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The article discusses issues relating to cloud computing, which is the sixth in the "IEEE Spectrum" magazine's top 11 technologies of the decade for 2000s. Topics covered include the history of the technology, impact on people's lives, business applications and speculations on future upgrades or developments. INSET: WIZARDS OF AN ONLINE OZ.

The article discusses issues relating to voice over Internet protocol (VoIP, which is the third in the "IEEE Spectrum" magazine's top 11 technologies of the decade for 2000s. Topics covered include the history of the technology which started with the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) in the 1970s, its impact on people's lives and speculations on future upgrades or developments.

The article discusses issues relating to the smartphone, the number one in the "IEEE Spectrum" magazine's top 11 technologies of the decade for 2000s. Topics covered include the history of smartphone technology, impact on people's lives, projected smartphone penetration in different regions in the world and the eight milestones in the evolution of smartphones.

The article presents a study regarding quantum dots in various biochemical technologies. It depicts the behavioral charge of quantum particles on semiconductor materials. It tackles how light output fluctuates on laser devices and keeps it from malfunctioning. The study provides technological innovations which will support the quantum-dot laser's capability and capacity. A presentation regarding the new technological innovation is held to demonstrate the active property and temperature sensitivity of the quantum-dot laser.

The article discusses issues relating to the multicore central processing units (CPU) of computers, which is the fifth in the "IEEE Spectrum" magazine's top 11 technologies of the decade for 2000s. Topics covered include the history of the multicore CPU technology, impact on people's lives and business applications and speculations on future upgrades or developments.

The article discusses issues relating to the light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, which is the fourth in the "IEEE Spectrum" magazine's top 11 technologies of the decade for 2000s. Topics covered include the history of the technology, impact on people's lives, different approaches of top manufacturers in the world and speculations on future upgrades or developments.

Some technological revolutions are flashy, and some are almost invisible. We're quite familiar with the flashy ones; they've given us powerful computers we can hold in the palms of our hands, devices that can pinpoint our locations by way of orbiting satellites, and the ability to bank and shop without leaving our homes. But none of these innovations would have occurred without the technology that delivers power to them. Over the last half century, a more subtle revolution in power electronics has provided us with compact and efficient semiconductor devices that can manipulate, regulate, and convert electricity from one form to another. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the main reason of the increase in income gap. The International Monetary Fund's October issue of the World Economic Outlook concluded that technology increases inequality. According to the bank, technological advances are the most responsible for the continuous widening of the income gap. The bank says that stopping the technological progress is not the solution to the problem. However, it suggests that improving education and job training are the steps to be taken to narrow this gap.

The article reports that in the future, movies will feature actors that are just software. Several high technology companies are working toward this goal, one of which is a little company named Mova. When Tekla S. Perry, senior editor of Spectrum periodical, visited Mova in February 2007, the Mova team put her into a swivel chair inside a metal cage and sponged her face with a cold mixture of phosphorescent and flesh-toned makeup. After which computers analyzed Perry's face, thereby creating a digital mesh representing her face and its movements in three dimensions.

The article offers information on the X Prize (XP) foundation' s privately funded competition that could encourage technological innovation in a variety of disciplines. The foundation's former competitions each had a clear goal, which is to produce the first privately developed spacecraft that could be launched successfully for instance. Statement of Mark Goodstein, the XP's executive director, concerning the foundation's competitions is cited. Goodstein invited 2 dozen world experts into a windowless conference room to show their view concerning technological innovations.