Discussions
The Software Chip
Upstart Transmeta’s pioneering microprocessor chips are heralding a fundamental evolutionary step in the design of computing’s core technology.
Smooth Groove
The excimer laser is no turkey-it gave us scarless eye surgery.
The Corporate R&D Scorecard 2000
See how much 150 of the world’s top companies invest in R&D.
IP's Middle Child Grows Up
Trademark is the ignored middle child of intellectual property. But branding an idea is crucial.
Search Us, Says Google
Can’t find it on the Web? The Google guys came up with a better way to sift through a billion Web pages-a stack of documents 100 kilometers high-in less than a second. As a result, they’re the hottest search engine around.