A half-century ago, movie computers were logical monoliths ready to steal our jobs or rogue machines that took it upon themselves to wipe out the scourge of humanity. Now they're falling in love ...

The supercomputer HAL 9000 in the science-fiction masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey" is best remembered for the chilling way it killed astronauts. Now, scientists are working on a HAL-like ...

Douglas Rain, the longtime acclaimed actor behind the chilling voice of the murderous HAL 9000 computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, died on Sunday. He was 90.

Anthony Hopkins has said his Hannibal Lecter was influenced by HAL 9000 and Truman Capote, but how do those inspirations play out on screen?

By far my favorite application on my Chumby personal widget device is the HAL 9000 app. It takes one of the truly great movie villains of all time from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and puts its glowing ...