Lamont Wood
Contributing Writer
Lamont Wood is a freelance writer in San Antonio.
How to use Windows’ built-in speech recognition
Talking to your Windows PC instead of typing can substantially boost your productivity — if you know the right way to do it.
Speech recognition grows up and goes mobile
Having spread from desktops to mobile devices and beyond, voice recognition is no longer a novelty filling niche needs — and it’s spawning a new genre of gadgets.
CPU architecture after Moore’s Law: What's next?
As Moore’s Law loses relevance, specialization may have to replace raw speed in microprocessor design.
Is your SEO strategy keeping up with the times?
For SEO experts, keeping up with search engine algorithms is a constant battle. And now voice search is poised to change everything once again.
Augmented reality: Next-gen headsets show business promise
Augmented reality, which adds data to your environment, could be the next important business technology.
Smartphone CPUs put desktops to shame
Using a smartphone can involve CPU cores of multiple sizes, plus graphics processors, video processors, signal processors, and more.
The march toward exascale computers
Petaflop supercomputers have become standard. But be prepared to pay: These machines can be as expensive to operate as they are to purchase.
SXSW highlights bright and dark tech futures
Some panelists also talked about uncertainty: The worlds of big data, A.I. and government are just beginning to collide, and public policy decisions made now will cast shadows far into the future.
At the office, diversity works, but shorter workweeks may not
Achieving a diversified staff in a tech firm can't be done casually, and offering prospective employees a shorter workweek may or may not entice them to sign up.
Algorithms and experiments make strange bedfellows at SXSW
Data has to be a two-way street, these panelists agreed.
SXSW: Obama touts tech, others examine pitfalls
The first day of the SXSW Interactive conference featured discussions about AI, big data and robotics.