Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Settle is a seven time CIO and the author of two books on IT management. Every year in IT is an ordeal. Budget cutbacks, ...

Need a quick form of entertainment this summer? Why not pull out a checkerboard while you're bored? The beloved 8x8 board is home to both checkers and chess and is a staple in many living rooms, parks ...

Perhaps Chinook, the checker-playing computer program, should be renamed "King Me." Canadian researchers report they have "solved" checkers, developing a program that cannot lose in a game popular ...

It's quiet inside the Jacksonville Checker Club. Two men, oblivious to the thumping music blasting from passing cars and people scurrying outside the building on the corner of 21st Street and Myrtle ...

Game over. Computer scientists have solved checkers, the popular board game with a history that dates back to 3,000 B.C. After 18-and-a-half years and sifting through 500 billion billion (a five ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...