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"To get a feel for the tablet vs PC market, I again looked to IDC for data on computer sales. Last month, it reported a total of 87.7 million personal computers were sold in the third quarter of this year; down 8.6 percent from the year ago quarter. That's not a favorable trend, considering tablet sales grew nearly 50 percent in the past year. If you were to ignore the smartphone for this exercise - which has surpasses sales of the PC early this year - and do a quick calculation of the total tablets and PCs sold, 24 percent of the 115.5 "computers" were tablets in the last quarter."

Google's latest Chrome Experiment aims to make playing a computer game more like playing on a console in front of the TV. The company announced the Chrome Super Sync Sports game this morning. Once you get it all set up, you'll be able to use your smartphone or tablet as a game controller and watch the action unfold on your computer screen.

Dubbed the Twitter Neighborhood Nest, it will target those who are in San Francisco and will also see Twitter partner with the Compass Family Services, and also donate $1 million over the course of the next few years. So far they have managed to donate 81 computers where tech support will be provided by Compass. As far as education is concerned, Twitter employees will be contributing to the project on their free time and will teach students basic computer skills as well as to seek jobs online.

Legacy company thinking linearly. The "decades away" prediction for useful Quantum computers is wrong, they'll be here inwithin 5 years.

"Scientists Used CRISPR to Put a GIF Inside a Living Organism's DNA" -If we can encode data and process it (bio-computing) at a cellular level then our entire bodies become our brains. I.e our brain mass increases by a factor of X20-X30. We still have the processing time barrier unless our "bio-computer" bodies are quantum computers...

Perceptual computing: same concept as Kinect, with vast improvements.

hopes to bring computing education to children 

A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, has made a breakthrough in the field of noninvasive robotic device control. Using a noninvasive brain-computer interface (BCI), researchers have developed the first-ever successful mind-controlled robotic arm exhibiting the ability to continuously track and follow a computer cursor.

"Overall, 32% of those younger than 40 say they followed the debate live online, including 22% who followed it both on television and online, and 10% who followed exclusively on a computer or mobile device. Those 40-to-64 are less likely to have followed live online (11%); just 1% followed only online, while 10% followed online as well as on television. Very few Americans 65 and older followed the debate live online (2%) and none followed live coverage exclusively on a computer or mobile device."

SMS & MMS from your computer or tablet. Uses your current Android phone number. Instant notifications on computer/tablet. See who's calling you...on your computer screen. Left your phone in car? Forgot it at home? No worries.

Kopin Golden-i Wireless Headset, a head-mounted computer that enables firefighters to analyze a situation and make smarter decisions. Much like Google's forthcoming Project Glass, the Golden-i headsets house a camera, microdisplay, GPS locator, speech recognition and gesture control. This allows users to benefit from computer technology while keeping their hands and concentration free on the task at hand, making it especially suitable to servicemen. Using data such as maps, heat profiles, oxygen levels and heart rate - as well as audio and visual connectivity to colleagues and staff - firefighters can gain a better overall view of the situation, helping to save lives as well as protect themselves.

A USB stick that cleans up your computer of viruses. 

"Quantum computing"

Uhhhhhh. /facepalm

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