The search for affordable office space can be frustrating, but there’s a relatively new option that might work well for your growing business: shared office space. Instead of renting an entire offic
Technology
Biotechnology innovation comes at a heady cost: About $1.2 billion per new medicine, according to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. On average it costs more and takes longer—97.7 m
BY Penni Crabtree
Several times over the years, I’ve experimented with speech-recognition software. The experience has always started with high expectations and ended with disappointment. But this time the technology
BY Jonathan Sidener
If you asked most Americans in 1985 whether they had any use for a personal computer with a modem and a hard drive, you would have met with a lot of laughter and blank stares. Ask them today whether t
BY Jonathan Sidener
Remember the floppy disk? Sure, they’re still around, but when was the last time you really used one? Using a floppy as a coaster doesn’t count.Instead of storing computer files on floppies or bur
BY Robert S. Anthony
The price of computers has fallen to the point where it’s possible to get a respectable Windows PC for around $500. But the cost of software keeps going up. Norton Internet Security Suite will cost
BY Jonathan Sidener
When a small group crowds around a personal computer to work on a project, there’s often considerable shuffling for a good view of the monitor and control of the mouse or keyboard. A new technology
BY Yuri Kageyama
After California and Texas, New York was the country’s largest cyberstate in 2005, employing 300,000 with a total payroll of $22.1 billion, according to the AeA’s (formerly the American Electronic
BY Robert Acquaye
Supermarket shoppers may soon be able to walk out of the store, bags in hand, and leave only their fingerprints. So-called “electronic wallets” have been installed in 2,500 checkout lanes at Alber
BY Frank Green
Doctors have implanted a radio ID tag under Sean Darks’ skin that allows the executive to enter restricted areas of his Ohio security company. Jack Schmidig, the police chief in Bergen County, N.J.,
BY Jonathan Sidener