The noted management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton recently issued a report identifying the world's 10 most enduring institutions of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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The redesigned CACM Web site will deliver exactly what you want.

As software migrates from local PCs to distant Internet servers, users and developers alike go along for the ride.

Researchers are optimistic, but a practical device is years away.

How can software and hardware developers increase the reliability of their designs?

Tracing the exponential growth of the Indian IT industry.

Is everything under the sun made by humans patentable subject matter?

Coding is his game, pleasantries distained

In case you missed IT, the world has changed.

Consider what you can do to encourage young people to pursue technology-related career paths.

In this first of a two-part talk, the renowned scholar and computer scientist reflects on the influences that set the course for his extraordinary career.

Don't let delusions about XML develop into a virulent strain of XML fever.

Can flash memory become the foundation for a new tier in the storage hierarchy?

There is more to data access than SQL.

The Web must be studied as an entity in its own right to ensure it keeps flourishing and prevent unanticipated social effects.

How changes in computer architecture are about to impact everyone in the IT business.

Is TM the answer for improving parallel programming?

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A conversation with the 2007 ACM A.M. Turing Award winners