As one who reviews lots of embedded software looking for safety issues, I have been intrigued by the Toyota recall, and am anxiously awaiting the verdict on the computer controlled throttle issue.

The last day of the Cash for Clunkers program turned even more hectic than expected this morning when applications overloaded the government's Internet-based intake system “We've been trying for an ...

The ideal computer power system for data centers these days places a tall order for electrical designers. Just stop and think about all of the requirements. The system must be available nearly 100% of ...

The world was jolted the other day by the news media that information is gaining on the capacity of the world's computers to contain it. Is Google on the brink of conking out? Could be if the report ...

Last month’s FAA computer overload that delayed hundreds of flights has been addressed, and the agency announced an update will be in place by year’s end. Memory upgrades are expected to improve ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on track to sweep past Pluto next week, despite hitting a "speed bump" that temporarily halted science collection.A computer overload prompted the spacecraft to ...

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about how the software giant wants to use cloud, machine learning and innovative datacentre technologies to open up access to ...