Web Resources
Computers - News & Information
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General Technology
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robots, & Robotics News
- CNET.com
- Reviews, news, how to's, and downloads for things technical. From appliances to web hosting.
- Consumer Electronics Association: Consumer Information
- DVD Demystified
- Learn how DVDs and DVD players work and what to do when they don't.
- eHow.com
- How to do anything
- Gadgets & Consumer Electronics News
- Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
- Twenty achievements from Electrification, Automobile and Airplane to Laser and Fiber Optics and High-Performance Materials. Each article includes a timeline. From the National Academy of Engineering.
- How Nanotechnology Works
- Learn about nanomachines, nanowires, nanotubes, and more. From How Stuff Works.
- How Stuff Works
- Besides Auto Stuff, Computer Stuff and Electronics Stuff, find out how Health Stuff, Science Stuff and much more stuff works.
- How Stuff Works: Electronics
- Sections include: Cameras and Photography, Gadgets, Games and Gear, Home Audio and Video, How-to Tech, Personal Audio, Phones, Solid State Electronics, Trade Shows.
- Nanotechnology 101
- "Imagine something so small that it's a million times smaller than the length of an ant. Then consider the ability to manipulate something that small to solve problems and create new products. Welcome to the world of nanotechnology." Topics include: What It Is and How It Works, Nanotechnology Timeline, and a Glossary of nanotech terms. From the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). See also their "Nanotechnology and You" page.
- The New York Times: Technology
- Articles and news on computers, consumer electronics, smart phones, and more.
- Popular Mechanics: DIY Central
- "Popular Mechanics helps people build, fix and customize the technology in their lives, from houses to hot rods to gaming systems."
- Sci.Electronics.Repair.FAQ
- Information of interest to the electronics hobbyist, experimenter, technician, engineer, and possibly even the dentist and poet.
- Science & Technology News
- Scientific American: Tech
- News articles. Topics include: Aerospace; Automotive; Computing; Electronics; Energy; Engineering and Medical and Biotech.
- Technology Review
- News and articles on new technologies. Published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
- TechTutorials
- "TechTutorials offers a directory containing thousands of free tutorials for IT professionals, hobbyists, and home users. Our goal is to help you solve your computer problems and learn new technologies using the many existing free tutorials available on the internet. The site also contains discussion forums, a free job search, free tech magazine subscriptions, white papers, and other technical reference materials."
- The Wirecutter
- "Lists of the best gadgets and gear for people who quickly want to know what to get." From the New York Times.
- Wired.com
- "Wired.com is your essential daily guide to what's next, delivering the most original and complete take you'll find anywhere on innovation's impact on technology, science, business and culture."
