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Where Siri Has Trouble Hearing, a Crowd of Humans Could Help
A combination of processing by computers and humans could lead to a new tool to transcribe speech.
Contributions of Physics to the Information Age
This is site highlights some of the areas that physics has impacted on our daily lives, covering: Quantum Mechanics, Computers, The Transistor, The Web , & Lasers.
Quantum Computation
A lists of FAQs about quantum computing including information on quantum computers, entanglement and cryptography.
A Brief History of the Internet
The Internet was the result of some visionary thinking by people in the early 1960s who saw great potential value in allowing computers to share information on research and development in scientific ...
Transistors
The power of computers comes down to billions of tiny switches squeezed onto a silicon chip. They're not regular switches - they're transistors.
The Babbage Pages: Biography
An interesting biography, written with a human interest slant, of Charles Babbage who played a key role in the invention of computers.
Mouse arrest: computer crime
An overview of the different times of cyber crime around, and how you can protect yourself.
How C Programming Works
Explains the computer programming language C, with a basic tutorial. From HowStuffWorks.com.
How RAM works
A brief description of how RAM computer memory works, including variants of RAM and applications. From HowStuffWorks.com.
How Computer Memory Works
A brief description of how different types of memory such as RAM work, from HowStuffWorks.com.