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Quantum computers may someday revolutionize the information world. But in order for quantum computers at distant locations to communicate with one another, they have to be linked together in a network. While several building blocks for a quantum computer have already been successfully tested in the laboratory, a network requires one additonal component: A reliable interface between computers and information channels. Austrian physicists now report the construction of an efficient and tunable interface for quantum networks.

Two people with tetraplegia were able to reach for and grasp objects in three-dimensional space with robotic arms that they controlled directly with brain activity. They used the BrainGate neural interface system, an investigational device currently being studied under an IDE. One participant used the system to serve herself coffee for the first time since becoming paralyzed nearly 15 years ago.

Apple will continue to ride consumerization to the enterprise. The iPhone and iPad will do well. The Mac won't, says an analyst.

The situation at HP is putting a nail in the coffin of webOS, effectively killing it off yet again.

The government is considering introducing filters to block adult material as a default for internet customers to help parents stop their children seeing inappropriate material.

A giant touchscreen patient aids surgical operations

But they are useless. They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso, about computers

I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software incompatibility problems that, in terms of complexity, make the U.S. Tax Code look like Dr. Seuss. - Dave Barry