[Editor’s note: When we last visited with lead installer John and his helper Charlie (The NEWS, March 5, 2007), they had just learned the hard way that there’s a lot more to sealing ducts than just ...

Hardly a person hasn’t experienced the sudden, sharp discharge of static electricity, especially on a crisp winter’s day. It usually requires a touch, though, the classic example being a spark from ...

Imagine a satellite, floating in space. How would you measure its voltage? Yes, it probably has a non-zero voltage, a consequence of geospatial electric fields and ion and electron currents. The ...

Why are so few using static analysis tools when security and reliability are so important these days? Find out what Technology Editor Bill Wong thinks. I am talking specifically to C and C++ ...