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Keyword - future computing

- Head in the clouds
  
  'Cloud computing' is being pitched as a new nirvana for scientists drowning in data. But can it deliver? Eric Hand investigates.
  
  24 October 2007
- Throw away your PC
  
  Power savings for those willing to relinquish control over home computing.
  
  12 June 2007
- Virtual journey to the centre of the Earth
  
  Earth Simulator's 3D theatre allows better interaction with supercomputer data.
  
  21 May 2007
- Computer-game console contributes to science
  
  PlayStation-3 owners chip in to help research projects.
  
  30 March 2007
- muse@nature.com: Chinese ban on Internet caf�s ducks the issue
  
  If addiction's the problem, says Phil Ball, prohibition's not the answer.
  
  9 March 2007
- Quantum computing at 16 qubits
  
  Programmable computer solves sudoku and sets seating charts.
  
  15 February 2007
- INTERVIEW: The next wave of the web
  
  Web gurus and geeks descended on Edinburgh, UK, this week for www2006. Chairing the panel 'The Next Wave of the Web' was Nigel Shadbolt, an artificial intelligence researcher at the University of Southampton, UK, and deputy president of the British Computer Society. Declan Butler asks him about the Web's progress.
  
  26 May 2006
- Better bifocals on the horizon
  
  Electrical lenses switch modes at the flick of a switch.
  
  3 April 2006
- The computer that works when it's idle
  
  Quantum computers get the answer without being turned on.
  
  22 February 2006
- Magnetic thinking
  
  Credit-card strips could get a mind of their own.
  
  12 January 2006