August 2009 - Vol. 52 No. 8

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Features

Opinion Letters to the editor

Why Invention and Innovation Diverge

My compliments on the article "One Laptop Per Child: Vision vs. Reality" by Kenneth L. Kraemer et al. (June 2009). It is incredibly valuable for the ACM community to understand the profound difference between invention and innovation.
News In the virtual extension

In the Virtual Extension

Communications' Virtual Extension brings more quality articles to ACM members. These articles are now available in the ACM Digital Library.
Opinion CACM online

The New Searchers

Behind Google's simple search box are a complex set of algorithms. Search experts say they are updated constantly, but the same old search page and the listed results don't hint at the work being done to improve search.
Research and Advances Research highlights

Does Distributed Development Affect Software Quality?: An Empirical Case Study of Windows Vista

Existing literature on distributed development in software engineering and other fields discusses various challenges, including cultural barriers, expertise transfer difficulties, and communication and coordination overhead.

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