How can doctors use virtual reality to treat phobias

Nothing beats watching a blockbuster on the big screen, but today’s home theater systems do an impressive job bringing that experience into your home. In this article, we’ll explain how the components of a home theater system re-create the sounds and sights of being at the movies.

How Content-recognition Software Works

Content-recognition software does a lot more than just help you find that song you heard while shopping. It serves as a watchdog for copyright infringement, thus eliminating some of the toil of countless human workers scouring websites and other public spaces.

How Digital Rights Management Works

The digital revolution that has empowered consumers to use digital media in new and innovative ways has also made it nearly impossible for copyright holders to control the distribution of their property. Enter "digital rights management," or DRM.

How does SETI home work?

How does SETI@home thing work? What do extraterrestrials have to do with screen savers?

How Firefox Works

In 2004, ten thousand fans of an obscure "alternative" Web browser ran an ad in the New York Times introducing their favorite browser to the world. Since then, Firefox has exploded in popularity as users and developers continue improving this open-source phenomenon.

How Pop-up Blockers Work

It’s happened to almost all of us at some point in our Web surfing experience -- you’re visiting a new site when all of a sudden your screen begins to fill with boxes advertising goods and services. Enter the pop-up blocker.

How Streaming Video and Audio Work

Streaming video and audio has come a very long way since the mid-to-late 1990s, when streaming media suffered from poor quality and slow load times.

What is so productive about productivity software?

Plain and simple, productivity software takes our ideas and makes them a reality. These programs will help you get the job done. But how much of the work do they actually do?