In almost every early science-fiction movie and television series, the characters at some point talk to each other over a videophone. Indeed, the first videophone was demonstrated back in 1955. And by the 1960s, AT&T was showing them off at trade shows.

I teach computers to eighth-graders. I cover Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel, among other programs, but I'm looking for more ideas. Do you know of additional programs I could teach, particularly free ones?

We’re pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual Open Web Awards is now powered by over 100 International Blog Partners. Our Blog Partners represent 24 countries and 9 languages to bring the Open Web Awards global and to the masses. With over 35,000 nominations already, we are nearing the end of the nominations period. Nominations and Blog Partner applications end Sunday, November 16th ...

We are live blogging, this session from Salon B @ the Las Vegas Convention Center, PubCon 2008. Because it is live, there is no editorial or proofing process. The moderator is Joe Laratro. PDFs, DOCs and feeds each have idiosyncrasies for optimization which can help your site rank. This session is going to dive deep into these formats to pass along best practices. George Aspland, Founder & ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced the next generation of Windows Live, an integrated set of online services that make it easier and more fun for consumers to communicate and share with the people they care about most.