Kristanix Software has released Sudoku Epic, a Windows version of the puzzle game that started in Japan, and is sweeping the world. As millions of fans discover Sudoku, these puzzles are appearing in ...

A Canadian firm today unveiled what it called "the world's first commercially viable quantum computer." D-Wave Systems, Inc., "The Quantum Computing Company," during a much ballyhooed rollout at the ...

Listen to an audio interview with the author here, or sign up for Slate’s free daily podcast on iTunes. When people find out that I write crosswords for a living, they often ask, “Can’t you just write ...

Professor Uehara from JAIST works at the intersection of theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, and the art of solving puzzles. His research strives to understand the computational ...

Word puzzles may go the way of chess and Jeopardy! next weekend at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Brooklyn. Human prowess at chess -- with world champion Garry Kasparov as its ...

In case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Computer file, for short, we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic opportunity to engage your mind, enjoy leisure time, and ...

Computer science experts have designed a system to encrypt software so that it only allows someone to use a program as intended while preventing any deciphering of the code behind it. This is known in ...

A new study by researchers from Columbia University and Duke University published in the journal NEJM Evidence shows that doing crossword puzzles has an advantage over computer video games for memory ...

Crossword puzzles are widely used but have not been studied systematically in mild cognitive impairment, which is associated with high risk for dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.The new study ...