AWS failure hits web sites and apps
Amazon Web Services, a major cloud hosting service, has suffered a system failure that has been affecting web sites and apps.
Stories by Sharon Gaudin
Robots compete in NASA challenge
A robotics team from West Virginia won $100,000 in this year's NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge, held this week at WPI in Worcester, Mass.
Google I/O Sights and Sounds
Computerworld.com's Sharon Gaudin and JR Raphael present photos and video clips from this week's Google I/O event in San Francisco.
Google senior VP talks about when the company nearly failed
The eighth person hired at Google, and its first vice president of engineering, talked today about how the world's largest Internet company nearly failed.
Facebook thinks it's changed the global economy, but analysts are skeptical
According to Facebook, the company hasn't just changed the face of social networking - it's also boosted the global economy and put millions of people to work.
Robotic spiders may someday build satellites in space
By 2030, when the U.S. government or a company wants a new satellite in orbit, a robotic spider might build it in space.
iRobot CEO decries the slow advance of robotics
The CEO of one of the biggest and arguably the best-known robotics companies in the world is disappointed at the progress being made in the industry, which he says is nowhere near where he thought it would be today.
NASA's Maven spacecraft snaps 'unprecedented' images of Mars
NASA's latest spacecraft sent to study the Martian atmosphere is already collecting data.
See yah, Facebook. Teens prefer Instagram
Teenage users have been drifting away from Facebook for the last few years, but now it seems they're in a mad rush to get off the world's largest social network.
Cloud price cuts are nice but enterprises still want more
Google dropped its Cloud computing prices and other vendors are expected to follow suit, but the lower pricing may not be the key lure for attracting enterprises to the cloud.
Researchers hope to diagnose deadly Ebola virus with nanotech
With more than 6500 cases of the Ebola virus in West Africa, 3000 deaths and now one confirmed case in the United States, scientists are trying to find a way to detect the deadly virus more quickly, cheaply and easily.
Google finding its rhythm with streaming music service
Reports are hitting that Google is just weeks away from launching a new streaming music service.
GoogleX to circle the Earth with Internet-connected balloons
Google is looking to launch a fleet of high-altitude balloons that will circle the planet, providing Internet connectivity to remote areas -- and it plans to do so within a year.
After harrowing 10-month trek, NASA's Maven orbits Mars
After 10 months and 442 million miles, NASA's Maven spacecraft has reached Mars and entered into its orbit.
SpaceX wants to build cities on Mars
CEO and co-founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, not only wants to send astronauts to Mars, he wants to build a city there.
