Computers that watch while you work: Canadian researchers have designed a computer that pays attention to the person using it.

Marketer Challenges Anti-Spam Crusader

Eyes Over Baghdad: Our secret street-fighting weapon [drones]

Introducing the Laser Turntable: The record player without a needle!

Al Qaeda Website Refuses to Die: Repeatedly tossed off the Internet, a website believed to be al Qaeda's primary online method of communication continues to resurface as an uninvited guest on other websites.

The Invisible Web: Hidden Online Research Tools

Anti-war slogan coined, repurposed and Googlewashed... in 42 days

Pioneer news site to end: One of the Internet's oldest news sites soon will vanish. The Nando Times will cease to exist within about 90 days, said Christian A. Hendricks, vice president of Interactive Media for the McClatchy Co., the Sacramento, Calif.-based parent of Nando Media and The News & Observer. The site no longer fits the company's strategy, Hendricks said.

Free content: Why not?: While the battle rages on, piling up legal fees and taking the joy out of music, a simpler solution is on the horizon. The best way to stem this tidal wave of thievery is to give the music away.

World's media conned by April Fool: Dutch P2P platform provider is a prank The project, called The Honest Thief, is a publicity stunt for a book with the same title

Microsoft Covets Google's Niche: "We do view Google more and more as a competitor. We believe that we can provide consumers with a better product and a better user experience. That's something that we're actively looking at doing," said Bob Visse, director of marketing for Microsoft's MSN Internet services division. Visse said the company was making some significant investments in developing a better search engine. But the company has not offered specific plans. Microsoft Denies Paid-Search Plans: "Microsoft and MSN are completely committed to our relationship with Overture," said Bob Visse, director of marketing for MSN. "We have no intention of developing our own paid-search platform." Visse said the company continued to invest in search, but apart from the paid-listings area.

NASA excited by 'invisible' coat: Kazutoshi Obana's gray, hooded coat doesn't just keep him dry in a downpour. It can also make him seem invisible. [...] In fact, Tachi's "invisibility" coat is a camera trick. A video camera behind the coat is linked to a projector, which bounces the image off the front of the coat's reflective surface. Because there is no time lag between what's happening behind the wearer and the image cast on the front of the coat, the viewer has the illusion he is seeing straight through the coat.

That Championship Season, in Code: For 27 years, the Association for Computing Machinery has attracted teams of programmers from several dozen countries for the annual finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest. For five hours they code their hearts out, cramming a semester's worth of problem-solving into one exhausting, nerve-shattering morning. They are billed as the world's top young programmers, 263 standouts (only seven of them women) winnowed from a contestant pool of more than 23,000.

Google And The Big Brother Nomination

Got Game? Gaming, networks, multiplayer, strategy, personal technology, consoles, mobile

Does Security Mean Sacrificing Privacy? Given the backdrop of war, tightened national security, and new legislation aimed at expanding government powers, the discussions and debates due to take place at the 13th Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy in New York this week promises to be lively.

The Games People Slay: While many young men and women face the real and serious hazards of the war in Iraq, just as many - maybe more - in the United States are blowing up Baghdad on a regular basis from the comfort of their homes. As the war in the Gulf region moved into its second week and casualties on both sides mounted, a number of video games were emerging online that let players live out the conflict vicariously through their computers.

Sweden Beats U.S. as Top Web-Savvy Nation: Of the 60 countries surveyed, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan were at the bottom of the list with 2.37 and 2.52 points respectively out of a possible 10. Sweden scored 8.67, up from 8.32 a year ago. The United States was little changed at number three with 8.43 points, on par with the Netherlands and Britain. The differences were small between the top 14, all scoring more than eight points as a result of plentiful cheap Internet connections, software and technical support, legal and government frameworks and populations which think it is cool to spend time on the Net.

Cyberwarriors guard virtual front: As coalition forces continue to engage the enemy throughout Iraq, the number of battles being fought in cyberspace also has risen, according to one Army information assurance officer. High-Tech Tools of War: The U.S. military has integrated its formidable warfighting capability with higher technology and created a fighting force unmatched by any army, navy or air force in the world. The technology gap is so pronounced that the rest of the world may never catch up. The Doctrine of Digital War

PC screen turns into speaker: A British company called NXT has found a way to turn a computer display into a speaker, without interfering with the quality of the picture.