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Ray Kurzweil, inventor and futurist, discusses the Turing Test, human vs. machine intelligence, and the dangers of advanced technologies.

Speaking at its shareholder meeting, Microsoft’s CEO reiterates that Microsoft remains open to some sort of search partnership, but says there are no active discussions in that area.

At its shareholder meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer said he expects headcount growth will be much slower for some time to come.

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Dell brings up the 80-core chip–During his keynote at a supercomputing conference, Michael Dell keeps 80-core processor in sight.

Avoid the tech-support time sink–A botched mail-server upgrade reminds Dennis O’Reilly to always have a workaround, and not to expect tech support to work miracles.

Husband blames iPhone for smutty pictures that upset his wife–Apple’s Support site was inundated with suggestions as to why a woman’s husband might have inadvertently e-mailed filthy pictures from his iPhone.

Scottish I-Ball rolls to success–Launchable, wireless projectile camera from Scotland provides stabilized images from ground and sky, wins U.K. contest.

Although it’s not dominant, Microsoft has forced traditional antivirus vendors to make changes. With a free offering due next year, it may do so again.

YouTube is apparently getting beat at the profit game by Hulu. Here’s why.

Company releases software that lets people rebuild Photoshop CS4’s interface with customized control panels.

A report from Jon Peddie Research says the market for PC game hardware is larger than the market for game software. And PC gaming is bigger than console gaming.

Video search provider Blinkx is poised to acquire Miva again. Only this time, the offer is half its original value.

Apple’s popular smartphone captures the top spot worldwide for advertiser requests on the mobile-ad network AdMob for the month of October.