Interacting with computers has become so common that nobody seems to realize how big the gap between computers and humans is. The future computer is likely to be a virtual face that interacts with humans through verbal and non-verbal expressions. Researchers at the Tilburg center for Cognition and Communication (TiCC) teamed up to develop the next generation of software for recognizing nonverbal e...

Journalist Andy Baio has digitized and uploaded the legendary documentary on the history of the computer, released originally in 1992. All five parts are available as torrent file or can be watched online as flash video. [i]The Machine That Changed The World[/i] is a comprehensive documentary on the history of the computer from the late 1940s to the introduction of the minicomputers in the 1980s a...

Computerworld features an article on easter eggs in software. Watch 10 terrific 'Easter eggs' in action