Voice recognition: has it come of age?

Apple's voice-controlled 'personal assistant' Siri has got everyone talking (in more ways than one). Is this just the start of a computer revolution? By Charles Arthur

Techno-toddlers: A is for Apple

Thomas Jones: More pre-schoolers know how to use a smartphone than tie their shoelaces. Is this the future of child learning, or a picture of alienation?

Cloud computing: the lowdown

Much of our computing (including the storage of our personal data) is now being done remotely via something called the 'cloud'. John Naughton gives a brief history of how this radical shift came about, while Stuart Dredge assesses the relative merits of four cloud computing services