Week in pictures: Blue Gene, thinking green

Blue Gene/L tops its own supercomputer record. Also: "Lost" online, "green" buildings, speaking tongues with tech and Firefox love fest.

Supercomputers ready for work

At the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Blue Gene/L and the ASC Purple prepare to show their colors.
October 27, 2005

Finding 'Lost' clues on the Net

The marketing mix of mystery and real-life activities helps keep the buzz around popular show "Lost" at a fever pitch.
October 28, 2005

State-of-the-art skyscraper

The planned Bank of America headquarters will use "promote the health and productivity of tenants, reduce waste and assure environmental sustainability."
October 28, 2005

Tower of Babel crumples with new tech

Software and hardware from Carnegie Mellon could make it easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.
October 27, 2005

Firefox fans celebrate browser

Oregon State's Linux User Group finds unique ways to celebrate milestones of its favorite Web browser.
October 24, 2005

Internet Archives' book project

The open-source initiative wants to digitize all the world's books and make them universally available.
October 26, 2005

E-waste piles up in Nigeria

Environmental group says much of the old electronic gear sent abroad for reuse and refurbishment is nothing but junk.
October 24, 2005

Ribosomes in action

After modeling a few million atoms, researchers make a first-ever movie of a cellular process that lasts just 2 nanoseconds.
October 21, 2005

When design matters

Let's face it. Some products stand out for their designs. Check out the Razr, Nano and others.
October 26, 2005

Where art meets science

Winners of the 2005 Novartis and The Daily Telegraph Visions of Science Photographic Awards are eclectic and colorful.
October 25, 2005

It's a wide-screen world

Customers are driving the trend toward wide-screen portables, and manufacturers are more than happy to supply, study reports.
October 25, 2005

iMesh reopens with 'label approved' P2P

The new iMesh looks and acts a bit like the old service, but it's designed with the successes of iTunes and MySpace in mind.
October 25, 2005

From VCR to cat feeder

English inventor James Larsson turns his old videocassette recorder into an automatic cat feeder.
October 26, 2005

Separating myth from reality in ID theft

charts A look at identity theft's cause and effect.
October 25, 2005

'Star Wars' on display

Boston's Museum of Science gathers props from the interstellar movies to teach lessons about technology.
October 26, 2005

Dell's 'DataSafe'

Dell's new backup technology is part of the company's revised Dimension E310 desktop and its M140 notebook.
October 26, 2005

Highway to the heavens

NASA, Spaceward Foundation host competitions to help generate designs for a sort of highway to the moon.
October 22, 2005

Military tests RFID technology

Military troops are testing RFID systems on everything from tanks to anti-tank launchers.
October 20, 2005