SCIENTIST DETECTS CANCER WITH LIGHT

Northwestern University scientist Vadim Backman has developed a way to detect colon, pancreatic and lung cancer using reflected light. Note in the… Read more

KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THOSE EMAILS

You might be the best client a company ever had, but someone new there is sure to ask: “And who are you again?” A survey by Manpower Group… Read more

60 MINUTES INTERVIEW: WIKILEAKS FOUNDER

Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange gave a rare interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Wikileaks, Assange said, is a conduit for information for other… Read more

THE COMEBACK

When a top Chinese communist official said to Gary Shapiro, “China up, America down,” Shapiro got angry enough to write “The Comeback: How Innovation… Read more

MAKING STUFF SMALLER

“Making Stuff Smaller,” the second in Nova’s “Making Stuff” TV series, is just as intriguing as the first. Our host, New York Times tech columnist… Read more

SENIOR PHONE

The Jitterbug phone is a phone with great big numbers and simple buttons for the basic controls, like on and off. This February, they’ll offer… Read more

A SINGULAR PHONE DOCK

Very few products seen at trade shows, like the giant Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this January, are really new or different. But one that… Read more

WHICH SEARCH ENGINE MAKES THE BEST CONTESTANT ON JEOPARDY?

IBM is building a computer to challenge the best contestants on the TV show “Jeopardy.” But how would ordinary search engines do in… Read more

INVESTMENT ADVICE: GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT

Today, we take a break from tech and survey the financial scene. Bob Schwabach is the author of two books on investing. At the beginning of each… Read more

REMOTE CONTROL

Sometimes you want to use a program that sits on a desktop or laptop computer somewhere else. You can reach and control that computer with the… Read more