Legitimate users of the Tor anonymous browsing service are being advised to stop using Windows if they want to keep their identity hidden.BBC News From ACM News | August 6, 2013
We currently use atomic clocks to count the seconds, but tests on an alternative atomic timekeeper have revealed that it is more precise.BBC News From ACM News | July 19, 2013
Negobot, a "virtual Lolita" robot, poses as a 14-year-old girl and tries to identify pedophiles in online chatrooms. BBC News From ACM TechNews | July 17, 2013
A new app called CrowdShake provides early earthquake warnings by converting a smartphone's accelerometer into a seismometer. BBC News From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2013
One of the big challenges in fighting organized crime is precisely that it is organized. It is run a bit like a business, with chains of command and responsibility...BBC News From ACM News | July 9, 2013
The sci-fi vision of police officers rushing to the scene of a crime before any crime has even been committed may be rather far-fetched but technology is increasingly...BBC News From ACM News | July 8, 2013
U.S. spy chief James Clapper has strongly defended government surveillance programmes after revelations of phone records being collected and internet servers being...BBC News From ACM News | June 7, 2013
The Electronic Freedom Foundation objects to the World Wide Web Consortium's plans to include ways to digitally lock media in HTML5. BBC News From ACM TechNews | May 31, 2013
The idea is to use airborne infra-red cameras to collect evidence, which could then be used to prosecute vandals who deface property at night.BBC News From ACM News | May 28, 2013
Imagine a computer that can teach your mobile phone to recognize any object it sees, or one that can instantly find optimal travel routes for thousands of planes...BBC News From ACM News | May 17, 2013
Imagine cruising down a three-lane highway and rounding a bend to find four trucks rolling along in single-file. They are all traveling close together—perhaps too...BBC News From ACM News | April 11, 2013
Los Angeles has completed the Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control system, synchronizing its 4,400 traffic lights. BBC News From ACM TechNews | April 10, 2013
Wander through the historic streets of the Roman city of Bath in the U.K., and you might sense that they are smarter than average. And you would be right.BBC News From ACM News | March 21, 2013
For a man that made his career out of helping millions of people find their way around, Lars Rasmussen is frank about his own navigational shortcomings.BBC News From ACM Opinion | March 8, 2013