PC's most obvious achievement has been to help make computers cheaper, more widely available and more useful than ever before.

ECONOMIST: The PC's 25th birthday

It is widely agreed that a useful house-keeping job was done to help the UN move towards the next phase, which aims at a globally-encompassing agreement.

BBC: Science & Environment

The original grand vision of Tobii's founders was to put eye-tracking technology into every computer, but there are some that wonder if eye-tracking might be the next Bluetooth, useful but not widely used.

CNN: Watch this space: Eye-control to give technology a new look

We are seeing more evidence that stem cells can be therapeutically very useful and are likely to be widely used in the future to treat a broad variety of diseases.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Mother's stem cell hopes for baby

Tony Judt, a scholar at New York University who has written widely on modern French culture and ideas, suggests that one useful way to take writing about France by foreigners is to stand it on its head.

ECONOMIST: If in doubt, bash the French

Information is widely available on the Internet, from people who have taken similar trips and have useful information to share.

CNN: Women: Travel safely, but keep traveling

His works have been widely recognized by his peers and among students of international law, for whom his works have provided useful references for their studies.

UNESCO: CULTURE

The remote access tool, which has been widely available on the Play Store for ages, has finally received an update that makes it even more useful.

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