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Consider the tongue. It's sensitive yet muscular, packed with taste buds and nerves, and without its acrobatic ability humans wouldn’t be able to eat or talk. It's...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2013
Like most of his peers, Gunnar Carlsson spends his time thinking about hairy, theoretical math problems.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | January 25, 2013
Reading the news that Atari’s U.S. subsidiary is filing for bankruptcy was a little like hearing that Bob Hope died—in that you were surprised to discover he had...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | January 22, 2013
There are plenty of Meg Whitman doubters out there. Some say the former EBay chief executive officer doesn't have the requisite big company experience to run a...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | January 15, 2013
When Jan Scheuermann grasped a chocolate bar and raised it to her mouth last year, it was a neuroscience breakthrough.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | January 14, 2013
Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | December 10, 2012
Pat Hickey, who covered his first Montreal Canadiens game in 1968 for the now-defunct Montreal Star, and who has chronicled the team's exploits over the past 22...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | November 27, 2012
With Paul Otellini heading in May to the nearest 18-hole course, speculation is rampant about who will replace him.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | November 21, 2012
It sounds like an air traveler's nightmare: a sophisticated software attack that allows hackers to access internal airport computer systems and manipulate data...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | August 17, 2012
On Wednesday night I had the pleasure of dining at the exclusive Willow Garage in Menlo Park, Calif.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | August 10, 2012
Look around your office hallway or college campus and you'll see people holding interactive panes of glass.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | August 9, 2012
In a world of high youth unemployment, where the supply of skilled labor often fails to match employer demand, Germany believes help can be found in its Dual Vocational...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | July 20, 2012
Since the mid-1990s Liam Casey, PCH International's chief executive officer, has helped technology companies with the nastiest task in Silicon Valley: building...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | July 5, 2012
Proteins are the workhorses of our cells: They turn food into energy and determine our health. Each one is a chain of molecules—sometimes thousands of links long—that...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | June 11, 2012
James Collier is loping in a broad circle on the Midsummer Common in Cambridge, England, holding aloft a two-foot fiberglass antenna.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | May 21, 2012
According to its New Jersey-based operator, Hibernia Atlantic, the $300 million Project Express will be 5.2 milliseconds faster than the AC-1, with an execution...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | April 25, 2012