard to do, as the CPU power available to complete the task would be a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed. But using a portion of the CPU power from thousands of … [Read more...]

It’s easy to forget sometimes, but these powerful little computers we carry in our pockets are also phones â€â€� you know, devices with numbers that can make and receive those crazy old things called voice calls. Go ahead and take a minute to abso … [Read more...]

Microsoft has quietly told customers that it will stop participating in the online support forums devoted to consumer questions about Windows 7 and a host of other products. The announcement, which Microsoft posted over the weekend to several of the … [Read more...]

IT pilot fish is part of a team working under a contract where there’s a very specific stipulation: These contractors can’t write code — that’s the job of a different contractor. “But we were allowed to do prototyping,” … [Read more...]