Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Air Force Manual Describes Shadowy Cyberwar World
A new Air Force manual for cyberwarfare describes a shadowy, fast-changing world where anonymous enemies can carry out devastating attacks in seconds and where...
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For Deaf, Wireless Devices a New Portal to World
Quietly over the last decade, phones that make text messaging easy have changed life profoundly for millions of deaf people.
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China Limits Use of Foreign Computer Security Technology
China has ordered its banks and other major companies to limit use of foreign computer security technology, setting up a possible trade clash with the United...
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.s. Takes Aim at China Cyber Threat
The U.S. for the first time is publicly warning about the Chinese military's use of civilian computer experts in clandestine cyber attacks aimed at American companies...
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Italy to China in Driverless Vehicles
University of Parma researchers recently embarked on an 8,000-mile, three-month road trip from Italy to China to test the limits of driverless vehicles.
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India nveils Prototype of $35 Tablet Computer
It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India on Thursday (July 22) unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which...
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Official: Google's China Changes in Line with Law
China renewed Google's Internet license after it pledged to obey censorship laws and stop automatically switching mainland users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site...
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China Seeks to Reduce Internet Users' Anonymity
A leading Chinese Internet regulator has vowed to reduce anonymity in China's portion of cyberspace, calling for requirements that people use their real names when...
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Chinese Think Tank Accuses .S., Other Western Countries of sing Facebook to Sow nrest
A Chinese government-backed think tank has accused the U.S. and other Western governments of using social-networking sites such as Facebook to spur political unrest...
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Companies Brace For End of Cheap Made-in-China Era
Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China...
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Repeat of S. Korea, .s. Cyberattacks Does No Damage
Hundreds of computers that helped cause a wave of outages on U.S. and South Korean government websites last July launched new attacks on the same sites, but no...
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China's Young College Grads Toil in 'ant Tribes'
Liu Jun sleeps in a room so small, he shares a bed with two other men. It's all the computer engineering graduate can afford in Beijing, a city where the dreams...
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Project Puts 1M Books Online for Blind, Dyslexic
The nonprofit Internet Archive announced a new effort to more than double the number of books in its digital database that can be used by the visually impaired. ...
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Three Finalists in Prize For Technology Breakthroughs
The Technology Academy of Finland has announced the finalists for the international Millennium Technology Prize.
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'mind-Reading' Brain-Scan Software Showcased in Ny
Intel is developing software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about. The software analyzes magnetic resonance imaging scans to...
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Rampant Cheating Hurts China's Research Ambitions
Ghostwriting, plagiarizing or faking results is so rampant in Chinese academia that some experts worry it could hinder China's efforts to become a leader in science...
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Google Attack Highlights 'zero-Day' Black Market
The recent hacking attack that prompted Google's threat to leave China is underscoring the heightened dangers of previously undisclosed computer security flaws...
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Scientists, Lawyers Mull Effects of Home Robots
Scientists and legal scholars are studying the likely effects of the inevitable bond that will form between humans and robots in the coming decade. Although robots...
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