The philosophical view aside, AI could be a great tool if handled properly and it is not necessarily an indication that computers are planning a coup on how to enslave humans.
Two Raspberry Pi computers are planned to be flown to the International Space Station (ISS), and both will be connected to a new "Astro Pi" board, loaded with sensors and gadgets.
Anonymous, the loosely affiliated group of computer hackers, is planning a flesh-and-blood demonstration Monday afternoon in San Francisco to protest the Bay Area Rapid Transit cutting off underground cellphone service to thwart protesters.
Whatever the outcome of the battle for the very high end of the computer industry, Microsoft is planning to spend as much as $200 million to convince corporate America that Windows 2000 is the right operating system.
In just the past year or so: Intel also announced in January that, like everybody else even faintly connected to the computer business, it is planning a Web appliance a non-PC device using the Linux operating system that consumers can use to surf the Web and buy stuff.
"When your computer knows where each car is planning to go, it is a problem you can solve," he said.
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java programming language is suddenly enjoying new momentum outside the personal computer industry, and the company is planning to announce several new deals with consumer electronics manufacturers over the next few weeks.
For while Sony is reportedly losing money on each machine it sold this year -- money it hopes to recapture with software sales -- Microsoft is planning a computer so powerful that it will dwarf not only the power of the PlayStation 2, but also many of the most powerful desktop computers selling for many times the price.
In an effort to protect the military's computer networks, the Obama administration is planning to put the leader of the nation's largest electronic spying agency in charge of a new military organization capable of launching attacks against enemy networks and power grids.
The elder son is studying to become a computer scientist; the younger one is planning to become a doctor.
"I feel that I should have control and be able to install what I want, use the phone the way I want to," said Mr. Percodani, who is planning to study computer programming.
