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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Web Bug Reveals Browsing History
Porn sites are among the top users of a browser bug that reveals all the places people go online, finds research.
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European Cyber Defenses 'Must Improve,' Tests Show
European Union (EU) member states need to do more to prepare for cyberattacks, concludes a report of Cyber Europe 2010, a simulation of how EU countries would react...
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Why Is a Universal Translator So Elusive?
With a global economy and flights that can take you all over the world in hours, why is it that we still struggle with a language barrier that technology is finding...
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What Is Wikileaks?
Months after releasing some 90,000 secret records of U.S. military incident and intelligence reports about the war in Afghanistan, Wikileaks has posted online...
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German Radar Satellites Fly Tight Space Waltz
It is a remarkable acrobatic display. Two German radar satellites are now flying in tight formation as they prepare to make the most detailed ever 3D map of the...
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Campaign Builds to Construct Babbage Analytical Engine
A U.K. campaign to build a truck-sized, prototype computer first envisaged in 1837 is gathering steam.
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Call to Define Rules of Cyber War
Nations need to define the rules of engagement for acts of cyber terror.
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Clever Cars to Mean Safer Driving
On-board computers and sensors in cars are helping to augment a person's driving skill and that trend will only continue as technologies such as collision-detection...
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Pi record Smashed As Team Finds Two-Quadrillionth Digit
A researcher has calculated the 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit of pi—and a few digits either side of it.
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Alien Hunters 'should Look For Artificial Intelligence'
A senior astronomer has said that the hunt for alien life should take into account alien "sentient machines."
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Tech Industry Holds Closed Door Talks on Open Internet
The Information Technology Industry Council, representing leading technology industry firms, recently held a closed-door meeting to discuss the future of the open...
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Virtual Reality Tackles Tough Questions
Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour that were previously not possible or were thought too unethical.
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Wikileaks Encryption se Offers 'legal Challenge'
A novel use of encryption by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks could "challenge the legal system for years to come," according to an influential observer of the...
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How the Internet Is Changing Language
"To Google" has become a universally understood verb, and many countries are developing their own Internet slang. But is the Web changing language, and is everyone...
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Cult of Less: Living Out of a Hard Drive
Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some...
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.S. Military to Attack Moore's Law for Future Computers
Computers that can perform a quintillion calculations per second are being planned by the U.S. military.
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Web Attack Knows Where You Live
One visit to a booby-trapped Web site could direct attackers to a person's home, a security expert has shown.
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Snapshot of Global Internet Speeds Revealed
A report based on analysis of huge amounts of net traffic has revealed the state of the Internet around the globe.
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Over 5 Billion Mobile Phone Connections Worldwide
More than a billion mobile phone connections have been added to the global tally in just 18 months, according to Wireless Intelligence.
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